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The Rise of Trump and the Fall of American Empire

Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. Rejecting the consensus of that moment that U.S. global hegemony...

The Truth Behind Musk v. Brazil

In early October, Brazil lifted its ban on X following a prolonged battle between its government and the...

Biden’s ‘Last Bang’ in Ukraine

It was widely expected, including by the victors of the 2024 presidential election, that the Biden government would ramp up...

Don’t Panic

The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack. Look, the reelection of Donald Trump is bad news. A lot...

Study: End World Bank Support for Factory Farming

Animal agriculture is one of the leading drivers of the climate crisis. According to a recent World Bank report,...

The Billion-Dollar Belly Flop

Kamala Harris’s devastating loss to Donald Trump last week was a catastrophic failure for the Democratic Party and the consultant class that has long...

Trump and the Twilight of the Postwar Transatlantic Order

For decades, Europe’s security and prosperity have been anchored in its junior partnership with the United States. Trump’s election on an “America First” platform...

Time To Clean House

Since Vice President Kamala Harris’ election defeat last week, the chorus of liberals willing to blame everyone from Green Party voters to the American...

A New Wave of Movements Against Trumpism Is Forming

For many of us, the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s decisive electoral victory has been a time of deep despair and mourning. There has...

The Real Lesson

A political disaster such as what occurred Tuesday gains significance not simply by virtue of who won or lost, but by how the election...

2016 Redux — Now What?

There will be no shortage of debate about Tuesday’s election in the coming weeks and months, but one point of consensus has consolidated quickly:...