This piece was first published in Flamman. The two heavily armed brothers were dressed like a masked tactical unit. They broke into the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo at noon on January 7, 2015, and opened fire at the editorial staff meeting. As they fled, the Salafist […]

Michael Steele speaks with Tamika D. Mallory, social justice leader and movement strategist who led the historic 2017 Women’s March. The pair discuss how Tamika discovered her purpose in activism, what makes for successful organizing and what leading a movement looks like in this new era of Trump. Check out […]

US President Donald Trump takes a question as he speaks during the signing of executive orders at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on February 18, 2025. Trump said he was “disappointed” to hear that Kyiv had complained about being cut out of talks between the United States and […]

Overtime is for everyone. If you’re a subscriber: thank you. If you’re not, there’s no better time to subscribe to Bulwark+ than today. If you like today’s issue, you can share this newsletter with someone you think would value it. Elon Musk speaks with President Donald J. Trump and reporters […]

Tim Miller and Pablo Torre go over how the Saudis and LIV Golf are causing a scene in the sports world. How Trump is trying to come in and save the day, and how it’s all about the money. Leave a comment As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. […]

Sam Stein is joined by Chuck Todd to discuss the Trump administration indefinitely banning the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One over use of ‘Gulf of Mexico.’ Leave a comment As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams […]

In 1933, two young members of the Communist Party of Australia (CPA), Reginald “Shorty” Patullo and Noel Counihan, initiated one of the most successful working-class protests to take place in Australia during the Great Depression. The Battle of Phoenix Street — as it came to be known — began in […]

Crypto should be one of the biggest stories out of the Trump administration, but the crypto guys are really good at making it seem more complicated than it is. Bloomberg’s Zeke Faux joins Tim to run down the ins-and-outs, and the players—including the Chinese businessman facing SEC charges who swears […]

Following the rise of right-wing populism throughout the 2010s and the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, center-left political parties sought to reinvent themselves under a new interventionist economic agenda. Often dubbed “supply-side progressivism,” this approach includes a stronger state role in directing economic development, investing in infrastructure, promoting a green […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (at right) and Putin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov (second to right) attend a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 18, 2025 with Secretary of State Marco Rubio (second to left), Trump Nation Security Advisor Mike Waltz (third to left), and Trump Middle East […]

(Composite / Photos: GettyImages) I know that most people don’t care about foreign policy, but this is kind of important. Yesterday it became clear that America hasn’t abandoned its allies so much as switched sides. The Trump administration is trying to bully Canada, Denmark, and the NATO countries. It just […]

President Donald Trump has thrown the nation’s health systems into chaos. In just the first month of his presidency, the administration has made drastic cuts to medical research and epidemic surveillance, and mounted serious threats to Medicaid, Medicare, and essential childhood vaccination. With last week’s confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy […]