Politics

Kristi Noem Bought 11 Warehouses to Use as ICE Jails. Now What?

DHS’s next leader will inherit a fast-moving $38 billion plan for industrial-scale immigrant detention.

The College-Educated Working Class

Can a generation of graduates frustrated by their economic prospects change American labor politics?

A 79-Year-Old Freshman Senator?

Janet Mills does not have a dicey Reddit history or a recently covered-over Nazi tattoo. But her candidacy is haunted by Joe Biden’s 2024 debacle.

Can’t Stop It, So Lead It

To limit the harms of the Iran war, congressional Democrats will have to join the fight.

Glimpsing Victory in Iran

The campaign has already delivered major wins for American national security, but something much bigger is starting to come into view.

A Possible Upside to the Iran War

Perhaps inadvertently, Trump is revealing the limits of China’s Axis of Autocracy.