Editorial
Dutton and Rinehart’s Bargain-Bin Populism Is a National Embarrassment
The most awkward thing about Australia’s rightward lurch is how nakedly derivative it is. As mining billionaire Gina Rinehart touched down in Washington to attend
America’s Constitutional Crisis is Really About Technical Debt
A federal judge in Seattle this week did precisely what the Constitution and his vocation demanded: he blocked Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship,
This Isn’t Progress—It’s a Heist
This week in Washington, President and convicted felon Donald Trump stood shoulder-to-shoulder with tech titans Sam Altman, Larry Ellison, and Masayoshi Son to announce Stargate,
This Man is a Nazi.
The evidence is now undeniable. In front of thousands at Donald Trump’s inauguration rally, Elon Musk – the world’s richest man and owner of X
Democracy Isn’t Dead—Stop Writing Its Obituary
🗞️ Editor’s note: The Index will no longer be publishing photos or images of Donald Trump. The man needs no further publicity. He takes up
This is Trump’s America. There’s Only One Winner Here.
They will stand in the cold. As Donald Trump takes the oath of office for his second term, thousands of his most devoted supporters will
Silicon Valley’s Secret Love Affair with the State
In March 2023, as Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, America’s libertarian, small-government preaching tech leaders rallied for state intervention. The same executives who championed free markets
Democracy Dies in a Rebrand
The Washington Post, formerly one of America’s most respected newspapers and home to the slogan “Democracy Dies in Darkness” unveiled its new mission statement this
Silicon Valley’s ‘Broken Deal’ is a Myth
In a revealing December interview with Bari Weiss’ The Free Press that has recently gone middlingly viral, Marc Andreessen painted a revisionist history of Silicon
