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The Eviction Kings

The Eviction Kings The Eviction Kings

One of Israel’s biggest companies is taking over huge swaths of US real estate—and tenants are paying the price.

Nov 11, 2025 / Feature / Thomas Birmingham

How Can We Fix American Democracy?

How Can We Fix American Democracy? How Can We Fix American Democracy?

Preserving our democracy is as urgent a task as ever, but the question is how.

Nov 11, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas Lemann

An undated photograph of Bush Terminal.

The Transformation of the New York Waterfront The Transformation of the New York Waterfront

From the Navy Yard and Industry City to the recent remaking of Bush Terminal, developers are attempting to remake Brooklyn’s coastline.

Nov 11, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Karrie Jacobs

Nazi governor of Poland Hans Frank at the Nuremberg Trials, 1946.

Rethinking Nuremberg for the 21st Century Rethinking Nuremberg for the 21st Century

The new film Nuremberg may tell us as much about the present as about the past.

Nov 10, 2025 / Elizabeth Borgwardt

People wait in line at a food bank in Miami, Florida, on the eve of the government shutdown.

For Families on the Brink, Losing SNAP Benefits Has Led to Devastating Choices For Families on the Brink, Losing SNAP Benefits Has Led to Devastating Choices

With the government shutdown now the longest in history, the neediest Americans are forgoing food, medical care, and other essentials to survive.

Nov 10, 2025 / Bryce Covert

Teen Vogue’s dissolution signals a troubling shift: the slow collapse of platforms willing to publish the truth about harm and healing in America.

The Shuttering of “Teen Vogue” and the Silencing of Progressive Voices The Shuttering of “Teen Vogue” and the Silencing of Progressive Voices

The disappearance of the platform is bigger than one newsroom.

Nov 10, 2025 / Scott Hechinger

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) leaves a Senate Democratic caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on November 9, 2025.

After This Shutdown Surrender, Chuck Schumer Needs to Go After This Shutdown Surrender, Chuck Schumer Needs to Go

The Democratic leader’s cave-in makes it all too clear: It’s time to clean house in the Senate.

Nov 10, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Flying ICE

Flying ICE Flying ICE

Heavy explosives.

Nov 10, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Demonstrators at the Parkman Bandstand during the National Men's March to Abolish Abortion and Rally for Personhood on November 1, 2025.

Abortion Bans Are Never Just About Abortion Abortion Bans Are Never Just About Abortion

People who very much want to become pregnant could soon find their right to procreate restricted by criminal anti-abortion laws protecting embryos.

Nov 10, 2025 / Kimberly Mutcherson

An engraving depicting a sansculottes offering a Phrygian cap to King Louis XVI.

The Invention of the Modern Self The Invention of the Modern Self

How did the idea of the individual come into being?

Nov 10, 2025 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell

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