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Kamala Harris, campaigning in Washington, D.C., faces protests from hundreds of people expressing disapproval of her administration's Gaza policy, on October 29, 2024.

We Don’t Need an Autopsy to Tell Us the Democrats Failed on Gaza We Don’t Need an Autopsy to Tell Us the Democrats Failed on Gaza

The DNC is allegedly hiding a report showing that Kamala Harris's Gaza policy helped cost her the 2024 election. But that report won't tell us anything we don't already know.

Mar 5, 2026 / James Zogby

Texas's Senate Primary Has Already Made History—and It's Not Over Yet

Texas's Senate Primary Has Already Made History—and It's Not Over Yet Texas's Senate Primary Has Already Made History—and It's Not Over Yet

Democratic nominee James Talarico is getting national media attention, but the real story is sky-high voter turnout, even amid GOP bids to suppress balloting

Mar 5, 2026 / Ana Marie Cox

Quilted Messages

Quilted Messages Quilted Messages

Sunbonnets carrying not-so-sunny truths.

Mar 5, 2026 / OppArt / Jane Pearlmutter

How the Theatrics of Mamdani’s Trump Meeting Backfired

How the Theatrics of Mamdani’s Trump Meeting Backfired How the Theatrics of Mamdani’s Trump Meeting Backfired

By pandering to the president’s vanity, the New York mayor reinforced Trump’s image as a strongman commanding deference—an especially bad look on the eve of Trump’s war with Iran

Mar 5, 2026 / D.D. Guttenplan

Men watch from a hillside as a plume of smoke rises after an explosion on March 2, 2026, in Tehran, Iran.

The Iran War Is Also a Climate War The Iran War Is Also a Climate War

Climate change is not a peripheral part of what we’re seeing in Iran—it’s structurally embedded in modern warfare.

Mar 5, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard and Giles Trendle

The Cinema of Societal Collapse

The Cinema of Societal Collapse The Cinema of Societal Collapse

This year’s Oscar-nominated international feature films—especially The Secret Agent and Sirāt—tackle what it means to live and die under tyranny.

Mar 5, 2026 / Books & the Arts

Volunteers with New York Common Pantry help to prepare food packages on October 30, 2025, in New York City.

Students in New York Are Going Hungry. How Can Mamdani Help? Students in New York Are Going Hungry. How Can Mamdani Help?

With plans for city-owned grocery stores and a focus on affordability, the new mayoral administration offers fresh hopes of successfully confronting the food crisis among students...

Mar 5, 2026 / StudentNation / Nikole Rajgor

Anthropic touts its alliance with the American imperium in happier times for the company.

Garbage In, Carnage Out Garbage In, Carnage Out

The harrowing lessons of the Pentagon’s recently dissolved partnership with Anthropic.

Mar 4, 2026 / David Futrelle

US President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025.

The Iran War Could Be Catastrophic for the US-Israel Alliance. Good. The Iran War Could Be Catastrophic for the US-Israel Alliance. Good.

As Israel’s role in pushing the war with Iran comes into ever sharper focus, it’s up to us to turn outrage into change.

Mar 4, 2026 / Jack Mirkinson

We Are the Fire That Melts the ICE

We Are the Fire That Melts the ICE We Are the Fire That Melts the ICE

Oaxaca, Mexico, street art.

Mar 4, 2026 / OppArt / Line Marker

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