The Right is Hell-Bent on Weaponizing Libel Law

A 1964 Supreme Court decision affords the press strong protections against costly defamation lawsuits. That's why a dangerous new movement is trying to overturn it.

By Robert McCoy

Next Week: Women to Watch

Join us for an exclusive livestream on Thursday, March 20, when TNR staff writer Grace Segers sits down with some of the women making waves in American politics today—U.S. Representative Sarah McBride, president and CEO of Democracy Forward Skye Perryman, and president of Reproductive Freedom for All Mini Timmaraju. The discussion will cover breaking barriers and ensuring all Americans' voices are heard in the fight for our democratic and human rights.

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The Perverse Reason We Can't Resist The White Lotus

The HBO show's wealthy characters may be villainous, but that doesn't make their lives any less alluring.

By Phillip Maciak

Racism Isn't the Only Cause of the Racial Wealth Gap

Widening the lens to capitalism itself could yield insights on how to close the gap.

By Eric Herschthal

An "Abundance Agenda" for Government Is the Anti-DOGE

Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's progressive vision for how to make government great again

By Julian E. Zelizer

**I Worked on the "Arab Sesame Street." It Was Not a Waste of Money.**

Donald Trump is just playing on anti-Palestinian prejudice. "Shara'a Simsim" did a lot of good—until a GOP congresswoman cut the funding.

By Daoud Kuttab

Trump's Crazed Midnight Tirade Over Musk's Unpopularity Shows Weakness

Trump hates green energy—but he loves Teslas, which he's now pathetically pleading with his followers to buy as a show of loyalty and devotion to Elon Musk.

By Greg Sargent

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The No-Drama Oscars

In an evening light on politics and controversy (mostly), host Conan O'Brien turned the show into a boosterism event for the film industry.

By Adam Nayman

Alex Karp's War for the West

In "The Technological Republic," the Palantir CEO exhorts Silicon Valley to embrace techno-militarism in the service of furthering American global supremacy.

By Jack McCordick

RSVP Now: Working and Homeless in America

On March 25, TNR contributors Kim Kelly and Brian Goldstone introduce us to Goldstone's new book, There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America. By telling the unforgettable stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling trend—the dramatic rise of the "working homeless" in cities across America.

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