New Future

Individual Democrats have made strong statements against the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. The bulk of the party and its leadership has offered silence or mealymouthed equivocation.

Last week, in a particularly flagrant act of union busting, Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security canceled the union contract for the Transportation Security Administration’s 47,000 employees.

US political discourse is characterized by deep resignation about the high costs and mixed outcomes of our health, housing, education, and childcare systems. But these issues aren’t unfixable — in fact, many other countries have already fixed them.

Bong Joon-ho’s follow-up to Parasite is another darkly comic satire of our capitalist hellscape. But even with Robert Pattinson and sharp lefty themes, Mickey 17’s comedy is cringe and its pace glacial.

Canada’s economic and military dependence on the United States has long led its elites to believe that they could never be the victims of American aggression. Donald Trump’s tariffs have disproved this received wisdom.

In the late 1970s, nationalist vigilantes tried to destroy Pablo Picasso’s Guernica. Today the painting itself is safe — but the museum in which it is housed has again become the focus of right-wing polemics.

At the dawn of a second Trump era, American Hindu supremacists are increasingly aligning themselves with the MAGA far right.

Mark Carney, Canada’s incoming prime minister, is a former banker with no political experience. His technocratic centrism is ill-suited for an era of populism and political upheaval, making a Liberal victory in the looming election far from certain.

Noam Chomsky’s best-known political contribution is his powerful, long-running critique of US foreign policy. But Chomsky has also used his global platform to sound the alarm about the climate crisis and chart a path away from disaster.

The Christian left in the United States once wove solidarity into the fabric of social change, uniting diverse movements under a common cause. Drawing on this ethos could help anchor today’s struggles to bridge divisions and build collective power.

Joe Rogan built his empire by presenting himself as an entertaining, independent commentator. He gave it up for the 2024 election.

European countries are stepping up military aid and economic investment in Rwanda, said to be an ally in keeping order in the region. The reality: Rwanda’s authoritarian government is massively destabilizing eastern Congo by backing rebel forces.

Donald Trump’s tariff threats have only made Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, even more popular — her approval rating now stands at 85%.

The detention and possible deportation of Columbia University student and pro-Palestine organizer Mahmoud Khalil is the most serious attack on the First Amendment by any president in years.