Politics / January 19, 2026 Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche makes clear that the Department of Justice won’t look into the death of Renee Good—but that won’t stop Minnesota from investigating. Ad Policy Deputy Attorney Read More
Today is the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration. From ICE deportations to the dismantling of DEI to the criminalization of pregnancy to environmental rollbacks, the administration has narrowed whom it protects and who, Read More
Economy / January 20, 2026 The agency is planning to delete a document that provides up-to-date guidance on the protections workers have in this complex and rapidly changing area of law. Ad Policy Andrea Lucas, now chair of Read More
Politics / January 20, 2026 In the metro and in public spaces, its hard to miss all the advertisements hawking the lethal wares of military contractors, tech companies, and the like. Ad Policy An advertisement for the US Read More
Politics / January 20, 2026 The neofascist tech oligarch was cast out of Trump’s inner circle, but his money and influence are still omnipresent. Ad Policy Elon Musk addresses a MAGA rally in Washington on the eve Read More
In the dire months since Donald Trump’s return to power, you’ve no doubt read a version of the famous mea culpa “First They Came”—perhaps woven into the lines of an essay or Read More
Feature / January 20, 2026 Parents’-rights crusaders seeking to impose their Christian nationalist vision on the United States took their playbook from South America. Illustration by Melinda Beck. This article appears in the February 2026 issue, with the Read More
Books & the Arts / January 20, 2026 What are the politics of free speech? A new history explores the political limits as well as possibilities of freedom of speech. Ad Policy Angelo Herndon, whose conviction for a Read More
Politics / January 21, 2026 Nothing says “I care about working people” like a speech to an audience of billionaires at an exclusive Swiss ski resort. Ad Policy Donald Trump attends the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Read More
Politics / January 22, 2026 The proposed restriction on protests outside houses of worship is rooted in anti-Palestinian bias and would give Israeli apartheid a free pass. Mamdani should reject it. Ad Policy Kathy Hochul and Zohran Mamdani Read More
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