Ending Militarism in America

No other practice, no other societal force is more favorable to the rise of authoritarianism and the rule of tyrants than pernicious war. Wage war long and it’s likely you can kiss your democracy, your rights, and just maybe your ass goodbye.

Making 'Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat'

The director of the Oscar-nominated film 'Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat' reflects on imperial violence, corporate warfare, and how cinema can disrupt the official record—and help us remember differently.

Never Mind Wisconsin

The GOP Should be Worried About the Florida Results.

Thousands Protest in Boston, New England, Against Trump

Hundreds of thousands are protesting Trump across the country today.

What We Mean When We Talk About ‘The West’

We are not talking about geography (Dakar is much further west than Rome), but race: the West we are talking about substantially coincides with the white race.

Friday Nite Videos | April 4, 2025

Hands Off! Demos in Over 1,000 Elevate Resistance. Change Is Gonna Come | Playing for Change. Highlights From Cory Booker's 25-Hour Senate Speech. Tasers & Excited Delirium | John Oliver. RFK Jr. Is in Charge of Vaccines. What Now?

How a Con Man President Is Destroying Confidence

Permanent tariffs are bad for the economy, but businesses can, for the most part, find a way to live with them. What business can’t deal with is a regime under which trade policy reflects the whims of a mad king.

The SCOTUS Precedent That Should Free Mahmoud Khalil

Radical labor leader Harry Bridges successfully fought the government's attempt to deport him. In the Bridges case, the Supreme Court held that noncitizens enjoyed the same First Amendments rights as everyone else.

Your Life Will Never Be the Same After These Tariffs

Small tariffs create small problems. Big tariffs create huge ones. This round of tariffs may be 50 times as painful as the ones Donald Trump instituted in his first term. That means they are going to reshape your life in much more fundamental ways.

How MAHA Is Helping Poison Americans

The ambitions of MAHA for safer food and protection from harmful chemicals are being diverted into dismantling the institutions and regulations that protect public health. What would a genuinely populist health movement look like?
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Culture

poetry

Gone, Baby

Suzanne Lummis In the Black, In the Red: Poems of Profit $ Loss
Poet Suzanne Lummis offers a bedtime story for the children of America, in which we witness the miracle of deflation.

film

Don’t Blame Rachel Zegler for Snow White

Eileen Jones Jacobin
The press is blaming the young and very online actor Rachel Zegler for Snow White’s dismal box office showing. But Zegler’s performance as the original Disney princess is the only bright spot in an otherwise cynical cash grab.

poetry

Dear America

Marsha de la O Salt Number 7
As she travels across America, poet Marsha de la O asks her country, "Who is lost, and who isn't?"

books

The Mystery of Neil Gorsuch

Andrew Koppelman Los Angeles Review of Books
"The principal virtue of the book," writes reviewer Koppelman, "is the light it unintentionally sheds on some of the Supreme Court’s least defensible decisions."

Labor

labor

Setting the Pace in Auto: Thinking Bigger Than Tariffs

Andrew Elrod Labor Notes
For the 12 million workers in U.S. manufacturing, the question is whether it is possible, under this administration and in this moment of twenty-first-century capitalism, to create a pro-worker, pro-union trade policy.

Friday nite video

video

Highlights From Cory Booker's 25-Hour Senate Speech

In an inspiring feat, Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor for 25 hours, delivering a sweeping indictment of Donald Trump’s assault and insisting that "the power of the people is stronger than the people in power." 

video

I've Never Been to a Bernie Sanders Rally Like This

The Fight Oligarchy Tour is drawing larger crowds than Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign ever did, but it’s also drawing a different sort of crowd, writes Mother Jones Senior Reporter Tim Murphy.

video

Visit Mississippi | Playing for Change

Experience the magic of Robert Johnson's "Crossroads," featuring renowned artists Keb’Mo’, Kingfish, Vasti Jackson, Charlie Worsham, Sierra Hull, Cedric Burnside and a diverse array of blues and world music talents