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A transport helicopter of the Dutch Royal Air Force carrying a water bucket for extinguishing wildfires in nature, loads water into the bucket to put out a wildfire in the Veluwe nature reserve on April 29, 2026.

As Global Drought Deepens—Climate Change Kills by a Thousand Cuts As Global Drought Deepens—Climate Change Kills by a Thousand Cuts

Like climate change in general, drought acts as a “threat multiplier,” and making the drought-climate connection helps audience grasp its wide-ranging impacts.

May 7, 2026 / David Dickson

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, who calls himself the “world’s coolest dictator,” meets with Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

Even in This Chaotic Moment, We Can’t Forget About Central America Even in This Chaotic Moment, We Can’t Forget About Central America

While Trump is ever more desperately focused on the Middle East, maybe some of us should still be focusing on El Salvador.

May 7, 2026 / Rebecca Gordon

Larry Ellison: Oracle of Surveillance

Larry Ellison: Oracle of Surveillance Larry Ellison: Oracle of Surveillance

Billionaire grabs all your info.

May 7, 2026 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Protesters yell in a Senate committee meeting during a special session of the state legislature to redraw US congressional voting maps Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn

The GOP’s “Jim Crow Gerrymander” Rips Up Memphis and America’s Civil Rights Legacy The GOP’s “Jim Crow Gerrymander” Rips Up Memphis and America’s Civil Rights Legacy

As Republicans destroy historic Black-majority House districts in the South, they are being compared with segregationists George Wallace and Bull Connor.

May 7, 2026 / John Nichols

A displaced Palestinian woman bakes bread inside a damaged building at the Islamic University in Gaza City on April 18, 2026.

The Immeasurable Endurance of the Women of Gaza The Immeasurable Endurance of the Women of Gaza

Women here have become both the primary caretakers and providers, sustaining their families in the absence of husbands, fathers, and sons.

May 7, 2026 / Huda Skaik

A delegate wears a Make Britain Great Again baseball cap on day two of the Conservative Party conference at Manchester Central Convention Complex on October 6, 2025, in Manchester, England.

I Partied With the Next Generation of the British Right I Partied With the Next Generation of the British Right

UK conservatism is changing dramatically, as I discovered when I hung out with some of the right’s youngest, drunkest up-and-comers.

May 7, 2026 / Alex MacArthur

Hand-colored lithograph of an early baseball game seen from behind home plate, 1887.

Robert Coover at Bat Robert Coover at Bat

The postmodern writer's 1968 baseball novel is strange and poignant—a work of fiction that ultimately argues for the vitality of fiction itself.

May 7, 2026 / Books & the Arts / John Semley

A trans woman prepares a hormone shot obtained on the black market, in New York City on December 1, 1999.

The Troubled History of DIY Trans Healthcare The Troubled History of DIY Trans Healthcare

Trans people have been going underground to access care for generations. But that doesn't mean DIY networks are a large-scale strategic answer to transphobia.

May 6, 2026 / Grace Byron

The Gospel of Hegseth

The Gospel of Hegseth The Gospel of Hegseth

Movie scripts as scripture. Pete Hegseth was caught quoting a scene from a Quentin Tarantino film and presenting it as a passage from the Bible. I asked some readers to help with w...

May 6, 2026 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival from Miami, Florida, at Joint Base Andrews, on May 3, 2026.

Trump Risks a Greater Catastrophe in the Iran Conflict Trump Risks a Greater Catastrophe in the Iran Conflict

Considering the costs so far as we wait on the precipice of another round of fighting.

May 6, 2026 / Michael T. Klare

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