Why Losing Colbert Hurts So Much Why Losing Colbert Hurts So Much
Trump would have all his comedian critics fired if he could. But Colbert represents a particular loss.
May 22, 2026 / Ben Schwartz
Why the Park Slope Food Coop’s BDS Battle Is So Important Why the Park Slope Food Coop’s BDS Battle Is So Important
Organizers trying to get the iconic store to ban Israeli goods believe in the power of tangible collective action at a moment when doing so feels increasingly difficult.
May 22, 2026 / Tariq Kenney-Shawa
No Mention of Gaza in the DNC’s 2024 Autopsy? Seriously? No Mention of Gaza in the DNC’s 2024 Autopsy? Seriously?
Too many Democrats still refuse to acknowledge how gravely the party was harmed by a failure to actively oppose genocide.
May 22, 2026 / John Nichols
Billionaire Charles Koch Pollutes the World Billionaire Charles Koch Pollutes the World
Sabotaging the environment for profit.
May 22, 2026 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
We Should All Be Mad As Hell About Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund We Should All Be Mad As Hell About Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund
As if the past 16 months weren’t enough, this week I reached my breaking point.
May 22, 2026 / Sasha Abramsky
Why Gen Z Is Turning to Christian Influencers Why Gen Z Is Turning to Christian Influencers
Bryce Crawford, a tattooed Evangelical influencer, built a devoted young following out of algorithms, TikTok despair, and generational loneliness.
May 22, 2026 / StudentNation / Jax Preyer
We Forgot What It Took to Gain Freedom We Forgot What It Took to Gain Freedom
The assault on voting rights should remind us.
May 22, 2026 / Analilia Mejia
Are Economists Going the Way of the Dinosaur? Are Economists Going the Way of the Dinosaur?
In Eswar S. Prasad’s The Doom Loop, he attempts to defend a profession that failed to foresee the crisis of the post-liberal world.
May 22, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Jamie Merchant
Trump’s Killing Spree in Somalia Is Just One Assault in His Global War-Making Trump’s Killing Spree in Somalia Is Just One Assault in His Global War-Making
No American president has ever attacked Somalis with the persistence and at the rate of President Donald Trump.
May 21, 2026 / Nick Turse