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The Trillion-Dollar Vassal

How Trump 2.0, Israel’s Gaza war, and Norway's two-trillion-dollar sovereign wealth fund converged in a firestorm of finance, geopolitics, and genocide.

Nov 14 •

Dan Wang's "Breakneck": A Lesson in Disavowed Hawkishness

Like Klein and Thompson's Abundance, Dan Wang wants the U.S. to build. But Breakneck isn't about raising living standards—it's about preparing for war.

Nov 4 •

Harris’s 107 Days and the Missing Reckoning: Gaza

Early coverage of Kamala Harris’s campaign memoir, 107 Days, has been unfair. Yet Harris still won't adequately deal with the Biden administration's…

Oct 17 •

The Poverty of Abundance

Abundance liberalism won't defeat fascism.

Sep 22 •

Review: Not Enough Fight

'Fight' by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes offers a gripping account of the 2024 presidential election, placing blame on both Biden and Harris for…

Jul 2 •

The Dangers of TACO

Trump Always Chickens Out, or TACO, was a playful way of criticizing Trump's early second-term policies. But goading Trump into taking a firmer stance…

Jun 23 •

Shock and Subordination: The First 100 Days of Trump 2.0

Trump's desire for power seems limitless. But people are beginning to wake up to the real-world consequences of his policies.

Apr 29 •

Trump’s Nordic Encounter

The Global South knows what US imperialism means. The Nordic countries are beginning to catch on.

Apr 17 •

Between MAGA and a Hard Place

Two books—one on Steve Bannon and the global far right, the other on life at a Chinese university—reveal a world increasingly riven by competing…

Apr 11 •

The Great American Decoupling

Under Trump 2.0, the U.S. is decoupling from the world—and the world from it. Both are worse off for it.

Apr 8 •

What’s the Matter with Kentucky?

Are Trumpists found—or made? A ground-level report from eastern Kentucky only tells half the story.

Apr 2 •

The Courts and the Street

Judges can serve as critical bulwarks against an authoritarian turn. But in the end, only grassroots organizing and a mass popular movement can truly…

Mar 17 •

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