The US Needs India to Buy Coal. Who Pays the Cost? The US Needs India to Buy Coal. Who Pays the Cost?
As the country doubles down on coal exports, local communities—like those in Baltimore and Ennore—will bear the environmental burden.
Jan 15, 2026 / StudentNation / Alex Norbrook
Democrats Really Can Compete in Rural America Democrats Really Can Compete in Rural America
The results for the 2025 election cycle send a powerful message regarding strategies that connect outside of urban centers.
Jan 15, 2026 / Erica Etelson
Trump’s Death Eaters Are Coming for Our Kids Trump’s Death Eaters Are Coming for Our Kids
After taking countless lives around the world, RFK Jr. and his ghoulish compatriots want American children to suffer too.
Jan 15, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves
Mamdani Starts Governing by Getting the Imagery Right Mamdani Starts Governing by Getting the Imagery Right
Early signs suggest that the Mamdani era in New York is off to an encouraging start—beginning with the mayor's continued mastery of political spectacle.
Jan 15, 2026 / D.D. Guttenplan
Climate Hushers Need to Get Real Climate Hushers Need to Get Real
Political realism doesn’t outweigh scientific realism.
Jan 15, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard
How Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Chills Organizing and Erodes Conditions for All Workers How Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Chills Organizing and Erodes Conditions for All Workers
When one group of workers is terrorized or disappeared, it threatens all workers’ ability to fight for their labor rights.
Jan 15, 2026 / Sarah Lazare
The Defiance Is Steadily Building, in Increasingly Unlikely Places The Defiance Is Steadily Building, in Increasingly Unlikely Places
It’s the protesters on the streets in Minneapolis fighting ICE, DOJ lawyers who’ve resigned over the investigation into Renee and Becca Good—and many more opposing Trump’s abuses....
Jan 14, 2026 / Joan Walsh
Zohran Mamdani’s Taxi Agenda Pulls Up to City Hall Zohran Mamdani’s Taxi Agenda Pulls Up to City Hall
Mamdani names Midori Valdivia as taxi commissioner as the drivers who powered his rise press him to finish the fight against medallion debt.
Jan 14, 2026 / Prajwal Bhat
Ro Khanna Has a New Tech Social Contract for California’s Oligarchs Ro Khanna Has a New Tech Social Contract for California’s Oligarchs
As Peter Thiel and other fat cats threaten to flee California over a billionaire tax, Khanna is calling their bluff.
Jan 14, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Listen to Bad Bunny: Abolish Act 22 Listen to Bad Bunny: Abolish Act 22
An egregious tax-evasion loophole is inflaming the displacement crisis in Puerto Rico.
Jan 14, 2026 / Nomiki Konst and Federico de Jesús