If there’s a single cause that animates fascist movements worldwide, it’s opposition to immigration — even in a nation of immigrants. At The Ink today, a conversation with investigative reporter Felipe de la Hoz on how we got here, why nativism in America drives the right, and what we can do to push back.
At The Ink, Anand just got off a call with Senator Chris Murphy, who talked in starker terms than we’ve heard from him — or from any elected Democrat — about the very real threat the Trump administration poses for America. We may, says Murphy, be just months from the irreversible destruction of American democracy. And it’s up to the peop…
At The Ink today: Last week’s Thursday Night Massacre — the mass resignation of brave DOJ attorneys who refused to dismiss charges against NYC mayor Eric Adams — is an episode of lawlessness that goes well beyond Watergate, from an administration that’s bent on assuming kingly power. We dig into why this is so important — and how what the prosecutors had to say can show the way forward.
Today at The Ink, we take on the big moral issues of the day: we investigate JD Vance‘s theological dispute with Pope Francis over our duty towards immigrants, and how it exposes the roiling tensions within modern Christianity that are driving authoritarianism And Anya Kamenetz talks to journalist Katherine Stewart about her new book, Money, Lies, and God, on the Christian nationalist movement.
At The Ink today. The Trump administration has education in its sights, with threats to dismantle the Department of Education and to impose “patriotic education” requirements on American K-12 students. We talk to author and scholar Eve L. Ewing about her new book, Original Sins, on the history of the miseducation of Black and Native stud…
At The Ink this afternoon: A powerful conversation with writer Pankaj Mishra about Gaza, the collision of historical narratives of liberation and domination, how universal witness to genocide has changed us all — and what that means for the future.
At The Ink this morning: A deep dive into the anti-labor, anti-human undercurrents of Elon Musk’s thinking and its connection to broader attacks on workers and government. If you’re looking to understand why and how Musk and his team of junior developers are mounting a coup against the federal government, you’ll want to read this one.
At The Ink this afternoon: Lots of people are calling out the press for not calling things what they are — not labeling a coup a coup, or an authoritarian an authoritarian. Veteran journalist Brian Montopoli tells us why and how it happens, even now, and sets down some ground rules by which news organizations can do better.
At The Ink this morning: Democrats are starting to figure out their opposition role; the courts assert themselves, and Musk continues to accelerate what Chris Murphy calls a constitutional crisis. And don’t forget to Join Anand for a Substack Live at 12:30 p.m. Eastern, when he’ll be speaking with the legendary editor Tina Brown about it all.
At The Ink today, a look into how USAID was instrumental in ending apartheid in South Africa — and why that’s worth thinking about as Elon Musk attempts to destroy the agency.
With the Trump White House attempting to consolidate power by illegal, unconstitutional means — and in pursuit of goals that benefit nobody but the oligarchs — people need a real opposition party to lead them, channel their energy, help them make meaning, and exercise the power they still have. It’s on the Democrats to make the case to t…
What kind of society is the Trump administration building by expanding the ICE dragnet to haul in the millions of undocumented people who are not criminals, who are part of the fabric of American communities? Anand talks to Mika Brzezinski and Jonathan Lemire about what it’s going to mean to live in a check-your-papers society, in fear o…