Flux

Flux

Home
Theory of Change
How This Happened
Leaderboard
About
Home
Theory of Change
How This Happened
Leaderboard
About
Donald Trump’s belligerent attacks on the Pope backfire badly
Picking a fight with a peace-mongering pontiff may well pay massive future dividends — for opponents of the president and MAGA.
21 hrs ago • Jim Carroll
To achieve a beautiful future, don’t stop imagining
Monika Bielskyte on rescuing futurism from Big Tech dystopianism
Apr 25 • Matthew Sheffield and Monika Bielskyte
1:50:08
To end Trump’s Second Gilded Age, Democrats should remember how the first one was rolled back
Fake populism can only be defeated by the real thing
Apr 23 • Matthew Sheffield
Barack Obama reading books to preschoolers with Zohran Mamdani is a very big deal
The former president seems to have realized that Democrats cannot defeat Trumpism unless they include all of the party’s voters
Apr 21 • Matthew Sheffield
Viktor Orbán’s defeat will remove a powerful model, ally, and funder for U.S. far right
Incoming prime minister Péter Magyar vows to immediately end Hungary’s current subsidies to reactionary groups
Apr 18 • Peter Montgomery
Trump hates Pope Leo because he sees himself as the real vicar of Christ
The president is trying to rebuild Christianity in his own image, but the first American pope is standing in the way
Apr 17 • Matthew Sheffield
Young men are being drawn to the beauty industry through toxic ‘looksmaxxing’ trends
Ideas that first began among incel communities are spreading far beyond
Apr 14
Trump announces blockade of Strait of Hormuz as Iran negotiations fail
New policy appears aimed at stopping Iran from profiting from toll on shipping
Apr 12
Military officials warned not to obey illegal orders as Trump’s Iran ‘deadline’ looms
Laws against war crimes will still exist, even after Trump is not president
Apr 7
Obsessed with dominating Iran through unmitigated violence, Trump channels age-old American pathologies
To derail and defeat Trump, we need a broader public awareness of how the president's sociopathy synergizes with long-standing, malevolent conceptions…
Apr 6 • Jim Carroll
Is liberal Christianity making a comeback?
Alan Elrod on James Talarico and why the U.S. left needs to speak to all Americans
Apr 3 • Matthew Sheffield
56:29
Pam Bondi’s DOJ abandoned 23,000 criminal investigations in shift to immigration
Even investigations into fraud and abuse were dropped
Apr 2
© 2026 Flux Community Media · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture