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June 21, 2024

 

Is Trump About to Get His Own Iraq War?

Though portrayed as an anti-interventionist, he has no problem with war—as long as America gets something in return. Now he’s on the cusp of entangling the U.S. military in a conflict with Iran.

By Alex Shephard

 

Court Battles: A SCOTUS Update

With so many major decisions coming down—with implications for the role of religion in public life, efforts to restrict gender-affirming care, gerrymandering—not to mention the serious threat to our Constitution, there’s a lot to unpack. 

 

Join us on July 2 to analyze and discuss the end-of-session Supreme Court rulings and their legal and political ramifications.

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The TNR Wealth Poll: Americans Say Spread the Dough

Our exclusive survey shows that a majority of Americans understand just how unequally wealth is distributed in the country—and they’re not happy about it.

By Ryan Kearney

 

Trump Is Freeing Up Public Lands for Big Oil. It Doesn’t Want Them.

The president is seeking to open up national monuments for drilling. But more land isn’t what oil companies need right now.

By Kate Aronoff

 

Why We Can’t Quit Our Y2K Obsessions

Alice Bolin’s essay collection, Culture Creep, interrogates the preoccupation with 2000s-era icons and aesthetics—and how it prevents us from engaging with their more noxious elements.

By Kate Mabus

 

How the Billionaires Took Over America

Yes, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. But the far bigger menace is the monstrous growth in wealth concentration over five decades that made a Trump presidency possible—and maybe inevitable. Here’s how we let it happen.

By Timothy Noah

 

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Inside the Predatory World of Multilevel Marketing

Is MLM a massive scam or an all-American business tradition—or both?

By Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein

 

The Tiny Border Town Getting Battered by Trump’s Tariffs on Canada

On America’s northern border, Trump’s trade war is already causing devastation in communities like Point Roberts—and the economic and cultural damage may be permanent.

By Chris Cannon

 

Celine Song’s Materialists Tries to Subvert the Rom-Com

The filmmaker’s follow-up to Past Lives is cerebral and frank about wealth and romance.

By Phoebe Chen

 

Trump Is Suddenly Raging at Tucker Carlson—and MAGA Is Deeply Rattled

Is opposition to “forever wars” really a core pillar of MAGA Republicanism? Looks like we’re about to find out.

By Greg Sargent

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