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An administration drunk on the power it is accumulating — and buoyed by the fawning coverage of the right-wing media, a compliant Supreme Court, and too little pushback from Democrats — is forging ahead with its authoritarian agenda. But the accelerated pace of Trump’s dictatorial pursuit also offers an opportunity to grow and organize the resistance movement.
It’s been hidden in plain view, right there in our pockets.
The one thing we know about next week’s secret meeting of generals and admirals is that nobody seems to know anything about it.
Today’s America can’t handle what’s coming — not just from Trump but from mass automation, currency wars, China, resource battles. We need radically new politics.
Not a day goes by anymore without Donald Trump and his administration shattering some norm or acting in a lawless manner. On Thursday, it became clear that an independent judiciary no longer exists in the US.
The will of our current leader would suppress any voice that is critical of his administration. We cannot let that happen.
The brazenness with which government agents are assaulting civilians on camera makes us wonder what they are doing behind closed doors.
Experts and advocates decry hazards to people and lack of regulations, transparency.
It helped build America and it lives still in our DNA — and in my DNA.
Following a shooting at an ICE facility in Dallas, Republicans demanded that the agency’s critics tone down their rhetoric. However, while we condemn any form of violence, we believe that calling out ICE for what it is and does is an important function of the media.
Years of fragile democracy, weak institutions, and deep inequality created a tinderbox that ignited earlier this month.
In a stark departure from his past rhetoric, Donald Trump on Tuesday said he believes that Ukraine could win its war with Russia and regain all the territory it has lost in the past.
Adapting to the drone war means taking experimental approaches to protect the roads and soldiers going in and out of the region.
Researchers warn that preventable heat-related deaths will continue to rise with continued fossil fuel emissions.
Who will Americans blame if a shutdown happens, the party that has been ruling the country with an iron fist or the one that wants them to have healthcare? It’s a real head-scratcher.
If Tom Homan did not accept a $50,000 bribe, and his encounter with federal agents is on tape, surely “the most transparent administration in history” will release that exonerating evidence any moment now.
We left “double standard” a couple hundred miles back there in the dust.
Too many Democrats, pundits, and members of the media are still treating this moment in time like a game and not the existential crisis that it is.
“Saving” Republicans from their health care cuts won’t help Democrats win the midterms. Voters won’t know they were saved and the Trump administration won’t follow the law anyway.
“President of Peace” Donald Trump on Saturday directed thinly veiled threats of force at two US adversaries. Also, if you missed having US troops in Afghanistan, you may be in luck!
Silencing artists, attacking scientists, and whitewashing history are sure signs that Donald Trump is a despot bent on absolute power.
House Democrats on Friday turned a resolution on Charlie Kirk and his assassination into a GOP talking point.
Political violence isn’t an aberration in American democracy — it’s a defining trait. From the Boston Tea Party to January 6, it’s how we settle our differences.
I read his whole 85-page $15 billion claim so you don’t have to.
When more “reasonable” is actually more dangerous.
We take a hard look at the good, the bad, and the whoa of AI.
Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is off the air indefinitely because he made fun of Donald Trump and his employer wants to appease the president. Anything else is spin.
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed trade restrictions against Israel and sanctions against two of its ministers as well as some violent settlers.
‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’: Just about every day Jeff Bezos’s once estimable newspaper slips further away from its alliterative motto.
In a move only seen in authoritarian regimes, top Republicans on Monday made it clear they intend to use the assassination of Charlie Kirk to crack down on their political opponents.
We’ll need to do more than “touch grass” to revive them.
Moments of national hysteria like the present require some sense of how we got here.
It looks as though Charlie Kirk was murdered by yet another young, white, disturbed male who was acting alone. And yet, Republicans are gearing up to use the assassination to silence their opponents.
Recent events have revealed the unprofessionalism of the top two law enforcement officers at the FBI.
Come in, they said, we’ll give ya shelter from the storm.
Charlie Kirk spent much of his career advocating for a free exchange of viewpoints and debating those with views that differed than his own. Therefore, it is highly ironic that Republicans are using his death to crack down on free speech.
Lying has become a viable strategy for success. How influencers, algorithms, and crowds turn deception into accepted reality in the digital age.
Charlie Kirk was devoted to convincing American college kids that the 19th century and the values of the MAGA crowd are where we want to be. What he failed to realize was the consequences one faces when these outdated, retrograde notions actually do become a reality.
Rising temperatures and chronically broken cooling systems are turning the lunch rush into a deadly risk for some workers.
Instead of trying to unite the country after another act of political violence, Donald Trump used the death of Charlie Kirk as an opportunity to silence his critics.
More than 100 million Americans are too young to remember 9/11. But when Saudi Arabia goes on trial, that day’s events could soon take center stage again.
While lawmakers of all stripes condemned political violence following the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, this moment of unity was fleeting.
Moldova joins a growing list of “unimportant” countries left in limbo by America’s pullback.
The most lawless president in US history wants Americans to believe that his authoritarian power grab is about fighting crime. And it may just work if Democrats let him control the narrative.
When it comes to trampling on the rights, welfare, and prosperity of ordinary people, Trump can’t do it all by himself.
Why, he doesn’t even want people to know he was involved!