This Summer’s Heat Is Only the Beginning This Summer’s Heat Is Only the Beginning

Temperatures in France this week have reached 112 degrees Fahrenheit. This may be one of the coolest summers to come.

Mark Hertsgaard

Arab Americans Have Always Been Here Arab Americans Have Always Been Here

The story of my people, and my country.

Feature / James Zogby

17 Rappers Have Supported Trump 17 Rappers Have Supported Trump

Is this the biggest blunder in Black history?

Ishmael Reed

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The World Cup of Racism The World Cup of Racism

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Politics

New York State Assemblywoman Claire Valdez speaks at the “New York Is Not For Sale” Rally with Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at Forrest Hills Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City.

Claire Valdez Is Making All the Right Enemies Claire Valdez Is Making All the Right Enemies

The RNC keeps attacking the popular ideas of a democratic socialist who is running for Congress in New York City.

John Nichols

In 1877, Congress convened to settle the disputed presidential election between Samuel Tilden and Rutherford B. Hayes.

We Must Restore Congress as the Predominant Branch of Government We Must Restore Congress as the Predominant Branch of Government

The promise of democratic governance was stolen from the people. We must win it back.

Feature / Jamie Raskin

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought attends an event with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026

Russell Vought’s Latest Plan to Gut the Government Should Terrify You Russell Vought’s Latest Plan to Gut the Government Should Terrify You

A proposed new rule changing the way the federal government hands out money could be absolutely devastating for every single person in this country.

Gregg Gonsalves

Books & the Arts

Gull Island

How Can We Reimagine Higher Education in the Age of Climate Change? How Can We Reimagine Higher Education in the Age of Climate Change?

An interview with the founders of Gull Island Institute.

Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Rockwell Kent’s View From Greenland

Rockwell Kent’s View From Greenland Rockwell Kent’s View From Greenland

His paintings reveal the value of looking carefully at the territory and the hazards of imperial misrepresentation

Books & the Arts / Andrew Holter

Lyn Hejinian’s Republic of Readers

Lyn Hejinian’s Republic of Readers Lyn Hejinian’s Republic of Readers

In the poet’s last work, Lola the Interpreter, she treats her readers as true interlocutors, inviting them into the act of interpretation alongside her.

Books & the Arts / Angie Sijun Lou

World

A member of the Otomi indigenous community in Mexico City holds a U.S. President Donald Trump latex mask during the “Anti-World Cup” rally on June 6, 2026, in Mexico City, Mexico.

At This Year’s World Cup, Make Way for Autocrats At This Year’s World Cup, Make Way for Autocrats

Sovereign wealth, private equity money, and a network of oily alliances between FIFA and the world’s most reprehensible regimes have transformed the sport forever.

Aaron Timms

Smoke is rising from a fire lit in the street as protesters with flags call for the resignation of Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz after weeks of protests and blockades in La Paz, Bolivia, on June 10, 2026.

Bolivia’s Streets Have Erupted. Here’s Why. Bolivia’s Streets Have Erupted. Here’s Why.

Ordinary people are rising up against neoliberal orthodoxy.

Andrés Arauz

Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth depart Union Station after meeting with federal law enforcement officers on August 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Trumpworld’s Global War on Multiracial Democracy Trumpworld’s Global War on Multiracial Democracy

White House officials and Elon Musk are now openly promoting blood-and-soil politics across Europe.

Column / Sasha Abramsky

Features

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From the late 19th century to 1920, there were at least 100,000 Syrian immigrants who came to the United States.

Arab Americans Have Always Been Here Arab Americans Have Always Been Here

The story of my people, and my country.

Feature / James Zogby

The Declaration’s catalog of grievances against King George III sound like Donald Trump’s to-do list.

The Celebration of the Nation’s Birth Is Still a Sham The Celebration of the Nation’s Birth Is Still a Sham

If America must observe its 250th anniversary, let it be by taking stock of Reconstruction’s unfinished mission.

Feature / Madiba K. Dennie

In 1774, the First Continental Congress opened with a prayer—a decision that inspired some sectarian squabbling—but in the new nation that followed, the founders were determined to keep church and state separate.

Separation of Church and State: America’s Best Idea Separation of Church and State: America’s Best Idea

Christian nationalists keep forgetting what the country’s founders kept writing down.

Feature / John Fugelsang

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