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The War No One Wanted
In Sudan, the forces unleashed by the remnants of Bashir’s regime have not won. Even under siege, life continues.
With photographs by Salih Basheer
The First Lady’s New World
Melania is less about one woman than the disposability of them all in Trump 2.0.
The Crypto Chokehold
Trump’s 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 aren’t 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.
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—Corey Robin, political theorist, on Scott Saul’s essays
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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 Aslı Ü. 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.
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.
“Instead of leading the opposition to Trump’s crypto plans, many prominent Democrats have stood meekly by—or worse, encouraged them.”
—Gerald Epstein, “The Crypto Chokehold”
“It’s the inertia—the daily accommodation to the rise of an authoritarian regime—that is most shocking.”
—Vivian Gornick, “Turning a Blind Eye”
“Immigration enforcement has long been braided together with the criminal legal system, fueling the carceral state.”
—Marie Gottschalk, “The Making of the Deportation Machine”
“What happens once the destruction of hospitals can be argued for—rationalized, narrated, managed—as legally and morally sanctioned ‘necessity’?”
—Joelle M. Abi-Rached, “Occupying Hospitals”
The War on Immigrants
Renee Good’s Murder and Other Acts of Terror
An interview with Robin D. G. Kelley on how to think about ICE—and the broader history of police violence.
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