Trump Ratchets Up Talk of Taking Over Elections Trump Ratchets Up Talk of Taking Over Elections
This is one of many signs that Trump knows his party is in big trouble in the coming midterm elections.
Feb 4, 2026 / Joan Walsh
Jeff Bezos’s Destruction of “The Washington Post” Is a Disgraceful Plutocratic Crime Jeff Bezos’s Destruction of “The Washington Post” Is a Disgraceful Plutocratic Crime
It turns out that democracy doesn’t die in darkness at all—it succumbs to repeated group muggings at the hands of the moneyed power elite.
Feb 4, 2026 / Chris Lehmann
Freedoms Under Threat Freedoms Under Threat
An authoritarian is breaking the promise of our democracy.
Feb 4, 2026 / OppArt / Peter O. Zierlein
Surveilled on Your Own Campus Surveilled on Your Own Campus
Universities across the country have used extraordinary measures to target student activists following more than two years of pro-Palestinian protests.
Feb 4, 2026 / StudentNation / Hannah Epstein
The Fight to Stop ICE—in Congress, and at the Super Bowl The Fight to Stop ICE—in Congress, and at the Super Bowl
John Nichols comments on Democrats’ work in Congress to limit ICE, and Dave Zirin explains how Bad Bunny will make the Super Bowl halftime show a center of resistance.
Feb 4, 2026 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
Is it Too Late to Save Hollywood? Is it Too Late to Save Hollywood?
A conversation with A.S. Hamrah about the dispiriting state of the movie business in the post-Covid era.
Feb 4, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Kyle Paoletta
Why Elon Musk’s Latest Mega Merger Is Little More than Vaporware Why Elon Musk’s Latest Mega Merger Is Little More than Vaporware
The tech mogul and would-be space pioneer is mashing up his properties once more in a deal that's unlikely to achieve escape velocity .
Feb 4, 2026 / Jacob Silverman
Taking to the Streets Taking to the Streets
Street demonstration, New York City, January 11, 2026.
Feb 3, 2026 / OppArt / Mary Richman
At the Doorstep of Tomorrow At the Doorstep of Tomorrow
Faced with endlessly narrowing possibilities, I return to my diary in an attempt to dream, to imagine a future.
Feb 3, 2026 / Engy Abdelal
How to Survive in a House Without Walls How to Survive in a House Without Walls
After their home was obliterated, Rasha Abou Jalal and her family remain determined to build a new one, even if it must be built out of nothing.
Feb 3, 2026 / Rasha Abou Jalal