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Starbucks SBWorkers United baristas and supporters on November 19, 2025, in York, Pennsylvania.

Mutiny of the College-Educated Worker—With Noam Scheiber Mutiny of the College-Educated Worker—With Noam Scheiber

Noam Scheiber joins Danny and Derek to discuss the rise of the college-educated working class, from underemployment and AI to union organizing and the collapse of meritocracy.

Sep 23, 2026 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Effective altruism's fraud-addled poster boy, Sam Bankman-Fried, at a 2021 press conference in Miami.

What’s the Matter With Effective Altruism? What’s the Matter With Effective Altruism?

President Trump has decried the techbro creed for indulging in AI doomerism, but its excesses are far worse than that.

Sep 23, 2026 / David Futrelle

Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa speaks during the Texas Democratic Convention at the Hilliard Center in Corpus Christi.

Gina Hinojosa: “We Flip Texas, and It’s Over” Gina Hinojosa: “We Flip Texas, and It’s Over”

Talking to Texas gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa about what redistricting could mean and how a new generation of Democrats is speaking more directly to voters.

Sep 22, 2026 / StudentNation / Lajward Zahra

View of nude sunbathers on the beach at Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways, New York, New York, August 1, 1982.

What Remains of Riis? What Remains of Riis?

A new members’ club has revived Riis Park’s long-vacant bathhouse, reopening old questions about whom the People’s Beach is really for.

Sep 19, 2026 / Eric Schwartau

President Donald Trump at an April press conference on the Iran War.

Trump Has Lost Interest in the Iran War, but It’s Still Quite Interested in Him Trump Has Lost Interest in the Iran War, but It’s Still Quite Interested in Him

The United States is losing the conflict, stoking chaos in the region, and inviting economic calamity—all with no end in sight.

Sep 16, 2026 / David Faris

The face of President Donald Trump appears on Robert the Robot, an advanced conversational humanoid showcased at the UN's AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva in July.

Time Has Run Out for AI Risk Deniers Time Has Run Out for AI Risk Deniers

The recent spate of reports about the technology’s destructive power underline two prime directives: Be afraid, and regulate aggressively.

Sep 14, 2026 / David Futrelle

The School Behind the Billionaires and the Billionaire Tax

The School Behind the Billionaires and the Billionaire Tax The School Behind the Billionaires and the Billionaire Tax

UC Berkeley will inevitably be behind the defeat or victory of Proposition 40.

Sep 10, 2026 / StudentNation / Joseph Burney

Dolly Parton Understood That Working 9 to 5 Doesn’t Really Pay the Bills in Today’s America

Dolly Parton Understood That Working 9 to 5 Doesn’t Really Pay the Bills in Today’s America Dolly Parton Understood That Working 9 to 5 Doesn’t Really Pay the Bills in Today’s America

Social mobility has ground to a halt. Why that’s lousy for American music.

Sep 9, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The UAW Wave Has Hit Our Shores

The UAW Wave Has Hit Our Shores The UAW Wave Has Hit Our Shores

The union’s endorsements of insurgent candidates led to big wins this summer. It’s all part of a strategy to remake American politics for the working class.

Sep 9, 2026 / Feature / Ella Fanger

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Letters From the October 2026 Issue Letters From the October 2026 Issue

The long shadow of AIPAC… The AI revolution will not be televised… Speaking of taxes… Reporting on abortion… (online only)

Sep 8, 2026 / Our Readers

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