How Corporate Recruiters Took Over Campus—and What It’s Costing Democracy How Corporate Recruiters Took Over Campus—and What It’s Costing Democracy
Many students arrive at college with dreams of creating social change, but the corporate pipeline diverts them. A democracy in need of their talent is poorer because of it.
Jul 21, 2026 / StudentNation / Jason Vadnos
Crypto, AI, and AIPAC Super PACs Are Spending in Lockstep Against Progressives Crypto, AI, and AIPAC Super PACs Are Spending in Lockstep Against Progressives
Unprecedented sums are being spent on Democratic primaries, reshaping races while keeping their policy agendas largely out of public view.
Jul 21, 2026 / David Moore
America’s Iran Failure Is Bigger Than Trump America’s Iran Failure Is Bigger Than Trump
Trump’s personalization of foreign policy is ultimately a symptom of a deeper institutional problem rather than its source.
Jul 21, 2026 / Sina Toossi and Nancy Okail
What’s So Scary About the Frankfurt School? What’s So Scary About the Frankfurt School?
In The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy, A.J.A. Woods looks at how the Frankfurt scholars became the latest bogeymen for the contemporary right.
Jul 21, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Michael Shorris
Trump’s Reverse Midas Touch Even Got the World Cup Trump’s Reverse Midas Touch Even Got the World Cup
Of course fans roundly booed the president at the World Cup final: Damaging the integrity of anything he touches is true to the Trump brand.
Jul 20, 2026 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
Why Andrew Tate Is a MAGA Superstar Why Andrew Tate Is a MAGA Superstar
Manosphere celebrities—including alleged sexual predators like Tate—are a symptom of a politically resurgent misogyny.
Jul 20, 2026 / Jeet Heer
ICE Kills ICE Kills
The human cost of ICE’s expanded enforcement is measured in lives. Since January 2025, at least 10 people have been fatally shot during immigration enforcement operations.
Jul 20, 2026 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo
Emily LaBarge’s Life Stories Emily LaBarge’s Life Stories
In “Dog Days,” LaBarge blurs the lines between memoir and criticism.
Jul 20, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Poole
The Bitter Paradox of German Racism The Bitter Paradox of German Racism
I left America in 2017 to flee an authoritarian government and the culture it facilitated. What I found in Berlin was not all that different.
Jul 18, 2026 / Edna Bonhomme
Trump Delivered the Crazy, the Democrats Delivered... Tweets Trump Delivered the Crazy, the Democrats Delivered... Tweets
In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent schools Democrats on the proper response to Trump’s speech. Plus: Where have all the African American baseball players gone?
Jul 17, 2026 / Elie Mystal