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
Cities as Climate Labs: Inside the U20 Summit Cities as Climate Labs: Inside the U20 Summit
Mayors at the Urban 20 Summit worked across borders to confront the climate crisis at the local level.
Sep 23, 2026 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen
Chinese Development Is the Betrayal Washington Cannot Forgive Chinese Development Is the Betrayal Washington Cannot Forgive
The prospects for Xi Jinping’s visit are dim because American leaders are blaming China for the failures of globalization.
Sep 23, 2026 / Jake Werner
The AfD’s Rise Isn’t Just About East Germany The AfD’s Rise Isn’t Just About East Germany
The Alternative für Deutschland has a stable national poll lead, including in the former West Germany. Its rise owes to much more than Eastern grievances.
Sep 23, 2026 / David Broder
Is There Any Good News Left? Is There Any Good News Left?
Despite what our algorithms suggest, there’s still news worth celebrating.
Sep 23, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
CEOs Are Losing Control of AI CEOs Are Losing Control of AI
With no slowdown from Trump’s administration.
Sep 22, 2026 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
How to Arrest Benjamin Netanyahu How to Arrest Benjamin Netanyahu
Make no mistake: The United States can seize Netanyahu for crimes under US law and prosecute him in US courts when he is in New York City this week.
Sep 22, 2026 / Jake Romm for the Hind Rajab Foundation
The GOP’s Incredible Shrinking Senate Map The GOP’s Incredible Shrinking Senate Map
Trump has so badly damaged the Republican Party’s brand that strategists are contemplating bitter fights—and losses—in races they’d been banking on as sure things.
Sep 22, 2026 / David Faris
Trump Wants to Keep Journalists Out of the White House. He Should Get His Wish. Trump Wants to Keep Journalists Out of the White House. He Should Get His Wish.
The president has banned MS NOW, CNN, and Politico from attending press briefings. The rest of the media should respond with a boycott.
Sep 22, 2026 / Chris Lehmann
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