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Satellite view of the Salalah oil storage fire after Iranian drone attack, on March 13, 2026.

How the War Has Led to the Largest Disruption of Energy Supplies in Decades How the War Has Led to the Largest Disruption of Energy Supplies in Decades

Unless a resolution is found, the impact is likely to grow.

Mar 25, 2026 / Stanley Reed

Frederic Edwin Church’s “Heart of the Andes,” 1859.

When Did the Natural World Stop Feeling Sublime? When Did the Natural World Stop Feeling Sublime?

In Is a River Alive?, Robert Macfarlane challenges himself, and others, to find a new way to write about nature.

Mar 25, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Isabel Ruehl

The Senate Proves Once Again That It’s the World’s Most Useless Deliberative Body

The Senate Proves Once Again That It’s the World’s Most Useless Deliberative Body The Senate Proves Once Again That It’s the World’s Most Useless Deliberative Body

Despite his denying the legitimacy of Biden’s election and making violent threats, Markwayne Mullin breezed through his Senate confirmation to become the new head of the DHS.

Mar 24, 2026 / Chris Lehmann

Israeli settlers attack the village of Turmus Ayya in the West Bank, June 26, 2025.

“Erasing the Lines”: How Settlers Are Seizing New Regions of the West Bank “Erasing the Lines”: How Settlers Are Seizing New Regions of the West Bank

After decades consolidating their control over Area C, Israeli settlers are expanding into Areas B and A—nominally under Palestinian Authority jurisdiction—and displacing communit...

Mar 24, 2026 / Feature / Oren Ziv with Ariel Caine

A man tosses a baby into the air as Palestinian children receive Eid treats distributed volunteers of a charity organization on the second day of Eid al-Fitr amid rubbles in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on March 21, 2026.

In Gaza, Eid Is an Act of Resistance In Gaza, Eid Is an Act of Resistance

This year, Eid was a declaration: We are here. We pray. We dress in our best. We love, even when the world tries to convince us that we have nothing to love or to live for.

Mar 24, 2026 / Ali Skaik

A scene from the film

The Radical Texas War Against the “Devil’s Rope” The Radical Texas War Against the “Devil’s Rope”

An excerpt from the new book The Myth of Red Texas.

Mar 24, 2026 / David Griscom

AI Makes Life Easier… for AI

AI Makes Life Easier… for AI AI Makes Life Easier… for AI

Scraping our creativity and our jobs.

Mar 24, 2026 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

An election worker sorts mail-in ballots for the 2024 presidential election in Martinez, California, on Election Day.

The Supreme Court Looks Likely to Cave on Mail-In Ballots The Supreme Court Looks Likely to Cave on Mail-In Ballots

The GOP shouldn’t win this case, but the fact that Trump has been throwing a tantrum about it for years means they likely will.

Mar 24, 2026 / Elie Mystal

President Donald Trump poses for a selfie with Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Official Draw on December 5, 2025, in Washington, DC.

2 FIFA Rulings on Israel, 1 Familiar Deference to MAGA 2 FIFA Rulings on Israel, 1 Familiar Deference to MAGA

The world’s soccer governing body reminded fans what its theoretical commitment to “neutrality” means in practice: siding with the genocidaire.

Mar 24, 2026 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin

A screenshot from an AI-funded ad in support of North Carolina congressional candidate Valerie Foushee.

AI Is the New AIPAC AI Is the New AIPAC

Companies like Anthropic are powering a new election spending boom that’s just as deceptive and destructive as anything the pro-Israel lobby has done.

Mar 24, 2026 / Usamah Andrabi

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