The Battle for Black Brooklyn The Battle for Black Brooklyn
This Primary Day, New York City’s leftist insurgents and the borough’s Black political establishment are headed into their biggest face-off yet.
What Should Be Done With America’s Slave Mansions? What Should Be Done With America’s Slave Mansions?
A case for reimagining plantations—the engines of centuries of oppression—as laboratories for economic justice.
Darializa Avila Chevalier Wants “Babies, Not Bombs” Darializa Avila Chevalier Wants “Babies, Not Bombs”
As a critical primary approaches, we talk to the organizer and congressional candidate about Palestine, New York City, and her experience of an unexpectedly vicious campaign.
The Last Thing US Healthcare Needs Is an AI Takeover The Last Thing US Healthcare Needs Is an AI Takeover
We fear that healthcare will become even more financialized as our systems become more deeply entangled with the AI bubble and the speculative investments that accompany it.
Free-Speech Fraud Bari Weiss Would Rather Deport Than Debate Free-Speech Fraud Bari Weiss Would Rather Deport Than Debate
As anti-war politics gain ground, Weiss’s Free Press is pushing to remove Trita Parsi from the US.
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The American Revolution’s Long Tail The American Revolution’s Long Tail
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How “the Blob” Gaslighted Itself Into Thinking That Russia Is on the Brink of Collapse How “the Blob” Gaslighted Itself Into Thinking That Russia Is on the Brink of Collapse
Jun 22, 2026 / Dan Storyev
We Are in the Middle of a “Rolling Coup” We Are in the Middle of a “Rolling Coup”
Jun 22, 2026 / Richard Gephardt and Timothy Wirth
Progressive Democrats Are Winning in Just About Every Corner of America Progressive Democrats Are Winning in Just About Every Corner of America
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Ending Aid to Israel? Ending Aid to Israel?
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From the Archive
April 14th, 2010: Environmentalism Turns 16 Environmentalism Turns 16
Ask Brock Evans, Washington lobbyist for the Audubon Society, what he thinks of the liedown- in-front-of-the-bulldozer approach to ‘environmentalism practiced by Earth First!…
Politics
David Ellison Draws the Curtain on News David Ellison Draws the Curtain on News
Mogul behind Colbert firing and 60 Minutes’ downfall.
Claire Valdez Is Making All the Right Enemies Claire Valdez Is Making All the Right Enemies
The RNC keeps attacking the popular ideas of a democratic socialist who is running for Congress in New York City.
We Must Restore Congress as the Predominant Branch of Government We Must Restore Congress as the Predominant Branch of Government
The promise of democratic governance was stolen from the people. We must win it back.
Books & the Arts
Lyn Hejinian’s Republic of Readers Lyn Hejinian’s Republic of Readers
In the poet’s last work, Lola the Interpreter, she treats her readers as true interlocutors, inviting them into the act of interpretation alongside her.
The Art of the American Revolution Across the Generations The Art of the American Revolution Across the Generations
The United States’ founding moment from Washington Crossing the Delaware to the paintings of Jacob Lawrence, Kara Walker, and Kent Monkman.
The Entwined History of Capitalism and Race in the Americas and Beyond The Entwined History of Capitalism and Race in the Americas and Beyond
Better to start the history of the United States in 1492 than in 1776.
World
At This Year’s World Cup, Make Way for Autocrats At This Year’s World Cup, Make Way for Autocrats
Sovereign wealth, private equity money, and a network of oily alliances between FIFA and the world’s most reprehensible regimes have transformed the sport forever.
Bolivia’s Streets Have Erupted. Here’s Why. Bolivia’s Streets Have Erupted. Here’s Why.
Ordinary people are rising up against neoliberal orthodoxy.
Trumpworld’s Global War on Multiracial Democracy Trumpworld’s Global War on Multiracial Democracy
White House officials and Elon Musk are now openly promoting blood-and-soil politics across Europe.
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Separation of Church and State: America’s Best Idea Separation of Church and State: America’s Best Idea
Christian nationalists keep forgetting what the country’s founders kept writing down.
Alexander Hamilton, the Wrong Founder Alexander Hamilton, the Wrong Founder
Dismantling the cult of personality created around the founding era’s plutocratic foe of democracy.
We Must Restore Congress as the Predominant Branch of Government We Must Restore Congress as the Predominant Branch of Government
The promise of democratic governance was stolen from the people. We must win it back.
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