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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services, left, and Brooke Rollins, US agriculture secretary, stand during an event at the Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2026.

Is Your Diet a Little Bit Fascist? Is Your Diet a Little Bit Fascist?

The right is summoning its armies via their stomachs. When we dismiss food politics, we risk missing what’s being stirred when a group coheres itself around the table.

Mar 19, 2026 / Amber Husain

Community Works volunteers chopping firewood to deliver to local residents in Luray, Virginia, in January.

Bridging the Red-Blue Divide, One Concrete Deed at a Time Bridging the Red-Blue Divide, One Concrete Deed at a Time

The evidence is in: working together to solve local problems reduces polarization.

Mar 19, 2026 / Anthony Flaccavento

Dolores Huerta in her office in Bakersfield, California, on July 21, 2025.

Dolores Huerta: “My Silence Ends Here” Dolores Huerta: “My Silence Ends Here”

The labor movement icon speaks out after revealing that she was sexually assaulted by Cesar Chavez.

Mar 18, 2026 / Dolores Huerta

Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton won the Democratic nomination for the state’s US Senate seat on Tuesday, beating a rival who far outspent her.

Illinois’s Next Black Senator Deserves Credit for Her Own Campaign Illinois’s Next Black Senator Deserves Credit for Her Own Campaign

Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton was buoyed by millions spent by Governor JB Pritzker, but she won a tough race on her own merit.

Mar 18, 2026 / Joan Walsh

Woman, Life, Freedom

Woman, Life, Freedom Woman, Life, Freedom

Women’s history month: standing with Iranian women — street mural, Barcelona.

Mar 18, 2026 / OppArt / Anonymous and Andrea Arroyo

Gisele Pelicot

Gisèle Pelicot Shows Us Why “Shame Must Change Sides” Gisèle Pelicot Shows Us Why “Shame Must Change Sides”

Fifty-one ordinary men raped an unconscious woman. Her case reveals the limits of anti-carceral feminism.

Mar 18, 2026 / Katha Pollitt

August Macke, “Vegetable Fields,” 1895.

The Hidden History of Free Choice The Hidden History of Free Choice

A conversation with Sophia Rosenfeld about her recent book on the roots of the concept of choice.

Mar 18, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Protesters gather outside of Citi Field to object to the Mets' partnership with Citibank.

Why Climate Activists Are Protesting Their Favorite Sports Teams Why Climate Activists Are Protesting Their Favorite Sports Teams

Climate change is rendering the future of many sports more dangerous or impossible. But many teams are still taking fossil fuel dollars.

Mar 17, 2026 / Alexandra Tey

He’s probably reading Elena Ferrante—and that’s OK.

In Defense of Being Performative In Defense of Being Performative

The critics of “performative politics” misunderstand something fundamental: Democracy survives only when citizens perform it.

Mar 17, 2026 / Ned Resnikoff

New York Knicks rookie Mo Diawara and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani share an Iftar dinner at Saint Louis Restuarant Keur Yayou Dara before shooting hoop at the basketball courts at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem on March 14, 2026.

Iftar With the Knick and the Mayor Iftar With the Knick and the Mayor

In a union of religion, culture, sports, and politics, a rookie for the New York Knicks broke bread with the youngest mayor in the city’s modern history.

Mar 16, 2026 / Dave Zirin

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