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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on September 30, 2025 in Quantico, Virginia. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Donald Trump's ugly vision for America

Charles R. Davis
A person holds a sign in support of transgender service members during the Unite for Veterans rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2025. (Getty Images / DOMINIC GWINN)

Colleges must speak when recruiters show

Brian Soucek
Jane Goodall with chimpanzee Nana at the zoo in Magdeburg, Germany, June 2004. (Jens Schlueter/DDP/AFP via Getty Images)

Jane Goodall taught us about ourselves

Carlyn Zwarenstein
A protester stands next to flowers outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on September 27, 2025 in Portland, Oregon. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)

Only Trump could make Portland terrible

Andi Zeisler
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Anti-war veterans say no to Hegseth

William Hartung - TomDispatch.com
Fox News host Jesse Watters appears on air on March 4, 2025. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Do Fox News hosts support violence?

Sophia Tesfaye
An attendee prays at the memorial service for political activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium on Sept. 21, 2025 in Glendale, Ariz. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Christian music shows MAGA's limitations

Amanda Marcotte
Mae Martin as Alex Dempsey in "Wayward" (Courtesy of Netflix)

"Wayward" and the sharp edge of self

Kelly McClure
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Protesters dressed as handmaids from "The Handmaid's Tale" at the Department of Labor on Sept. 2, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Alliance, defiance, noncompliance

Nan Levinson - TomDispatch.com
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks about immigration and border security near Coronado National Memorial in Montezuma Pass, Arizona, August 22, 2024. (OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's unwelcoming note to new citizens

Chauncey DeVega
Sushi, shot in Chicago (Todd Taulman / 500px/ Getty Images)

Your Chicago dining guide, upgraded

Chaya Milchtein
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs the White House on Sept. 26, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Did Donald Trump get duped by Fox News?

Sophia Tesfaye
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Close-up of Trader Joe's grocery store sign on building facade (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

10 Trader Joe’s treats that scream fall

Joy Saha
Ghostly woman at Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana. (wanderluster/Getty Images)

Ghost tourism profits on death’s denial

Andi Zeisler
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.'s Tylenol attack insults women

Amanda Marcotte
Leonardo DiCaprio as Bob Ferguson in "One Battle After Another" (Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)

Every day is "One Battle After Another"

Coleman Spilde
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, speak at the U.S. Capitol on April 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Democrats seem to have grown a spine

Heather Digby Parton
(Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Bettmann / Alexi J. Rosenfeld / Apic)

Trump at the UN: Yeah, that was historic

Andrew O'Hehir
A color guard during the memorial service for Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, Sept. 21, 2025. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The creation of a political martyr

Mike Lofgren
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance after Trump signed an executive order on TikTok. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's TikTok deal is not what it seems

Sophia Tesfaye
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President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2025. (pencer Platt/Getty Images)

An Ugly American berates the UN

Chauncey DeVega
A pair of UXOLao technicians walk down a new road built atop the old Ho Chi Minh Trail. After spending the day finding buried explosives, A pair of UXOLao technicians walk down a new road built atop the old Ho Chi Minh Trail in Phu Vong, Attapeu, Laos. (Jerry Redfern/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The war beneath our feet

Danae Hendrickson
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (Disney/Randy Holmes)

Jimmy Kimmel was meant for this moment

Melanie McFarland
President Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's diplomacy by insult

Brian Karem
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