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Demonstrators in São Paulo protest against Bill 1904/2024, which would equate abortions performed after 22 weeks of pregnancy with the crime of murder, June 23, 2024.

Democracy Gave Us This. There Has to Be a Better Way. Democracy Gave Us This. There Has to Be a Better Way.

Brazilians held a lot of hope for democracy after the military dictatorship. But the past 40 years have proved that democracy comes at a great cost to those most marginalized.

Jul 3, 2025 / Nicole Froio

A police officer cordons the entrance to the criminal courts building in New York, where demonstrators protested the acquittal of six transit police officers in the death of graffiti artist Michael Stewart, 1985.

Michael Stewart’s Death Still Haunts New York Michael Stewart’s Death Still Haunts New York

In 1985, police were acquitted in the killing of a graffiti artist and painter, a grisly act that galvanized the city’s art underground. Why has he been forgotten?

Jul 3, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Michael Shorris

In this photo illustration, the age-restriction warning screen of the website PornHub is displayed on two digital screens.

Democrats Should Become the Pro-Porn Party Democrats Should Become the Pro-Porn Party

An immodest proposal.

Jul 2, 2025 / Elie Mystal

People carry a body, covered with a blanket, as they conduct a search and rescue operation after the second bombardment of the Israeli army in the last 24 hours at Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza City, Gaza, on November 1, 2023.

The MAGA Faithful Have Blood on Their Hands The MAGA Faithful Have Blood on Their Hands

July 2, 2025 The MAGA Faithful Have Blood on Their Hands Republicans know what climate change is, but rather than take action to lessen it, they do what they can to make it worse.

Jul 2, 2025 / William deBuys

No Kings, International Movement

No Kings, International Movement No Kings, International Movement

No Kings demonstration June 14, 2025, Barcelona, Spain, 2025.

Jul 2, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Zohran Mamdani attends the 2025 New York City Pride March on June 29, 2025.

New Yorkers Aren’t Afraid of a Democratic Socialist Mayor New Yorkers Aren’t Afraid of a Democratic Socialist Mayor

Andrew Cuomo's allies spent a fortune shouting that Zohran Mamdani is a socialist. Result? A Mamdani landslide in the Democratic primary.

Jul 2, 2025 / John Nichols

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks into a microphone with a banner in the background that reads “It’s better in a Union.”

As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States

With Trump’s antitrust appointees more concerned with scoring points in MAGA culture wars than restraining corporate abuses, officials in the states are keeping up the fight.

Jul 2, 2025 / Ron Knox

New York City Council member Chi Osse speaks at the New York Working Families Party rally in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, New York.

Chi Ossé Is Tired of the Same Old Nonsense Chi Ossé Is Tired of the Same Old Nonsense

From Kirsten Gillibrand (“she should resign”) to Eric Adams (“a power-hungry, egotistical man”) to the Democratic establishment, NYC’s Gen Z political star doesn’t hold back.

Jul 2, 2025 / Q&A / Andrew Sciallo

Joan Didion, 2007.

Joan Didion Undone Joan Didion Undone

Notes to John, posthumously published journal entries chronicling Didion’s therapy sessions, is a peek into the myths and fears that animated her writing life.

Jul 2, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Emma Hager

ICE in Newark

Trump’s Big Bill Is Building a Big Police State Trump’s Big Bill Is Building a Big Police State

Meanwhile, the Democratic Party’s floundering over immigration leaves it without an opposition strategy.

Jul 1, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

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