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Politics Archive

Archives for September 2025

Politics
This is how Trump ends democracyThis is how Trump ends democracy
Politics

The past week has revealed Trump’s road map to one-party rule. Will Americans let him follow it?

By Zack Beauchamp
Politics
The right’s big lie about Jimmy Kimmel’s suspensionThe right’s big lie about Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension
Politics

The conservative defense of Trump’s FCC rests on a myth.

By Eric Levitz
Politics
The growing consensus that Israel is committing genocideThe growing consensus that Israel is committing genocide
Politics

A UN commission joined a chorus of experts in calling Israel’s actions a genocide. Will the world listen?

By Abdallah Fayyad
The Logoff
Trump’s brazen attack on free speechTrump’s brazen attack on free speech
The Logoff

How the Trump administration took Jimmy Kimmel off the air.

By Cameron Peters
Culture
A political violence scholar explains what the furor over Charlie Kirk’s killing is missingA political violence scholar explains what the furor over Charlie Kirk’s killing is missing
Culture

What studying hundreds of political assassinations has revealed.

By Constance Grady
Culture
How Jimmy Kimmel became Trump’s nemesisHow Jimmy Kimmel became Trump’s nemesis
Culture

The former Man Show host has gone from the least political voice in late night to a victim of the war on woke.

By Constance Grady
Podcasts
The problem with debating fascists — from a guy who’s debated just about everyoneThe problem with debating fascists — from a guy who’s debated just about everyone
Podcast
Podcasts

Mehdi Hasan explains why he’ll debate (almost) anyone.

By Devan Schwartz and Noel King
Politics
An era of internet-addled violence is taking shape before our eyesAn era of internet-addled violence is taking shape before our eyes
Politics

Charlie Kirk and meme culture’s violent turn.

By Sean Rameswaram and Christian Paz
Politics
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy KimmelLet’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Politics

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

By Zack Beauchamp
On the Right
The third Red ScareThe third Red Scare
On the Right

The right’s new assault on free speech isn’t cancel culture. It’s worse.

By Zack Beauchamp
The Logoff
Why is Trump suing the New York Times?Why is Trump suing the New York Times?
The Logoff

Trump’s new attack on press freedom, briefly explained.

By Cameron Peters
Politics
Trump asks the Supreme Court to give him total control over the US economyTrump asks the Supreme Court to give him total control over the US economy
Politics

The next few months could be the most consequential period for US constitutional law since the Roosevelt administration.

By Ian Millhiser
Podcasts
A Democratic senator on the fights his party has to pickA Democratic senator on the fights his party has to pick
Podcast
Podcasts

Chris Van Hollen on a government shutdown, Charlie Kirk, and Zohran Mamdani.

By Noel King and Danielle Hewitt
Politics
Why free speech can be so contentiousWhy free speech can be so contentious
Podcast
Politics

The contradictions at the heart of this fundamental right in democracies.

By Sean Illing
Culture
The last time the US waged a propaganda war on the artsThe last time the US waged a propaganda war on the arts
Culture

Trump wants to be a cultural tastemaker. The CIA did it first.

By Constance Grady