Trump Humiliated a Submissive Mainstream Media at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Trump Humiliated a Submissive Mainstream Media at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
His speech was racist, homophobic, vindictive, and soul-crushingly unfunny—and the journalists in the crowd didn’t seem to care.
Jul 27, 2026 / Jeet Heer
AI Is Opening Pandora’s Box AI Is Opening Pandora’s Box
Anthropic and other AI companies’ race for profits.
Jul 27, 2026 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
The War on the UAW The War on the UAW
The United Auto Workers called for a ceasefire in Gaza. The union’s federal monitor didn’t like it—and now he’s investigating Shawn Fain, just weeks before union elections.
Jul 27, 2026 / Ella Fanger
What J.M. Coetzee Can Teach Us About ICE What J.M. Coetzee Can Teach Us About ICE
The world inside the South African novelist’s Waiting for the Barbarians bears striking resemblance to Trump’s racist empire.
Jul 25, 2026 / Pamela Newton
Mamdani Can’t Arrest Netanyahu. But He Can Still Hold Israel Accountable. Mamdani Can’t Arrest Netanyahu. But He Can Still Hold Israel Accountable.
New York City’s ties with Israel go far deeper than one man, and there are concrete things Mamdani can do to break those ties.
Jul 24, 2026 / Tariq Kenney-Shawa
For Trump, Every Accusation Is a Confession For Trump, Every Accusation Is a Confession
Like authoritarian regimes elsewhere, the White House is denouncing its opponents for the very abuses it is carrying out.
Jul 24, 2026 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
How Public Equity Can Promote a Revived American Democracy How Public Equity Can Promote a Revived American Democracy
Critics are assailing deals to give the government stakes in major companies—but they’re overlooking their civic dividends.
Jul 24, 2026 / Elizabeth Wilkins and Todd N. Tucker
War House War House
When monuments to democracy become monuments to war.
Jul 23, 2026 / OppArt / Michel Moro Gómez
The Fake Controversy Behind Little Italy’s “Exclusion” The Fake Controversy Behind Little Italy’s “Exclusion”
The Italian American establishment’s hysterical response to Mayor Mamdani’s map of immigrant enclaves reveals a cynical politics of victimhood.
Jul 23, 2026 / Chris Gelardi
Slavery’s Musical Threads Slavery’s Musical Threads
As ICE violence resurges in the US, the musical history of black Brazil offers lessons in resistance.
Jul 22, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard