Islamophobic Elites Lied to Destroy the Life of a Palestinian Brown Student Islamophobic Elites Lied to Destroy the Life of a Palestinian Brown Student

Plutocrats, pundits, and government officials joined together in a racist smear campaign against a queer Palestinian student at Brown University.

Jeet Heer

Recent Democratic Victories Have Republicans Running Scared Recent Democratic Victories Have Republicans Running Scared

Elise Stefanik is just the latest top Republican deciding against running in the 2026 midterms.

John Nichols

Are Cell Phones to Blame for the Youth Loneliness Epidemic? Are Cell Phones to Blame for the Youth Loneliness Epidemic?

David Landes argues that cell phones represent an isolated life whereas Kimberly Hassel blames the loneliness crisis on a society unable to support or protect its youth.

Column / David Landes and Kimberly Hassel

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How Do We See Hegseth?

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Surf’s up!

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What to Do With the Ballroom in 2029?

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Kristi Kremed.

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We are all Americans.

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Trump’s “Warrior Dividend”  Might Be His Scariest Idea Yet

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This week’s “Elie v. US” explores the authoritarian threat beneath Trump’s bonuses for military families. Plus, a case for getting rid of the Second Amendment.

Elie Mystal

Attorney General Pam Bondi, Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem flank Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office, on August 25, 2025.

It Would Be Madness to Give Trump and His Toadies Even More Power It Would Be Madness to Give Trump and His Toadies Even More Power

And yet, that’s what the Supreme Court appears prepared to do.

Sasha Abramsky

People pause outside of the engineering and physics building at Brown University, the site of a mass shooting that left at least two people dead and nine others injured the day before, December 14, 2025, in Providence, Rhode Island.

In America, Mass Shooting Survivors Can Never Know Peace In America, Mass Shooting Survivors Can Never Know Peace

A growing number of US residents have lived through more than one massacre.

Jeet Heer

Books & the Arts

Donald Trump, October 2025.

The Remaking of Trump’s Washington, DC The Remaking of Trump’s Washington, DC

The ballroom and his other proposed building projects are many things, but they are not exactly works of architecture.

Books & the Arts / Karrie Jacobs

Why “The Voice of Hind Rajab” Will Break Your Heart

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A film dramatizing a rescue crew’s attempts to save the 5-year-old Gazan girl might be one of the most affecting movies of the year.

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How Laura Poitras Finds the Truth How Laura Poitras Finds the Truth

The director has a knack for getting people to tell her things they’ve never told anyone else—including her latest subject, Seymour Hersh.

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World

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The New Europeans, Trump-Style The New Europeans, Trump-Style

Donald Trump is sowing division in the European Union, even as he calls on it to spend more on defense.

David Broder

Jose Antonio Kast delivers a speech in front of his supporters after being elected.

Chile at the Crossroads Chile at the Crossroads

A dramatic shift to the extreme right threatens the future—and past—for human rights and accountability.

Peter Kornbluh

Hend’s family during their olive harvest season in 2024. Photo courtesy of Hend Salama Abo Helow

Israel Wants to Destroy My Family’s Way of Life. We’ll Never Give In. Israel Wants to Destroy My Family’s Way of Life. We’ll Never Give In.

My family’s olive trees have stood in Gaza for decades. Despite genocide, drought, pollution, toxic mines, uprooting, bulldozing, and burning, they’re still here—and so are we.

Hend Salama Abo Helow

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How LA Defeated Donald Trump

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The Fierce and Joyous Face of LA Resistance

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What we can learn from a great American city’s refusal to bend to Trump’s invasion.

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Mayor of LA to America: “Beware!”

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Trump has made Los Angeles a testing ground for military intervention on our streets. Mayor Karen Bass says her city has become an example for how to fight back.

Feature / Gail Reed

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