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Donald Trump, Job Approval, Ratings
Cartoon

The Pen Is Mightier than the Polls

Jon Richards 12/02/25

Trump’s Sharpie returns!

Donald Trump, Mark Rutte, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth
US Politics

Trump Posts Hundreds of Times in Social Media Bender

Klaus Marre 12/02/25
Starling_Murmuration_Daniel_Dencescu_3x2.jpg
Culture

When Birds Move as One — and We Struggle To

Russ Baker 12/01/25
Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, 911
US Politics

Trump Says He Wouldn’t Have Wanted a Second Strike on Defenseless Boat Occupants

Klaus Marre 12/01/25
Petit Désert, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, 1920
Art

ARS POETICA: A Conversation

Gerald Jonas 11/30/25

Deep Dives

Trump Tower, Epstein

Stumper: Why Was Jeffrey Epstein Obsessed With Donald Trump Back in 2011?

Russ Baker
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, filibuster scene, Jimmy Stewart

Shutdown Post-Mortem: Straightening Out the Democrats’ Circular Firing Squad

Jonathan D. Simon
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, David Boies, Jeffrey Epstein.

Epstein: Dirty Secrets Emerge From a Painful Book — and the Powerful Squirm

Russ Baker
Peter Thiel, Antichrist, The Devil, Greta Thunberg

The Church of Silicon: Peter Thiel’s Gospel of Unfettered Power

Russ Baker

Guns in the USA

Donald Trump, National Guard shooting
Guns in the USA

DC Shooting Offers Trump the Pretext He Was Looking For

Klaus Marre 11/30/25

Republicans generally ignore gun violence… unless a shooting features the “right” perpetrator/victim combination, in which case they will use isolated incidents to justify sweeping policy changes.

Teens For Gun Reform, Washington, DC
Guns in the USA

A Guide to (Not) Covering School Shootings

Klaus Marre 12/17/24
ghost guns, arms trafficking, NJ case
Guns in the USA Opinion

‘They’ Really Are Trying to Kill Donald Trump… and All of Us

Klaus Marre 09/15/24

One Small Thing

People, working together, hands
One Small Thing

One Small Thing: Keep On Keeping On

Darlena Cunha
Ditch Doge, Hands-Off Protest
One Small Thing

One Small Thing: Keep Hounding Everyone

Darlena Cunha
Camp Blanding, Starke, FL, Alligator Alcatraz
One Small Thing

One Small Thing: Be Seen and Be Heard

Darlena Cunha
Workers, install, Alligator Alcatraz, sign
One Small Thing

One Small Thing: No One Is Alone

Darlena Cunha

Immigration

Donald Trump, Memorial, Charlie Kirk
Immigration

Trump Goes Full White Nationalist in Anti-Immigrant Thanksgiving Rant

Klaus Marre 11/28/25

In one of his trademark holiday rants, Donald Trump fully embraced white nationalist ideals and once again proved that he has no idea what the United States is all about. 

Farmworkers, pick strawberries, Fort Valley, GA
Immigration Labor

Trump Administration Identifies Huge Threat to Affordable Food Supply: Itself

Klaus Marre 10/14/25
Anti-ICE Protest, USCIS, IL
Immigration

If Only Masked ICE Goons Were the (Main) Problem

Klaus Marre 10/13/25

Health & Medicine

The Xylom, RFK Jr,_Climate Change Art
Environment

On a Sweltering Planet, ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Puts Kids’ Health at Risk

Lisa Patel, Grace Wickerson
Rick Scott, 2021 Student Action Summit
Health & Medicine

Trump’s Secret Super-Duper Health Care Plan Takes Shape

Klaus Marre
Russell Vought, Adolf Eichmann, accountants
Health & Medicine

The Death of Public Health: The Senseless Wholesale Axing of Vital CDC Offices

Angela Rasmussen
Donald Trump, deployment, National Guard, Washington, DC
Health & Medicine

The Media Should Be Much More Curious About Trump’s Health

Klaus Marre

Technology

Oil and gas industry, pushing fossil fuels, arms race
Environment

No, the US Doesn’t Need Fossil Fuels to Win ‘an AI Arms Race’ Against China

Joe Fassler 10/02/25

These industry players and allies push a misleading narrative the Trump administration now parrots.

Drone, training exercise, Kyiv, Ukraine
Technology Ukraine

Technological Warfare: Introducing AI to Killer Drones in Ukraine

Stefan Weichert 07/23/25
Palantir, dragon
Hidden Power Technology

The Most Dangerous Corporation in America

Robert Reich 06/21/25

Art

Petit Désert, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, 1920
Art

ARS POETICA: A Conversation

Gerald Jonas
Elon Musk, billionaires, income inequality
Art

Billionaires Rewrite the News. The Rest of Us Deal With Reality

Russ Baker
Dancing through history, bingeing, Turner Classic Movies
Art

Bingeing on TCM: A Poem

Gerald Jonas
Donald Trump, Oval Office, Golden Dome, Missile Defense System
Art

A (White) House of Dynamite

Klaus Marre

International

Vladimir Putin, Steve Witkoff
International Ukraine

Who Is Steve Witkoff, and Why Is He in Charge of Negotiating Ukraine’s Future?

Craig Unger 11/26/25

And who is the mysterious “mutual friend” who got Witkoff to do a favor for a Russian mobster?

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Jakob von Steinle
International

Evangelical Support for Israel Declines Worldwide

James M. Dorsey 11/24/25
Trump and Infantino
Culture International

FIFA Creates Consolation Peace Prize – First Recipient Is a Total Mystery

Klaus Marre 11/05/25
Palestinians in the ruins of Gaza on February 22, 2025.
International

Trump’s Middle East Reality Check

James M. Dorsey 10/23/25
sign, Tel Aviv, Cyrus The Great Is Alive
International US Politics

After Gaza Hostage Release, What’s Next for Donald Trump and the Middle East?

William T. Dowell 10/15/25

Podcast

How to, talk, family, during the holidays

Eat, Don’t Talk: Why You Did Not Win That Thanksgiving Argument

Jeff Schechtman
Andreessen Horowitz, Palantir, Anduril, Flock Safety, Tesla, Fanduel, Draft Kings, Polymarket, Cheddr, DoubleSpeed, Cluely

Who’s Building Our Tech Future? Innovation Without a North Star

Jeff Schechtman
ICE, Chicago

What’s Really Happening in Latino Communities

Jeff Schechtman
Marc Andreessen, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley

The Radicalization of Silicon Valley: Democracy Is Optional

Jeff Schechtman

Cartoon

Donald Trump, Job Approval, Ratings

The Pen Is Mightier than the Polls

Jon Richards
Police, ICE, drones

Unsafe at Any Cost

Ted Rall
Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine, Peace Plan

Dictatored, Not Read

Jon Richards

Editors' Picks

science, biodiversity, carnivores, Yellowstone National Park, coyote reintroduction, impact

Reintroduced Carnivore Impact On Yellowstone Ecosystems Still Coming Into Focus

Whowhatwhy Editors
ech. energy, electricity, rising use, solar power growth, data

US Solar Energy Growth Nearly Enough To Offset Rising Energy Use, Data Shows

Whowhatwhy Editors
climate crisis, global warming, tropical rainforests, Congo basin, vital carbon sink, funding and policy neglect

The Congo Basin Is Earth’s Second-Largest Rainforest. Why Is It Being Neglected?

Whowhatwhy Editors
tech, AI tools, images and video, controversy, backlash, artistic expression

‘Go Generate a Bridge and Jump Off It’: How Pros Are Navigating AI

Whowhatwhy Editors
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