Why Does Pete Hegseth Have to Make His Desperate Need for Masculine Validation Our Problem? Why Does Pete Hegseth Have to Make His Desperate Need for Masculine Validation Our Problem?
America has been burdened with the unresolved issues of a man driven by his poorly disguised sense of embarrassment and emasculation by the utter failures of the wars he fought in...
May 27, 2026 / Jasper Craven
Jim Crow Just Suffered a Temporary Setback—in Alabama Jim Crow Just Suffered a Temporary Setback—in Alabama
A federal district court struck down the state’s new congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
May 27, 2026 / Elie Mystal
International Solidarity International Solidarity
In Barcelona, walls become voices for Palestine.
May 27, 2026 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Dr. Harry Edwards on the NAACP’s Call to Boycott Gerrymandering States Dr. Harry Edwards on the NAACP’s Call to Boycott Gerrymandering States
The 83-year-old sociologist and activists reflects on what is missing in the current effort to organize athletes politically.
May 27, 2026 / Dave Zirin
Drones? Europe’s Automakers Are Taking Orders. Drones? Europe’s Automakers Are Taking Orders.
French car company Renault seeks a foothold in rearmament.
May 27, 2026 / Harrison Stetler
The Rise of the Sensitivity Reader The Rise of the Sensitivity Reader
Adam Szetela’s That Book Is Dangerous! examines the emergence of a new job in publishing—secondary readers who comb through books for possible offenses.
May 27, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Kyle Paoletta
Trump’s Abraham Accords Fantasy Will Only Cause More Suffering Trump’s Abraham Accords Fantasy Will Only Cause More Suffering
Any expansion of the alleged peace agreement would lock the Middle East into endless apartheid, despotism, and militarism.
May 26, 2026 / Jeet Heer
How Trump Got His Tacky Arch Approved How Trump Got His Tacky Arch Approved
Neoclassical revivalists had to sell their souls.
May 26, 2026 / Kate Wagner
Aren’t Billionaires People, Too? Yes, but… Aren’t Billionaires People, Too? Yes, but…
When ordinary Americans are forced to skip meals to afford healthcare, it’s vital that the Democratic Party resist retreating from small “d” populist policies.
May 26, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel