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I've Covered Migration and Borders for Years. This Is What I've Learned.

I've Covered Migration and Borders for Years. This Is What I've Learned. I've Covered Migration and Borders for Years. This Is What I've Learned.

Borders are both crime scenes and crimes, with nationalism the motive.

Jan 27, 2026 / Patrick Strickland

Gaza Is a Crime Scene, Not a Real Estate Opportunity

Gaza Is a Crime Scene, Not a Real Estate Opportunity Gaza Is a Crime Scene, Not a Real Estate Opportunity

The Trump administration’s plan for a ‘New Gaza’ has nothing to do with peace and rebuilding, and everything to do with erasure.

Jan 27, 2026 / Hani Almadhoun

Renee Nicole Good

Renee Nicole Good Renee Nicole Good

ICE out for good protest, Montclair, New Jersey, January 11, 2026. Visibility Brigade.

Jan 27, 2026 / OppArt / Karen Guancione

Oke Göttlich, the president of FC St. Pauli, looks on before the Bundesliga match between FC St. Pauli 1910 and FC Bayern München at Millerntor Stadium on November 9, 2024, in Hamburg, Germany.

A Call Is Rising for Nations to Boycott the Trump World Cup A Call Is Rising for Nations to Boycott the Trump World Cup

As marauding state agents fill US streets, a leading German soccer official says countries should consider what was once unthinkable: skipping the 2026 World Cup.

Jan 27, 2026 / Dave Zirin

An ICE recruitment poster displayed in Arlington, Texas, amid a major recruitment event in that city.

Whom Is ICE Actually Recruiting? Whom Is ICE Actually Recruiting?

ICE has lowered standards to facilitate a massive hiring spree. Many of the new recruits are plainly unqualified. Are some also white supremacists or domestic terrorists?

Jan 27, 2026 / Kali Holloway

A Living Archive of Peter Hujar

A Living Archive of Peter Hujar A Living Archive of Peter Hujar

The director Ira Sachs’s transforms an intimate interview with the photographer into a film about friendship, routine, and why we make art at all.

Jan 27, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Phoebe Chen

House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer depart a news conference at the US Capitol on January 8, 2026, in Washington, DC.

This Is the Perfect Moment for Democrats to Grow a Spine This Is the Perfect Moment for Democrats to Grow a Spine

After the murder of Alex Pretti by federal agents, the least national Democrats can do is dismantle ICE.

Jan 26, 2026 / Chris Lehmann

FBI director Kash Patel on January 23, 2026.

MAGA Is Proving How Little It Actually Cares About Gun Rights MAGA Is Proving How Little It Actually Cares About Gun Rights

The ability to kill dissidents at will is more important to Trump and his supporters than the Second Amendment.

Jan 26, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Eulogy

Eulogy Eulogy

By Alex Pretti.

Jan 26, 2026 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

A farmer shovels snow from the roof of his building on December 09, 2025 near Belvidere, Illinois.

The Farmland Revolt The Farmland Revolt

America’s farmers are fuming over Trump’s tariffs. Democrats need to channel their anger.

Jan 26, 2026 / Column / Erica Etelson and Anthony Flaccavento

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