Donald Trump is threatening to invade Nigeria on dubious claims of a genocide against the country’s Christian community. Here’s why the Christian Right has woven
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Finally, we launch into Musk’s ultimate quest — his desire to colonize Mars — and how he went from wanting to save earth to wanting
What does Musk, father of 14, expect from his “legion” of children? We unravel his quest for genetic optimization, including alleged embryo screening, and his
From The Nation Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance by Melinda Cooper 2024 Ever since Donald Trump’s election in 2016, liberals and the left
Could Musk’s authoritarian streak trace back to his Canadian grandfather? Before Joshua Haldeman brought his family to South Africa, he made waves as part of
The billionaire Larry Ellison could soon control huge portions of America’s AI, attention economy and legacy media. He already owns swathes of AI infrastructure and
Where did Elon Musk’s epic ambitions begin? In search of clues we return to his sheltered youth in apartheid South Africa, a world engineered for
In this episode, Matt is joined by journalist Talia Lavin to discuss her book, Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America, one
A major topic following Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election has been his gains with racial and ethnic minorities, a trend that’s scrambled
Though often declared dead, the discourse around ‘Asian values’ has had many lives. Authoritarian regimes have deployed culturalist arguments against liberal democracy since the 1990s,
From The New Republic Trump is offering American Jews a kind of devil’s bargain: throw in with us against the antisemitic universities and campus rabble-rousers,
From New Lines Magazine. A growing rift within the MAGA coalition between populists and techno-oligarchs may determine the future of the Republican Party Over the
Many people have taken note of recent poll data regarding American attitudes towards Israel, which are (to summarize) cratering. Among Democrats, 69% now view Israel
Trump was never a peace candidate. From his early Reform Party days to his “America First” doctrine, he wasn’t seeking an end to U.S. empire.
From In These Times. Trump’s plans around tariffs and annexation resemble a new Monroe Doctrine, but it’s a recipe that only leads to economic collapse—and
Though packaged as a kind of foreign policy realism, the doctrine guiding the Trump administration is riddled with contradictions. It seemed at the time like
From Vox. The MAGA movement loves Israel — but is increasingly hostile to Jews. Over and over again, the Trump administration has claimed to be
For the past few weeks, and even more so in recent days, a state of paralysis seems to have gripped the European political landscape. Yet,
From New Politics Daniel Martinez HoSang and Joseph E. Lowndes are the authors of Producers, Parasites, Patriots: Race and the New Right-Wing Politics of Precarity (University of Minnesota Press, 2019).
The real reason Musk, Zuckerberg, and Bezos are supporting Trump. From Vox.com There’s a dominant narrative in the media about why tech billionaires are sucking
There are a lot of similarities between the 2016 and 2024 elections, but the media ecosystem we have today is fundamentally different from the ecosystem
Over the last decade, supporters of the Republican Party and conservative political movements have become more diverse, with the movement attracting increasing numbers of Latinos, African
In July 2024, hundreds of influential far-right leaders gathered to network at the “National Conservatism” conference, or “NatCon,” in Washington, D.C. While the event was
The chorus of authoritarian propaganda against democratic protests should concern us all. When Greta Thunberg, a student activist against climate change, tweeted a “toolkit” comprising
Mainstream far-right actors are escalating a nationwide campaign to eliminate the trans community from American society – a dangerous threat to trans people and one
From +972 Magazine The Israeli right’s embrace of Viktor Orbán typifies its convergence with a global far right espousing what scholar Jelena Subotić calls ‘pro-Israel
When Marjorie Taylor Greene found herself approvingly quoting Nation of Islam conspiracy theories and noting the “common ground” between the GOP and the NoI, many laughed.
Catherine Liu, Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class, Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2021. Catherine Liu on the political spectrumThis essay
African evangelicals align themselves with the American right and there are many parallels between American and African evangelicals that may explain why the latter support
In the midst of the current global turn to the right, striking resonances across oceans emerge: strongmen and their allies point to specific and vivid
During his recent tour of Europe, disgraced former Trump strategist Steve Bannon declared “Italy is in the lead.” Amid the historic resurgence of the Italian far right that returned