Analysis

  • Texas Republicans Move to Erase Democratic Resistance

    Eleanor Klibanoff

    The Texas Tribune

    “To one degree or another, to be successful as a Republican, you have to emulate Trump’s speech, his attitude and take directions from the White House.”

    Published On: 08/12/2025

  • DC Statehood Could Have Stopped Trump’s Power Grab

    Sam Rosenthal

    Progressive Hub

    Democrats could have protected DC by granting statehood when they had the chance.

    Published On: 08/12/2025

  • Tallying Trump’s White House Windfall

    David D. Kirkpatrick

    The New Yorker

    How much is Trump pocketing off the Presidency?

    Published On: 08/11/2025

  • Tech Billionaires Are Building Bunkers While We Burn

    Gil Duran

    The Nerd Reich

    Silicon Valley billionaires say tech will create a better future. So, why are many of them quietly preparing luxury doomsday bunkers?

    Published On: 08/09/2025

  • Economic Populism Could Rebuild the Democratic Coalition

    Jared Abbott and Bhaskar Sunkara

    The Guardian

    In difficult races, Democrats are leaning into economic populism with promising results

    Published On: 08/07/2025

  • Democracy Under Siege by Oligarchs and Anarcho-Capitalists

    Kenny Ausubel

    Bioneers

    At this hinge moment when the climate emergency demands an immediate systemic civilizational overhaul, this retrograde counter-revolution is working to drill, baby, drill, make feudalism great again, and colonize Mars.

    Published On: 08/06/2025

  • Danish Resistance Offers a Blueprint for Fighting Back

    Sarah Sophie Flicker

    The Nation

    Danish resistance didn’t arrive all at once during World War II. But taken as a whole, the Danes’ actions are a testament to what’s possible when we work together to fight fascism.

    Published On: 08/05/2025

  • How Trump’s Playbook Is Strangling the Free Press

    Mark Jacob

    Stop the Presses

    Trump’s war on the free press follows foreign dictators’ playbook.

    Published On: 08/04/2025

  • Democracy at Risk as Trump’s Economic Failures Mount

    Paul Krugman

    Paul Krugman

    We're in an extremely dangerous moment.

    Published On: 08/04/2025

  • SCOTUS May Gut the Last Shield for Black Voters

    Brian Tyler Cohen

    Brian Tyler Cohen

    The latest move by SCOTUS is a "five alarm fire"

    Published On: 08/03/2025

  • DHS Memo Reveals Plan to Militarize U.S. Cities

    The New Republic and Greg Sargent

    The New Republic

    A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.

    Published On: 08/02/2025

  • Trump’s Tariffs: Irrational Power Plays Dressed as Policy

    Dan Froomkin

    Press Watch

    The tariffs are not the product of serious policymaking. They are the irrational and capricious result of Trump’s delusional thinking.

    Published On: 08/01/2025

  • When Laws Become Suggestions: Trump’s 33% Defiance Rate

    Elie Mystal

    The Nation

    The rule of law presupposes that there are rules that provide a consistent, repeatable, and knowable set of outcomes. That’s no longer the case.

    Published On: 07/31/2025

  • Trump Family’s Crypto Empire Raises Democracy Alarms

    Jessica Klein

    Wired

    A new crypto mining company is flexing the Trump name and connections to get ahead.

    Published On: 07/31/2025

  • IRS Under Fire Over Epstein’s Tax Work for Leon Black

    David Voreacos and Chris Strohm

    Bloomberg

    Wyden’s staff has pursued a “follow the money” strategy as it investigates the flow of funds in and out of Epstein’s accounts...

    Published On: 07/31/2025

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