Archive - The.Ink

It's so much bigger than Epstein

What the Epstein files really reveal

11 hrs ago • Anand Giridharadas

BOOK CLUB: A democracy reading list

As we finish our reading of "Injustice," we share some background reading that illuminates the current crisis -- and points the way to the future

Feb 1 • Leigh Haber

January 2026

The chillest dude on the internet speaks out

Weekend Reads for January 31, 2026: Getting you up to speed on the week that was

Jan 31 • The Ink

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: Separate and unequal

Everyone’s talking about the “dual state” -- but what do we miss about America when we look abroad for explanations instead of in our own backyard?

Jan 30 • The Ink

What the ICE reign of terror is doing to our kids

A guest essay on how Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign is harming all of America's children

Jan 30 • Anya Kamenetz

Is Minneapolis the start of a “color revolution”?

Paul Krugman on the resistance in Minneapolis, the world’s divorce with an abusive America, and the odds that we’ll survive Trumpism

Jan 29 • Anand Giridharadas and Paul Krugman

54:32

Minneapolis isn’t a personnel problem. It’s a fascism problem

And join us today at 12:30 p.m. Eastern when we talk with Paul Krugman

Jan 29 • The Ink

WATCH: The Department of Injustice

Journalists Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis on Minneapolis, how Donald Trump traded the rule of law for a strategy of retribution, and the judges and…

Jan 28 • Leigh Haber, Aaron Davis, and CarolLeonnig

50:46

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: Is a middle-class life still possible?

In a new poll, people say they can no longer afford the American dream -- what does that mean for the future?

Jan 28 • The Ink

BOOK CLUB: A shakedown in Minnesota?

Journalists Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis on how the Justice Department became legal muscle for the president

Jan 28 • Leigh Haber

Before and after Minneapolis

Historian Heather Ann Thompson on the war on, and for, cities, from Minneapolis today to New York in the 1980s and beyond

Jan 27 • Anand Giridharadas and Heather Ann Thompson

48:37

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: ICE out

After weeks of occupation, grassroots resistance made the difference in Minneapolis -- what's next for the city, and the rest of America?

Jan 27 • The Ink

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