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Back to SearchTrump vs. the U.S. Economy
What is going on with the economy right now?
There are a lot of mixed signals. President Trump slashed taxes, but he’s also bringing in a lot of money…
1 year, 1 month ago
When Is It Genocide?
In December 2023, when South Africa accused Israel of genocide before the International Court of Justice, I thought it was wrong to do so. Israel had…
1 year, 1 month ago
Mahmoud Khalil Tells His Story
Mahmoud Khalil was a leader in Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian protests. In March, he was arrested by ICE agents and held for more than 100 day…
1 year, 2 months ago
Behind Trump and Vance Is This Man’s Movement
Vice President JD Vance gave a speech recently that deserved more attention than it got. Accepting an award at a right-wing think tank, he argued tha…
1 year, 2 months ago
Best Of: Barbara Kingsolver on ‘Urban-Rural Antipathy’
“It’s so insidious, people don’t realize it,” Barbara Kingsolver told me, describing the prejudice against “country people.” Kingsolver is one of tho…
1 year, 2 months ago
Is Decarbonization Dead?
Biden passed the most ambitious climate legislation in American history. Trump just shredded it. What does that mean for the future of renewable ener…
1 year, 2 months ago
Why American Jews No Longer Understand One Another
The consensus that held American Jewry together for generations is breaking down.
That consensus, roughly, was this: What is good for Israel is good …
1 year, 2 months ago
Why Trump Can’t Shake Jeffrey Epstein
MAGA has been infighting over the Jeffrey Epstein files. And that’s because the conspiracy theories around Epstein hit at the very core of MAGA’s who…
1 year, 2 months ago
Why Does My Mind Keep Thinking That?
I have had a meditation practice for about 15 years now. I started hoping it would calm me down, and it has. But it’s also made me more aware of the …
1 year, 2 months ago
How the Attention Economy Is Devouring Gen Z — and the Rest of Us
Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani are both proof of how the ability to capture attention is power. And the attention economy isn’t reshaping just polit…
1 year, 2 months ago