Letitia James: We Cannot Afford to Abandon the Voting Rights Act Letitia James: We Cannot Afford to Abandon the Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court’s decision is a cruel blow to our democracy. But our efforts to ensure that every American has the representation and resources they deserve will not stop.

Letitia James

The Long, Bitter Fight to Get ICE Out of Dallas The Long, Bitter Fight to Get ICE Out of Dallas

The mayor wants to deepen his city’s collaboration with ICE. The people have other ideas.

Arman Deendar

Santa Marta May Be a Game-Changing Moment for the Climate Santa Marta May Be a Game-Changing Moment for the Climate

At a crucial climate conference, a critical mass of countries begins mapping a fossil fuel phaseout.

Mark Hertsgaard and Covering Climate Now

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May Day and the Reclamation of the Jewish Radical Tradition May Day and the Reclamation of the Jewish Radical Tradition

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Tim Cook’s Real Legacy at Apple—With Brian Merchant Tim Cook’s Real Legacy at Apple—With Brian Merchant

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The Supreme Court Has Completed Its Quest to Kill the Voting Rights Act The Supreme Court Has Completed Its Quest to Kill the Voting Rights Act

Apr 29, 2026 / Elie Mystal

The Supreme Court’s Death Blow Against Voting Rights Is the Culmination of John Roberts’s 50-Year Crusade The Supreme Court’s Death Blow Against Voting Rights Is the Culmination of John Roberts’s 50-Year Crusade

Apr 29, 2026 / David Daley

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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.&nb…

Nathan Robinson

Books & the Arts

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

Are Magazines Failing to Cover the New World Order?

Are Magazines Failing to Cover the New World Order? Are Magazines Failing to Cover the New World Order?

A conversation with Gavin Jacobson, one of the founding editors of Equator, a new publication that is trying to make sense of the world after the West.

Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Early movie house interior with audience and piano player, 1913.

Esther Kinsky’s Celluloid Dreams Esther Kinsky’s Celluloid Dreams

In Seeing Further, a novel obsessed with the tactile feeling of arthouse cinema, the sad state of our moviegoing comes into focus.

Books & the Arts / Walker Rutter-Bowman

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

The Great AI Grift The Great AI Grift

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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