Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” is now law, packed with front-loaded goodies and back-loaded pain. As Medicaid cuts loom and interest payments dwarf military spending, Democrats face a brutal fiscal reality.
When Anti-Zionists Become Censors
The president of PEN quit for reasons that are morally confused, hypocritical and, yes, casually anti-Semitic.
Keep reading
How to Save the IRS
DOGE broke the IRS. Former IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel has thoughts on how to fix it.
Keep reading
A Marine, Two Murders, and a War on Women
In 2001, my book, Twentynine Palms, about death near a California Marine base, exposed class and sexual violence in a military town. Some things are better now, many are not.
Keep reading
Brief Encounter: A Letter from a 19th Century Physician to Donald Trump
What James Parkinson, of the eponymous disease, might say to the president about his promoting infamously unhealthy coal power.
Keep reading
The UFC Cage Match Theory of Democracy
From plantation apologists to Silicon Valley’s philosopher-kings, a new book tracks how the case for a natural ruling class keeps coming back.
Keep reading
Cory Doctorow Is Making Peace with AI
The tech maven is hip to the manic circular financing behind AI but isn’t freaked out about it being an existential threat.
Keep reading
Can a Bernie-Backed Populist Fix California’s Home Insurance Crisis?
As insurers flee wildfire risk, the leading candidate for insurance commissioner campaigns on “Natural Disaster Insurance for All,” but even fellow progressives are skeptical.
Keep readingSomething went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.