Donald Trump once said that under him, we would “get tired of winning.” As the United States sees credit downgrades, deep budget cuts, and potential fiscal crises, the wins are pretty hard to find. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, accompanied by President Donald...
Donald Trump’s overtures to the people of Greenland aren’t making a positive impact, even among those who are keen to break ties with Denmark. The island’s new coalition government is doing its best to keep Trump and J. D. Vance at arm’s length. Greenlanders...
Donald Trump is skilled at inflaming culture-war conflicts to distract from the GOP’s shameless class war on behalf of the rich. For Democrats to counter Trump effectively, they need to attack the billionaire class. President Donald Trump departs the White House on...
Germany has been one of the worst Western countries for whitewashing Israel’s genocide in Palestine. Now it wants to do it with AI. Nearly 50 people take part in a spontaneous demonstration in Bonn, Germany, on March 19, 2025, after Israel breaks the cease-fire and...
The European Union has reimposed tight limits on states’ budget deficits — but with exemptions for military spending. After years of claims that austerity was over, we’re now seeing it used selectively to put limits on democratic choice. A man walks past the flags...
To win on social issues, the Left has to develop the cultural competence to connect progressive goals with working-class priorities. The gay marriage fight offers a formula for appealing to ordinary Americans’ values without giving up on social progress. Valerie...
America’s richest earn in hours what ordinary workers earn over lifetimes. As Donald Trump’s tax bill seeks to make the plunder of the filthy rich permanent, “inequality” no longer feels like a strong enough word for what we’re facing. Elon Musk listens as reporters...
All is not well in the world of MAHA. The announcement of Donald Trump’s second nominee for surgeon general, Casey Means, has sparked considerable outrage within and beyond the MAHA/MAGA universe. Mainstream commentators have largely focused on her lack of...
In the eighth but likely not final entry in the Mission: Impossible series, The Final Reckoning finds Tom Cruise squaring off against an AI “Entity.” As always, the stunts are impressive. But no force on Earth can make Ethan Hunt a compelling character. Tom Cruise...
Benjamin Netanyahu is running out of road for his genocidal assault on Gaza. President Donald Trump speaks alongside Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a model of Air Force One on the table, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April...
Germany’s socialist party Die Linke has been revitalized by its recent election breakthrough. With the Social Democrats cravenly backing Friedrich Merz’s conservative and militarist agenda, Die Linke has to offer a bold oppositional message. Ines Schwerdtner, party...
The al-Hawl refugee camp in northeastern Syria is effectively an open-air prison for 50,000 people suspected of ties to ISIS. The Syrian Democratic Forces are struggling to deal with them — and now the Trump administration is cutting US funding. Members of the Syrian...