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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in concert at Nationals Park on May 27, 2026, in Washington, DC.

Bruce Springsteen Gave Us Exactly What We Need Right Now Bruce Springsteen Gave Us Exactly What We Need Right Now

His just-finished tour was a cleansing, healing experience—and a morale-boosting call to arms for everyone fighting for our democracy.

Jun 2, 2026 / Joan Walsh

Stick ’Em Up, Taxpayers!

Stick ’Em Up, Taxpayers! Stick ’Em Up, Taxpayers!

Trumps brazenly robs the Treasury.

Jun 2, 2026 / OppArt / Ann Telnaes

Fascists Try to Write Trans People Out of the “Natural Order.” The Earth Disagrees.

Fascists Try to Write Trans People Out of the “Natural Order.” The Earth Disagrees. Fascists Try to Write Trans People Out of the “Natural Order.” The Earth Disagrees.

The vast majority of life on earth exists outside of sex and gender binaries—despite what the right likes to claim.

Jun 2, 2026 / Willow Schenwar

Annie Leonard and André Carothers

“Amazon Is the New Slavery”: Chris Smalls on the Labor Fight of a Lifetime “Amazon Is the New Slavery”: Chris Smalls on the Labor Fight of a Lifetime

A conversation with the labor organizer about his new book, When The Revolution Comes: A Fight for the Future of the Working Class.

Jun 2, 2026 / Q&A / Sara Franklin

On the day of its promulgation, a person holds Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical Letter “Magnifica Humanitas,” focused on the rise of artificial intelligence, at the Vatican on May 25, 2026.

From Universities to the Vatican, the AI Backlash Can’t Be Ignored From Universities to the Vatican, the AI Backlash Can’t Be Ignored

If AI devours entire industries, who believes that the precariat’s newest members will receive more support than autoworkers and textile makers before them?

Jun 2, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tiki-torch wielding protesters on the campus of the University of Virginia on the night before the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, 2017.

The Troubled History of Charlottesville The Troubled History of Charlottesville

Deborah Baker’s Charlottesville: An American Story is history of the city and how its checkered past ultimately led to the Unite the Right rally.

Jun 2, 2026 / Books & the Arts / José Sanchez

Donald Trump displays a rendering of the planned “UFC Freedom 250” event in the Oval Office, on May 6, 2026.

Trump’s Fourth of July Fiasco Is Entirely His Fault Trump’s Fourth of July Fiasco Is Entirely His Fault

America’s 250th anniversary celebrations are falling apart because of the president’s tawdry display of narcissism.

Jun 1, 2026 / Jeet Heer

A Russian tourist wearing a shirt with the face of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara prepares to board a return flight at José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, on February 16, 2026.

Trump Is Weaponizing Long-Standing Restrictions on Freedom to Travel to Cuba Trump Is Weaponizing Long-Standing Restrictions on Freedom to Travel to Cuba

The administration is targeting travelers who criticize US policy.

Jun 1, 2026 / David Montgomery

Upon Reflecting

Upon Reflecting Upon Reflecting

Dead pool.

Jun 1, 2026 / OppArt / Rob Rogers

Mahmud Abbas delivers a speech during the eighth Fatah Conference in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on May 14, 2026.

The Palestinian Authority Is Being Strangled to Death The Palestinian Authority Is Being Strangled to Death

Israel is engineering the collapse of the West Bank’s governing body—a key step on the way to full annexation.

Jun 1, 2026 / Theia Chatelle

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