From Epstein to Bezos, the Ruling Class Is Rotten to the Core From Epstein to Bezos, the Ruling Class Is Rotten to the Core
Let this week be yet another reminder that plutocrats are a threat to democracy, not its saviors.
Feb 6, 2026 / Jeet Heer
Good Bunnies, Bad Bunnies, Dead Rabbits Good Bunnies, Bad Bunnies, Dead Rabbits
Dancing in the darkness.
Feb 6, 2026 / Steve Brodner
Trump’s Dictatorial Mania Is Increasing—but So Is the Public’s Fury Trump’s Dictatorial Mania Is Increasing—but So Is the Public’s Fury
Trump is retreating into a fantasy world in which he remains an all-conquering strongman. Yet the American people are rejecting him over and over again.
Feb 6, 2026 / Sasha Abramsky
“We Are All Passengers on the Titanic” “We Are All Passengers on the Titanic”
An interview with Grigory Yavlinsky.
Feb 6, 2026 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
How Big Gaming Is Swallowing Up the Big Game How Big Gaming Is Swallowing Up the Big Game
The Super Bowl will showcase the lords of legalized betting, even as they’ve already colonized every other reach of human experience.
Feb 6, 2026 / Matt Alston
Speaking Out on the Insanity of Nuclear Weapons Speaking Out on the Insanity of Nuclear Weapons
At a time when nuclear dangers are not just rising, but multiplying, we need all hands on deck in sounding the alarm and advocating for abolition of nuclear weapons.
Feb 6, 2026 / Ivana Nikolić Hughes and Peter Kuznick
The Pain and Glory of My Football Life The Pain and Glory of My Football Life
A comic about the Eagles, fathers, incarceration, and the holes that sports can't fill.
Feb 6, 2026 / Christopher Blackwell and Solomon J. Brager
Barbara Pym’s Archaic England Barbara Pym’s Archaic England
In the novelist’s work, she mocks English culture’s nostalgia, revealing what lies beneath the country’s obsession with its heritage.
Feb 6, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Ashley Cullina
The International Olympics Committee Is Urged to Drop Oil Company Sponsors The International Olympics Committee Is Urged to Drop Oil Company Sponsors
Global warming means the future of Winter Games “is literally melting away.”
Feb 5, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard
The End of Arms Control? The End of Arms Control?
For the first time, we will live in a world without constraints on the US-Russian nuclear arsenal.
Feb 5, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel