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Trump’s War on History: The president is trying to control our future by rewriting our past.

Contributions: How This Issue Came Together

We’re Suing RFK Jr. • The Epstein files are not the only documents the government is hiding.

Unfriendly Skies • The private equity-owned airline profiting off Trump’s deportations

Strange Mercies • Donald Trump has freed rioters, fraudsters, and drug traffickers. Just so long as they’re loyal. Or rich.

Trump’s War on History • As America’s 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country’s future by rewriting its past.

“He Thinks Our People Are Idiots” • Trump has betrayed the people of coal country. They love him anyway.

The Inheritance • What being a billionaire scion taught JB Pritzker about standing up to one

“Who the Fuck Are These Men?” • How extremists reconquered Idaho—and how some locals are fighting back

House Arrest • Hiding out with an immigrant family in ICE-occupied Memphis

Sunny With a Chance of Progress • Solarpunk imagines what happens when our climate changes—and we pivot.

Adventurism • The MAGA critique of globalism never meant the end of war.

The Doctor is Out There • RFK Jr. wants to end the FDA’s “war” on alternative treatments like stem cell therapy. What could go wrong?

Last Rights • The Reverend Jeff Hood on the moral injury of ministering to death row inmates