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The First Ladyâs New World
Melania is less about one woman than the disposability of them all in Trump 2.0.
The Crypto Chokehold
Trumpâs return has vaulted pro-crypto interests into power. As they capture ever more Democrats, the political will to stop them is dwindling.
The Making of the Deportation Machine
The pillars arenât new. They were built over decades, with bipartisan consensus.
Occupying Hospitals
From Gaza to Minneapolis, attacks on health care turn spaces of refuge into sites of state violence.
The Mask Comes Off
Trump, Venezuela, and whatâs really happening to the ârules-based international order.â
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The violent reconfiguration of U.S. politics and power.
A special section on ICE with Robin D. G. Kelley, Joshua Craze, and Liv Veazey. Plus AslÄą Ă. Bâli & Aziz Rana on the Trump doctrine, Gerald Epstein on the crypto chokehold, Vivian Gornick on who goes anti-Nazi, Marie Gottschalk on the deportation machine, and more.
âInstead of leading the opposition to Trumpâs crypto plans, many prominent Democrats have stood meekly byâor worse, encouraged them.â
âGerald Epstein, âThe Crypto Chokeholdâ
âItâs the inertiaâthe daily accommodation to the rise of an authoritarian regimeâthat is most shocking.â
âVivian Gornick, âTurning a Blind Eyeâ
âImmigration enforcement has long been braided together with the criminal legal system, fueling the carceral state.â
âMarie Gottschalk, âThe Making of the Deportation Machineâ
âWhat happens once the destruction of hospitals can be argued forârationalized, narrated, managedâas legally and morally sanctioned ânecessityâ?â
âJoelle M. Abi-Rached, âOccupying Hospitalsâ
The Return of Regime Change
Empire’s Racketeers
Wajahat Ali speaks with Pankaj Mishra on the devastating consequences of Western imperialism, globalization, and capitalism and the fate of liberal democracy.
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