The January Sixer Behind the Attack on Voting Rights The January Sixer Behind the Attack on Voting Rights

In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent digs into blockbuster revelations about the lead plaintiff in the VRA case. Plus, the enduring Cult of Trump.

Elie Mystal

Ka$h Patel’s Bourbon Swag Is Part of a Larger Branding Disaster Ka$h Patel’s Bourbon Swag Is Part of a Larger Branding Disaster

The FBI director is targeting reporters and his own agents to stop embarrassing leaks.

Jeet Heer

The Managerial Anguish of Democratic Leaders The Managerial Anguish of Democratic Leaders

Trump’s corruption is personal, so why do Democrats keep making it about procedure?

Chris Lehmann

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How Trump’s Deportation Regime Is Reshaping Schools How Trump’s Deportation Regime Is Reshaping Schools

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Why Pope Leo Gets Under Trump’s Skin Why Pope Leo Gets Under Trump’s Skin

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Politics

California students campaign for the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act.

How California’s Kids Are Taking On Big Oil How California’s Kids Are Taking On Big Oil

After last year’s devastating wildfires, young Californians are spearheading a growing movement to force polluters—not taxpayers—to pay for the damage.

StudentNation / Padma Balaji

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers remarks at the Union Now Rally to launch a nonprofit organization designed to boost worker power across the nation on April 12, 2026, in New York City.

New York City Finally Has a Rest Hub for Delivery Workers New York City Finally Has a Rest Hub for Delivery Workers

Five years after they began organizing for it, deliveristas have a space to rest and charge their e-bikes.

Prajwal Bhat

“Big Money” Jeff Bezos attends the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on March 15, 2026.

The Bezos “Post” Editorial Page Has Become a Mouthpiece for Pro-Billionaire Propaganda The Bezos “Post” Editorial Page Has Become a Mouthpiece for Pro-Billionaire Propaganda

Jeff Bezos said The Washington Post would no longer publish opinion pieces critical of free markets. Recent editorials show just how seriously the paper has taken this mandate.

Nathan Robinson

Books & the Arts

Hand-colored lithograph of an early baseball game seen from behind home plate, 1887.

Robert Coover at Bat Robert Coover at Bat

The postmodern writer’s 1968 baseball novel is strange and poignant—a work of fiction that ultimately argues for the vitality of fiction itself.

Books & the Arts / John Semley

A Louisiana Private School’s All-American Grift

A Louisiana Private School’s All-American Grift A Louisiana Private School’s All-American Grift

In Miracle Children: Race, Education, and a True Story of False Promises, two reporters uncovered a high school scandal that puts into relief the unfinished work of integration.

Books & the Arts / Kristen Martin

Orange clouds over the west hills of Portland as the light from the sunset and smoke from historic Oregon wildfires mix over Mt. Calvary Cemetery, 2020.

A Climate Change Novel That Questions Everything A Climate Change Novel That Questions Everything

In God and Sex, Jon Raymond has recontextualized timeless novelistic questions—on faith and love—in an era of environmental collapse.

Books & the Arts / Jessica Swoboda

World

Supporters of the pro-European conservative TISZA party celebrate during the election night on the banks on the river Danube with the Parliament building in the background, in Budapest after the general election in Hungary, on April 12, 2026.

Boris Kagarlitsky on Hungary’s Election Boris Kagarlitsky on Hungary’s Election

Reflections on right-wing populism’s dead end and the window of opportunity for the left.

Suzi Weissman and Boris Kagarlitsky

US President Donald Trump’s sidekick JD Vance attends a campaign rally in Budapest on April 7, 2026, for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who would be crushed in the election some days later.

The Honeymoon Is Over Between Trump and Europe’s Far Right The Honeymoon Is Over Between Trump and Europe’s Far Right


Viewing an alliance with Trumpist America as a liability.

Harrison Stetler

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks to reporters as she arrives at a “Meeting in Defense of Democracy” in Barcelona on April 18, 2026, a gathering of leftist leaders seeking to rally against the far-right threat to democracy.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum at the Summit for Democracy Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum at the Summit for Democracy

“I am a woman of peace.”

Claudia Sheinbaum

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The Death of an AI Whistleblower

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Suchir Balaji sought to expose OpenAI’s data abuses. Did it come at the expense of his own life?

Feature / Jacob Silverman

AI for the People

AI for the People AI for the People

A manifesto for an AI revolution that works for the many, not just the billionaires.

Feature / Rep. Ro Khanna

The Great AI Grift

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Tech leaders want you to believe that AI is the key to a new golden age. The reality looks more like a bold, government-backed heist.

Feature / Susannah Glickman, Amba Kak, and Sarah Myers West

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