The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Can’t Get a Break The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Can’t Get a Break
The neighborhood is facing an onslaught of catastrophic projects that could be more damaging than Hurricane Katrina.
Mar 30, 2026 / Roberta Brandes Gratz
I Was AIPAC’s Number 1 Target—and I Beat Them. Here’s How to Do It. I Was AIPAC’s Number 1 Target—and I Beat Them. Here’s How to Do It.
During his primary campaign, Daniel Biss called out AIPAC repeatedly, through the press, paid advertising, and in living rooms and public places across the district. It worked.
Mar 30, 2026 / Daniel Biss
Origins of the Imperial Presidency Origins of the Imperial Presidency
David Sirota on how Trump got the power of a king.
Joy, Healing, and the Resolve to Keep Fighting at No Kings in St. Paul Joy, Healing, and the Resolve to Keep Fighting at No Kings in St. Paul
Some 200,000 people crammed the grounds of the state capitol for a celebration of the area’s resilience and defiance of the Trump regime.
Mar 30, 2026 / Joan Walsh
Nothing Works in Trump’s America—Except Racism Nothing Works in Trump’s America—Except Racism
In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent explores Trump’s stunning incompetence. Plus: Baseball is back—for now.
Mar 27, 2026 / Elie Mystal
The Politicians Won’t Stop This War. Only the People Can. The Politicians Won’t Stop This War. Only the People Can.
The No Kings movement needs to become a mass anti-war movement.
Mar 27, 2026 / Jeet Heer
The Rapid and “Unprecedented” Collapse of American Democracy The Rapid and “Unprecedented” Collapse of American Democracy
The V-Dem Institute, the world’s chronicler of democracy and autocracy, has determined that the United States is no longer “a liberal democracy.”
Mar 27, 2026 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
The Bad-News Echo Chamber of Pro-Democracy Substack The Bad-News Echo Chamber of Pro-Democracy Substack
How many pro-democracy Substack authors over-focus on gloom and doom and ignore organizing, and who’s bucking that trend.
Mar 27, 2026 / Micah L. Sifry
Trump’s TV-Warped Brain Is Putting the World in Danger Trump’s TV-Warped Brain Is Putting the World in Danger
The president is experiencing the Iran War almost entirely through misleading video clips—and that’s very bad news for all of us.
Mar 26, 2026 / Chris Lehmann