Politics Archive
Archives for May 2025


India-Pakistan’s almost-war revealed something alarming about our political moment.


Don’t blame Joe Rogan too much — one theory says that the roots of this gender gap go back decades.


New data that debunks the left’s favorite explanation for Harris’s defeat.


Non-combatants bear the brunt of modern war’s toll, but we don’t know how to memorialize them.


Trump is going after Harvard’s international students.


The Republican justices draw a line in the sand — in an order that makes absolutely no sense.


Why the Senate’s repeal of California’s gas car ban is such a big deal.


Even other right-wing populists can’t count on Trump’s support.


Rapid changes from AI may be coming far faster than you imagine.


How violence like this became thinkable — and what it means for the future of Palestine.


House Republicans just voted to cut taxes and Medicare.


Why people who work could still lose their health insurance.


Tipped workers need a raise, not a tax cut.


One of the GOP justices must have defected in a case about religious schools, but the Court didn’t reveal who it was.


The GOP remains a conspiracy to steal from the poor and give to the rich.