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Momodou Taal, center, is pictured at a pro-Palestinian encampment at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

I Fled the US to Escape the Security State. Instead, It Followed Me. I Fled the US to Escape the Security State. Instead, It Followed Me.

My recent detention at Heathrow shows that the architecture of state repression knows no borders.

Feb 11, 2026 / Momodou Taal

Peter Thiel brandishes $100 bills at the Bitcoin 2022 conference. (

What Peter Thiel Saw in Jeffrey Epstein What Peter Thiel Saw in Jeffrey Epstein

In the extensive correspondence between the Silicon Valley venture capitalist and the late pedophile, both men expressed a deep aversion to democracy.

Feb 11, 2026 / David Futrelle

A protester at a rally for the “Fired Four” at the City University of New York.

Is Union Power Growing in Mamdani’s New York? Is Union Power Growing in Mamdani’s New York?

Following the Mamdani administration’s talks with the CUNY faculty union, three professors have returned to class after losing their jobs for their pro-Palestine activism.

Feb 11, 2026 / StudentNation / Mohamad Rimawi

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller attends a meeting with President Donald Trump and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the Oval Office.

How Stephen Miller Became the Power Behind the Throne How Stephen Miller Became the Power Behind the Throne

Miller was not elected. Nor are he or his policies popular. Yet he continues to hold uncommon sway in the administration.

Feb 11, 2026 / Column / David Klion

Inside Ukraine’s Underground Maternity Wards

Inside Ukraine’s Underground Maternity Wards Inside Ukraine’s Underground Maternity Wards

Four years after Russia invaded, Ukrainian health workers are shoring up maternity care to protect the most vulnerable—and preserve Ukrainian identity.

Feb 11, 2026 / Feature / Cecilia Nowell

How Capitalism Transformed the Natural World

How Capitalism Transformed the Natural World How Capitalism Transformed the Natural World

In her new book, Alyssa Battistoni explores how nature came to be treated as a supposedly cost-free supplement of capital accumulation.

Feb 11, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Kohei Saito

The Truth About Interracial Intimacy

The Truth About Interracial Intimacy The Truth About Interracial Intimacy

In a new memoir, author Dorothy Roberts explores why interracial attraction can’t be disentangled from the larger forces of race, gender, and power that govern our world.

Feb 10, 2026 / Dorothy Roberts

Solidarity With the Iranian People

Solidarity With the Iranian People Solidarity With the Iranian People

Posters displayed at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, France.

Feb 10, 2026 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Bad Bunny performs onstage during the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at Levi's Stadium on February 8, 2026. in Santa Clara, California.

Bad Bunny’s Stunning Redefinition of “America” Bad Bunny’s Stunning Redefinition of “America”

His joyous, internationalist, worker-centered vision was a declaration of war against Trumpism.

Feb 10, 2026 / Greg Grandin

Trump Microphones News Lies

Trump’s Lies Are Toxic Trump’s Lies Are Toxic

To stop exposing them allows them to metastasize.

Feb 10, 2026 / Peter Dreier

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