Why Did Immigrants Support Trump?
The political problem of the border arises from a broader crisis of state legitimacy.
Winter 2026
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The Future of Sanctuary
Sanctuary activists face new challenges under Trump’s second term but their work has always entailed great personal risk.
The Deportation Machine
An interview with Dara Lind and Omar Jadwat on immigration policy in the second Trump administration.
Our Authoritarian Atrocity
Trump’s goal is blood-and-soil nationalism. The only choice is opposition.
Blood-and-Soil Neoliberalism
An interview with Quinn Slobodian, the author of Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right.
Will Federal Workers Rediscover Their Militancy?
Trump has destroyed a federal system of labor relations that helped contain conflict for decades. The move could have unintended consequences.
Trump’s Antisocial State
The administration is attempting to incapacitate the redistributive and social protective arms of the state, while exploiting its vast bureaucratic powers to silence, threaten, and deport.
A New Era of Punitive Social Policy
Red state governors and legislators are parroting Trump’s every move, promising to slash spending, and looking to tear down federal standards or guardrails that get in their way.
“The Worst of the Worst”
Guantánamo represents a place beyond the reach of morality and the law, where America’s most dangerous enemies can be thrown, never to be seen again.
Pride and Prejudice
For Arlie Russell Hochschild, understanding why rural voters favor Trump requires coming to grips with the role of emotion in politics.
A Fractured Coalition
A roundtable on the 2024 election.
Europe Can’t “Trump-Proof” Itself
Following the U.S. election, European foreign policy experts are reviving ideas about strategic autonomy from 2016. They fail to understand how much has changed in the last eight years.
A Party Out of Touch
Without confronting the economic conditions that gave rise to right-wing populism, the Harris campaign could not meaningfully address a deepening crisis of liberal democracy.
Trump’s Deportation Model
Trump has invoked a 1950s mass deportation campaign as a blueprint for his nativist agenda. Its history shows that abuse and dehumanization are intrinsic to immigrant detention.
Trump in the Garden
Eight years into the fascism debate, few skeptics seem willing to admit that they were wrong.
