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Supporters leave flowers and photographs after taking part in a vigil for late Cambridge professor Jason Arday in Trafalgar Square in central London on August 17, 2026, following his death at age 41 on August 14.

Oxford and Cambridge Have Always Been Racist Oxford and Cambridge Have Always Been Racist

I was one of the few Black scholars at both institutions. I understand—and loathe—how their tendency to undermine the suffering of Black people led to Jason Arday’s demise.

Aug 22, 2026 / Gazelle Mba

Trump’s Ballroom Isn’t Just a Farce Anymore—It’s a Threat

Trump’s Ballroom Isn’t Just a Farce Anymore—It’s a Threat Trump’s Ballroom Isn’t Just a Farce Anymore—It’s a Threat

In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent explains how the ballroom could gut key environmental protections. Plus, the heartbreak of Jason Arday.

Aug 21, 2026 / Elie Mystal

Demonstrators, many with signs, protest outside the White House, Washington DC, March 12, 1965.

American Democracy Has Been Killed American Democracy Has Been Killed

The Supreme Court put the final nail in the coffin this summer. Now we have to raise democracy from the dead.

Aug 21, 2026 / Edward H. Williams

Children look through razor wire after crossing the US-Mexico border.

Trump Is Laying the Groundwork for the Mass Deportation of Migrant Children Trump Is Laying the Groundwork for the Mass Deportation of Migrant Children

Unaccompanied children have become a new front in Trump’s mass deportation agenda.

Aug 21, 2026 / StudentNation / Maggie Grether

Congressional Candidate Sam Husseini and Talking NBA Over-Unders

Congressional Candidate Sam Husseini and Talking NBA Over-Unders Congressional Candidate Sam Husseini and Talking NBA Over-Unders

Green Party candidate Sam Husseini joins the show and Arya returns.

Aug 20, 2026 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

The Hollywood Gerrymander

The Hollywood Gerrymander The Hollywood Gerrymander

The proposed Paramount/Warner Bros. merger does not just represent media monopoly—it is another form of gerrymandering, of rigging the rules to limit who has power.

Aug 20, 2026 / Rashad Robinson

Rand Paul Goes Viral

Rand Paul Goes Viral Rand Paul Goes Viral

Fauci stays immune.

Aug 20, 2026 / OppArt / Rob Rogers

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on ABC's “This Week,” on August 9, 2026.

No, Woke 1 Was Not Crazy No, Woke 1 Was Not Crazy

AOC and others are laughing off 2020 as a wild, isolated moment. None of that is true.

Aug 20, 2026 / Zito Madu

A patient rests in a corridor waiting for a room at Providence Cedars–Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in California on January 3, 2021.

Have We Forgotten Covid’s Lessons? Have We Forgotten Covid’s Lessons?

This summer’s deadly heat calls for news coverage based on science, not ideology.

Aug 20, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

Tech Fascism Has Come for American Democracy—With Gil Durán

Tech Fascism Has Come for American Democracy—With Gil Durán Tech Fascism Has Come for American Democracy—With Gil Durán

Paris Marx is joined by Gil Durán to discuss Silicon Valley’s embrace of far-right politics and the tech billionaires seeking to consolidate corporate and political power.

Aug 20, 2026 / Podcast / Paris Marx

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