Is Samuel Alito Preparing to Disrobe? Is Samuel Alito Preparing to Disrobe?
In this installment of Elie v. US, our justice correspondent explores the week’s big legal news, including a possible Alito retirement. Also, the anti-trans mob’s latest target: t...
Feb 6, 2026 / Elie Mystal
From Epstein to Bezos, the Ruling Class Is Rotten to the Core From Epstein to Bezos, the Ruling Class Is Rotten to the Core
Let this week be yet another reminder that plutocrats are a threat to democracy, not its saviors.
Feb 6, 2026 / Jeet Heer
Trump’s Dictatorial Mania Is Increasing—but So Is the Public’s Fury Trump’s Dictatorial Mania Is Increasing—but So Is the Public’s Fury
Trump is retreating into a fantasy world in which he remains an all-conquering strongman. Yet the American people are rejecting him over and over again.
Feb 6, 2026 / Sasha Abramsky
“We Are All Passengers on the Titanic” “We Are All Passengers on the Titanic”
An interview with Grigory Yavlinsky.
Feb 6, 2026 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
How Big Gaming Is Swallowing Up the Big Game How Big Gaming Is Swallowing Up the Big Game
The Super Bowl will showcase the lords of legalized betting, even as they’ve already colonized every other reach of human experience.
Feb 6, 2026 / Matt Alston
Speaking Out on the Insanity of Nuclear Weapons Speaking Out on the Insanity of Nuclear Weapons
At a time when nuclear dangers are not just rising, but multiplying, we need all hands on deck in sounding the alarm and advocating for abolition of nuclear weapons.
Feb 6, 2026 / Ivana Nikolić Hughes and Peter Kuznick
The Pain and Glory of My Football-Loving Life The Pain and Glory of My Football-Loving Life
A comic about the Eagles, fathers, incarceration, and the holes that sports can't fill.
Feb 6, 2026 / Christopher Blackwell and Solomon J. Brager
Barbara Pym’s Archaic England Barbara Pym’s Archaic England
In the novelist’s work, she mocks English culture’s nostalgia, revealing what lies beneath the country’s obsession with its heritage.
Feb 6, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Ashley Cullina
The International Olympics Committee Is Urged to Drop Oil Company Sponsors The International Olympics Committee Is Urged to Drop Oil Company Sponsors
Global warming means the future of Winter Games “is literally melting away.”
Feb 5, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard