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Demolishing Landmarks

Demolishing Landmarks Demolishing Landmarks

Demolishing fair elections.

May 20, 2026 / OppArt / Clay Bennett

Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs warms up before their game against the Sacramento Kings on March 17, 2026, in Sacramento,

Is Victor Wembanyama the Most Interesting Person in Sports? Is Victor Wembanyama the Most Interesting Person in Sports?

He’s a contender for the spot not so much for who he is now but because of the person he is clearly becoming.

May 20, 2026 / Dave Zirin

A large image of Donald Trump hangs from the the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington, DC.

Trump’s Slush Fund Shows Off This Administration’s Shameless Impunity Trump’s Slush Fund Shows Off This Administration’s Shameless Impunity

Nixon and his henchmen went to great lengths to conceal their slush-money crimes. Trump and his MAGA coterie don’t have to worry about that.

May 20, 2026 / Chris Lehmann

Dr. Rodolfo Acuña circa 1969/1970.

The Enduring Legacy of Rudy Acuña The Enduring Legacy of Rudy Acuña

The pioneering Chicano studies scholar, who died in March, reshaped the writing of history.

May 20, 2026 / Obituary / Theresa Montaño and Oriel María Siu

Sheriff’s deputies investigate a shooting scene outside the Montgomery County Courthouse, May 13, 2026, in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Chud the Builder and America’s Tradition of White Racial Terror Chud the Builder and America’s Tradition of White Racial Terror

We are not in unprecedented territory. We are returning to form.

May 20, 2026 / Kali Holloway

A copy of the diary of Anne Frank on exhibit Frankfurt, Germany, on March 24, 2017.

The Magical, Mysterious World of Archives The Magical, Mysterious World of Archives

Archives are where forgotten lives, hidden histories, and unfinished stories wait to be rediscovered.

May 20, 2026 / Michele Willens

Swearing-in ceremony for the US Army’s Detachment 201—the so-called Army Executive Innovation Corps—with lieutenant colonels from four tech companies, including Shyam Sankar, chief technology officer (CTO) for Palantir; Andrew Bosworth, CTO for Meta; Kevin Weil, chief product officer of OpenAI; and Bob McGrew, adviser at Thinking Machines Lab and former chief research officer for OpenAI, on June 13, 2025.

How Silicon Valley and Private Finance Are Reshaping War How Silicon Valley and Private Finance Are Reshaping War

Revealing the dangerous alliance of techno-fascists with finance capital and the military industrial complex.

May 20, 2026 / Shana Marshall

Siegfried Kracauer’s Quixotic Anti-War Novel

Siegfried Kracauer’s Quixotic Anti-War Novel Siegfried Kracauer’s Quixotic Anti-War Novel

In 1928’s Ginster, the German writer broke the mold of the World War I novel by refusing politics for aesthetics.

May 20, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Jasmine Liu

Trump and Kim 2019

What North Korea Can Tell Us About America’s Future What North Korea Can Tell Us About America’s Future

Trump and Kim have something in common: their desire for total control.

May 19, 2026 / John Feffer

Sunbonnet Truths

Sunbonnet Truths Sunbonnet Truths

Sunbonnets stitching together razor-sharp truths.

May 19, 2026 / OppArt / Jane Pearlmutter

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