How Should We Remember Attica? How Should We Remember Attica?
Orisanmi Burton’s Tip of the Spear uncovers the obscured and radical demands of the inmates who staged the 1971 prison uprising—a world without prisons.
May 26, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Charlotte Rosen
Trump Is Holding International Students at Harvard Hostage Trump Is Holding International Students at Harvard Hostage
In its quest to wreak vengeance on Harvard, the administration may ultimately fail at punishing the university—but it will harm thousands of young people.
May 23, 2025 / Elie Mystal
The Democratic Party Is Literally Dying The Democratic Party Is Literally Dying
The dead hand of gerontocracy is also a symptom of ideological malaise.
May 23, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Dark Lining of a Blue Horizon Dark Lining of a Blue Horizon
Billionaires’ rocket adventures pollute our planet.
May 23, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
The Daily Wire’s Doomed Quest for Pop-Culture Relevance The Daily Wire’s Doomed Quest for Pop-Culture Relevance
Ben Shapiro’s aspiring entertainment empire can’t stop trolling to its base.
May 23, 2025 / Ben Schwartz
HUD and ICE Collude to Target Mixed-Status Families HUD and ICE Collude to Target Mixed-Status Families
In a move that will have major impact in New York, California, and Texas, the two agencies recently agreed to work together in ways that threaten thousands of Americans.
May 23, 2025 / Eileen Markey
In Belarus, World War II Is Fresh in the Memory In Belarus, World War II Is Fresh in the Memory
Belarus’s events marking 80 years since the defeat of Nazi Germany were a show of state power—but also reflected real popular attachment to the wartime generation.
May 23, 2025 / David Broder
In St. Louis, a Tornado Rips Across an Economic Disaster Area In St. Louis, a Tornado Rips Across an Economic Disaster Area
St. Louis can either use the disaster as an opportunity to commit to the safety of all its residents, or it can continue a barbaric cycle of neglect.
May 23, 2025 / Devin Thomas O’Shea
A Competitive Reality-TV Show for Citizenship? I Wouldn’t Put It Past Them. A Competitive Reality-TV Show for Citizenship? I Wouldn’t Put It Past Them.
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson called the idea “a celebration of being an American.”
May 23, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky