Abdul El-Sayed Knows Just How to Beat Billionaire-Funded Republicans Abdul El-Sayed Knows Just How to Beat Billionaire-Funded Republicans

His ability to hit hard against powerful moneyed interests makes him electable.

John Nichols

America’s Crisis of “Death by Incarceration” America’s Crisis of “Death by Incarceration”

The US prison population is aging rapidly, and incarcerated seniors are not getting the care they need.

Zoe Beketova

Trump’s Lethal Ad-Libbing in Iraq Enters Its Most Dangerous Phase Trump’s Lethal Ad-Libbing in Iraq Enters Its Most Dangerous Phase

A new round of US bombing will only reinforce the dynamics pointing to an American loss—but that wouldn’t prevent the president from adopting still more destructive measures.

David Faris

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Russia, Ukraine, and the Danger of Escalation Russia, Ukraine, and the Danger of Escalation

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Politics

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hold a press conference to announce the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act at the US Capitol on March 25, 2026.

Bernie and AOC Are Taking On AI. Only One of Them Is Doing It Right. Bernie and AOC Are Taking On AI. Only One of Them Is Doing It Right.

Sanders is responding to the deceptive narratives floated by the industry. AOC is talking to experts who really understand how AI works.

Paris Marx

Senator Lindsey Graham speaks at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.

Lindsey Graham’s Defense of Brett Kavanaugh Told Us Everything Lindsey Graham’s Defense of Brett Kavanaugh Told Us Everything

The senator’s infamous cry of rage spoke not only to his cruelty but also to his larger role in changing the court.

Elie Mystal

Abdul El-Sayed, candidate for US Senate in Michigan, speaks before Senator Bernie Sanders on May 3, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan.

Could Abdul El-Sayed Upend Democratic Politics for Good? Could Abdul El-Sayed Upend Democratic Politics for Good?

If Michigan sends a Senator Abdul El-Sayed to Washington, traditional “electability” assumptions will have been shattered for good.

Nathan Robinson

Books & the Arts

Gen. Francisco Franco with his handpicked successor, Prince Juan Carlos of Spain, in 1975.

How Franco Ruled Spain How Franco Ruled Spain

Two new books examine these dark decades in Spanish history.

Books & the Arts / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

Silhouette of woman in a nightclub

A Rave Novel Rediscovered A Rave Novel Rediscovered

Ann Scott’s “Superstars” captures the last gasp of pre-Internet counterculture.

Books & the Arts / Max Pearl

Matt Damon as Odysseus in “The Odyssey.”

Impale and Cry: Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” Impale and Cry: Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”

In the latest rendering of the epic, there is plenty to feel guilty about even if you did not mean it.

Books & the Arts / Christian Lorentzen

World

A woman carries an umbrella to shelter from the sun as pedestrians cross a street in the Kabukicho entertainment area of Shinjuku in central Tokyo on July 29, 2025.

How Japan’s Media Ecosystem Is Fighting Climate Change How Japan’s Media Ecosystem Is Fighting Climate Change

Hundreds of outlets across the country have joined the “I am the 89%” campaign.

Mark Hertsgaard

Pedro Sanchez during a plenary session of the Congress of Deputies on 25 June 2026 in Madrid, Spain.

Pedro Sánchez Is Living on Borrowed Time Pedro Sánchez Is Living on Borrowed Time

Spain’s prime minister has become a global progressive icon. But at home, his government is hanging by a thread.

Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

Customers queue outside a Buly shop under umbrellas to shield themselves from the heat wave in Paris, France, in July 2026.

France’s Heat Shock  France’s Heat Shock 

A historically hot summer is revealing a society massively unprepared for the new climate reality.

June Loper and Harrison Stetler

Features

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The founding father included a recipe for abortions in The American Instructor, his 1748 reprint of a popular British textbook.

Abortion Has Always Been an American Tradition Abortion Has Always Been an American Tradition

More than one founding father knew that to be truly free, women needed control over their reproduction.

Feature / Regina Mahone

In 1774, the First Continental Congress opened with a prayer—a decision that inspired some sectarian squabbling—but in the new nation that followed, the founders were determined to keep church and state separate.

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.

Feature / John Fugelsang

The Knife Edge trail, not far from the Maine’s North Woods, which shaped Henry David Thoreau’s ideas about nature.

How America Became the Progenitor of Environmentalism How America Became the Progenitor of Environmentalism

From Indigenous practices to the Green New Deal, our country has always focused on prioritizing our planet.

Feature / Bill McKibben

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The US-Iran Air War Resumes, the Sudanese Army Secures a Kordofan Highway, Fujimori Takes Office in Peru The US-Iran Air War Resumes, the Sudanese Army Secures a Kordofan Highway, Fujimori Takes Office in Peru

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