Conor Lynch / TruthdigThe centrist crusade against a rising left is just beginning. It’s also hypocritical, out of touch and doomed to fail.Immigration
Katherine Dailey / Michigan AdvanceA study of Michigan detainees charts the course for immigrants in ICE custody, two-thirds of whom are sent away from family and legal help to Louisiana or Texas.Courts & Law
Jennifer Shutt / States NewsroomDisputes over a handful of seats could become significant in November, with state officials receiving pressure from the White House or powerful Republicans in Congress.
Harrison Berger / Responsible StatecraftWith few good options available, the U.S. has left little hope for peace in the Middle East any time soon.Ear to the Ground
Mark Engler / Waging NonviolenceHistorian Jeremy Varon on building counternarratives and what we can learn from the movement that turned the tide against the Iraq War.Environment
Chris Lord / TruthdigA sleeper hit biopic about Charles De Gaulle and the Vichy-era Resistance is scrambling national memory ahead of France’s high-stakes election on Sept. 27.
Bill Blum / TruthdigTrump’s plot to weaponize the post office is based on facile legal arguments, but its impact on democracy is grave.
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Opinion
We can’t depend on the same Democratic establishment that served up weak candidates in 2000, 2004, 2016 and 2024.
TD Column
The centrist crusade against a rising left is just beginning. It’s also hypocritical, out of touch and doomed to fail.
Immigration
A study of Michigan detainees charts the course for immigrants in ICE custody, two-thirds of whom are sent away from family and legal help to Louisiana or Texas.
Courts & Law
Disputes over a handful of seats could become significant in November, with state officials receiving pressure from the White House or powerful Republicans in Congress.
Middle East
With few good options available, the U.S. has left little hope for peace in the Middle East any time soon.
Ear to the Ground
The poisons are in the air and the Trump administration.
Opinion
A remembrance of a New Yorker of the day from hell.
Wounds of War
After 9/11, fear and rage blended into high octane for a war machine set for large-scale killing.
Activism
Historian Jeremy Varon on building counternarratives and what we can learn from the movement that turned the tide against the Iraq War.
Environment
Across several states, a quiet chemical industry campaign is making it harder to hold polluters accountable.
TD Column
A sleeper hit biopic about Charles De Gaulle and the Vichy-era Resistance is scrambling national memory ahead of France’s high-stakes election on Sept. 27.
Business & Economy
It's a grim moment for what was a booming industry, but electric vehicle manufacturers aren't giving up.
TD Column
Trump’s plot to weaponize the post office is based on facile legal arguments, but its impact on democracy is grave.