Want to Know How Far-Reaching the Right-Wing Movement Against Free Expression in Schools Is? Want to Know How Far-Reaching the Right-Wing Movement Against Free Expression in Schools Is?
PEN America just released a scary report.
Sep 26, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The UAW Strike Inspires Anti-Union Panic—and Lies—From GOP Presidential Contenders The UAW Strike Inspires Anti-Union Panic—and Lies—From GOP Presidential Contenders
Tim Scott calls for firing workers. Nikki Haley celebrates union busting. And Trump’s attacking UAW leaders.
Sep 26, 2023 / John Nichols
How J.D. Vance’s Bad Tweets Explain Modern Conservatism How J.D. Vance’s Bad Tweets Explain Modern Conservatism
His very cringe posts contain everything you need to know about the hate-filled emptiness at the heart of the supposed “intellectual” wing of the GOP.
Sep 26, 2023 / Ginny Hogan
At the Vote Pray Stand Summit, Christian Parents and Their “Rights” Take Center Stage At the Vote Pray Stand Summit, Christian Parents and Their “Rights” Take Center Stage
The movement that helped end Roe is embracing a political strategy that wraps the demonization of trans people in the innocuous-sounding catchphrase “parental rights.”
Sep 22, 2023 / Amy Littlefield
The GOP Turns the House Judiciary Committee Into an Absurdist Spectacle The GOP Turns the House Judiciary Committee Into an Absurdist Spectacle
With a looming government shutdown, Republicans showcased their preferred use of resources: to hammer away at Merrick Garland.
Sep 21, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
Will the GOP’s Hard Right Dismantle PEPFAR? Will the GOP’s Hard Right Dismantle PEPFAR?
The AIDS relief program is helping to keep some 20 million people alive in Africa. Now a group of Republicans wants to sabotage it.
Sep 21, 2023 / James North
Florida’s “War on Woke” Is Spurring a Brain Drain Florida’s “War on Woke” Is Spurring a Brain Drain
Thanks to Ron DeSantis’s education policies, the state is seeing an unprecedented exodus of teachers, professors, and college students.
Sep 20, 2023 / Column / Kali Holloway
The Government Shutdown Is a Cartoonishly Bad—but Still Terrifying—Sequel The Government Shutdown Is a Cartoonishly Bad—but Still Terrifying—Sequel
The latest congressional villains are the GOP’s hard-right nihilists, but their motives for sabotaging the government make no sense.
Sep 19, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
Lauren Boebert Is Not the Only Republican Ruining Musicals Lauren Boebert Is Not the Only Republican Ruining Musicals
How failed theater kids are destroying a great art form—and American politics.
Sep 18, 2023 / Jeet Heer