Bernie and AOC Are Taking On AI. Only One of Them Is Doing It Right. Bernie and AOC Are Taking On AI. Only One of Them Is Doing It Right.

Sanders is responding to the deceptive narratives floated by the industry. AOC is talking to experts who really understand how AI works.

Paris Marx

The Genocide of South Lebanon The Genocide of South Lebanon

Israel is carrying out its Gaza strategy in yet another war.

Ahmad Ibsais

Mayor Mamdani vs. the “New York Post” (and Its Ilk) Mayor Mamdani vs. the “New York Post” (and Its Ilk)

The broad swath of centrist Democrats and conservatives who have hoped to wound Mamdani enough to sap him of political capital are still figuring out how to land real blows.

Ross Barkan

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The Fight for Special Education The Fight for Special Education

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What You Need to Know About the GLP-1 Economy What You Need to Know About the GLP-1 Economy

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Politics

Candles are lit during a vigil for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national shot dead by a federal immigration agent, on July 8, 2026, in Houston.

What One Week of Trump News Says About Our New Normal What One Week of Trump News Says About Our New Normal

Trump’s constant cruelty can make it all seem routine.

Column / Sasha Abramsky

Graham Platner’s video dropping out of the US Senate race in Maine.

The Graham Platner Fiasco Proves Messiah Politics Is No Alternative to a Failed Establishment The Graham Platner Fiasco Proves Messiah Politics Is No Alternative to a Failed Establishment

Democratic leaders have rightfully lost credibility. But that’s no excuse for political adventurers to seize the moment and pump up false saviors.

Jeet Heer

Abdul El-Sayed, candidate for US Senate in Michigan, speaks before Senator Bernie Sanders on May 3, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan.

Could Abdul El-Sayed Upend Democratic Politics for Good? Could Abdul El-Sayed Upend Democratic Politics for Good?

If Michigan sends a Senator Abdul El-Sayed to Washington, traditional “electability” assumptions will have been shattered for good.

Nathan Robinson

Books & the Arts

The New York premiere of “Girls,” 2012.

Growing Up With “Girls” Growing Up With “Girls”

Lena Dunham and her generation enter midlife

Books & the Arts / Grace Byron

A still from “I Love Boosters.”

Boots Riley’s Communist Heist Film Boots Riley’s Communist Heist Film

Yes, it even has Marxist teleporters.

Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte

World

A woman carries an umbrella to shelter from the sun as pedestrians cross a street in the Kabukicho entertainment area of Shinjuku in central Tokyo on July 29, 2025.

How Japan’s Media Ecosystem Is Fighting Climate Change How Japan’s Media Ecosystem Is Fighting Climate Change

Hundreds of outlets across the country have joined the “I am the 89%” campaign.

Mark Hertsgaard

Pedro Sanchez during a plenary session of the Congress of Deputies on 25 June 2026 in Madrid, Spain.

Pedro Sánchez Is Living on Borrowed Time Pedro Sánchez Is Living on Borrowed Time

Spain’s prime minister has become a global progressive icon. But at home, his government is hanging by a thread.

Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

Customers queue outside a Buly shop under umbrellas to shield themselves from the heat wave in Paris, France, in July 2026.

France’s Heat Shock  France’s Heat Shock 

A historically hot summer is revealing a society massively unprepared for the new climate reality.

June Loper and Harrison Stetler

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The founding father included a recipe for abortions in The American Instructor, his 1748 reprint of a popular British textbook.

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.

Feature / Regina Mahone

In 1774, the First Continental Congress opened with a prayer—a decision that inspired some sectarian squabbling—but in the new nation that followed, the founders were determined to keep church and state separate.

Separation of Church and State: America’s Best Idea Separation of Church and State: America’s Best Idea

Christian nationalists keep forgetting what the country’s founders kept writing down.

Feature / John Fugelsang

The Knife Edge trail, not far from the Maine’s North Woods, which shaped Henry David Thoreau’s ideas about nature.

How America Became the Progenitor of Environmentalism How America Became the Progenitor of Environmentalism

From Indigenous practices to the Green New Deal, our country has always focused on prioritizing our planet.

Feature / Bill McKibben

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