So far, the biggest successes against President Donald Trump’s second-term assault on democracy have come not from Congress and the Supreme Court, but more unusual sources: lower-court judges, “No Kings” protests, a Disney+ subscriber boycott, and Trump’s own indiscipline and incompetence. After the 2025 elections, we can add the states to the list. And in […]

For the past few months, a shadowy company called Dumb and Co. has been convincing people in Washington, DC, to ditch their smartphones for a month. It’s part of a project called Month Offline, where participants get a flip phone and access to a support group to talk about algorithms, doomscrolling, and why smartphones make […]

Daniel and Brianna Bell met as college students near Toronto. Brianna, especially, had embraced traditionalist messages about family from her conservative Christian church. So when they married, Daniel became a pastor and Brianna became a stay-at-home mom. Brianna lived what was essentially a “tradwife” lifestyle — the trend popularized by online influencers in which women […]

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration has killed a short-lived IRS program designed to make filing tax returns fast and free.  What happened? The fate of IRS Direct […]

Less than one year into President Donald Trump’s second term, we finally have solid evidence that the coalition that carried him to victory one year ago today is unraveling. The slate of Republican losses — and the magnitude of Democratic wins in New Jersey and Virginia, especially — suggest not just that the Democratic backlash to […]