Unequal Economics: Guests attend a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol with members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus on Equal Pay Day, March 26, 2026.

Newsletter

Women Are Getting Slammed in Trump’s Economy

by Anne Kim March 29, 2026March 27, 2026

Women are losing jobs, leaving the workforce, and reporting high levels of financial insecurity.

David Frum’s call for Democrats to fund Trump’s Iran war echoes a familiar mistake: backing a president’s war in hopes of containing it. Here, Frum, left, speaks during a panel on impeachment in 2019.

Foreign Policy

David Frum Is Wrong About the Democrats and Iran

by Nate Weisberg March 24, 2026March 27, 2026

Main, Political Animal

Trump Is Right, This Is Bigger Than Watergate

by Martin Longman May 17, 2018January 9, 2022

Featured, Politics

Trump Can’t Do His Job

by Joshua Alvarez August 3, 2017January 9, 2022

Political Animal

The Day the GOP Stood Still

by D.R. Tucker July 23, 2016January 9, 2022

Magazine

Did the Seventies Make America Modern?

by James Fallows March 1, 2000July 5, 2022

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David Frum Is Wrong About the Democrats and Iran

Trump Is Right, This Is Bigger Than Watergate

Trump Can’t Do His Job

The Day the GOP Stood Still

Did the Seventies Make America Modern?

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