How Toxic Masculinity Took Over the Texas Senate Race How Toxic Masculinity Took Over the Texas Senate Race
The battle between James Talarico and Ken Paxton has been overwhelmed by demagogic gender politics.
Jul 1, 2026 / Samantha Grasso
Climate Was Missing From New York’s Progressive Wave Climate Was Missing From New York’s Progressive Wave
The city's primary winners campaigned on affordability, yet climate change, a major driver of rising costs and inequality, was conspicuously absent from the conversation.
Jul 1, 2026 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen
In Texas, Protesting ICE Can Get You a Life Sentence In Texas, Protesting ICE Can Get You a Life Sentence
Under Trump, eight Prairieland defendants were sentenced to a combined four and a half centuries in prison.
Jul 1, 2026 / Sara Van Horn
Birthright Citizenship Lives to Die Another Day Birthright Citizenship Lives to Die Another Day
The Supreme Court’s decision upholding birthright citizenship is a victory that may contain the seeds of a future defeat.
Jun 30, 2026 / Elie Mystal
The Power of Satire to Threaten Dictators The Power of Satire to Threaten Dictators
Artist Robert Kuzovkov was murdered in Poland.
Jun 30, 2026 / OppArt / Paul Karasik
We’re Having the Wrong Conversation About College Graduates We’re Having the Wrong Conversation About College Graduates
Workers with college degrees are constantly being pitted against workers without one. But such a zero-sum debate obscures the need to protect everyone in every workplace.
Jun 30, 2026 / Abdullah Shihipar
They’re Coming for Abortion, Only After the Midterms They’re Coming for Abortion, Only After the Midterms
The administration may be reluctant to further undermine abortion rights before November, but the abortion-rights movement must stay vigilant.
Jun 30, 2026 / Julie F. Kay
A Strategic Alito Retirement Would Confirm SCOTUS’s Complete Ideological Capture A Strategic Alito Retirement Would Confirm SCOTUS’s Complete Ideological Capture
Granting the hard-right jurist power over choosing a successor is a democratic disaster—and a far cry from John Roberts’s fanciful claims of nonpartisanship.
Jun 30, 2026 / David Daley
The Supreme Court Just Gave Trump a Terrifying New Power The Supreme Court Just Gave Trump a Terrifying New Power
In a pair of twin rulings, the court undermined the independence of the key independent agencies—except one.
Jun 29, 2026 / Elie Mystal
Abortion Has Always Been an American Tradition Abortion Has Always Been an American Tradition
More than one founding father knew that to be truly free, women needed control over their reproduction.
Jun 29, 2026 / Feature / Regina Mahone