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New York real estate mogul Steven Roth, who recently complained on a Vornado earnings call that calls to tax the rich were akin to a racial slur, appears here in his safe space: haranguing a worker on a picket line in 2011.

The Billionaires’ Bathos Club The Billionaires’ Bathos Club

American plutocrats can’t stop whining about how extremely modest tax increases are killing their initiative.

May 12, 2026 / Elizabeth Spiers

The Rapid-Fire Political Education of Zohran Mamdani

The Rapid-Fire Political Education of Zohran Mamdani The Rapid-Fire Political Education of Zohran Mamdani

Can New York’s mayor govern as a democratic socialist?

May 12, 2026 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman arrives at court at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building on April 30, 2026, in Oakland, California.

Down With the AI Overlords—With Sarah Myers West Down With the AI Overlords—With Sarah Myers West

Tech expert Sarah Myers West discusses how AI is concentrating power among a handful of oligarchs—and how its future could be made more democratic.

May 12, 2026 / Podcast / Jonathan Smucker, Aaron Regunberg, and Matt DaSilva

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks with media outside Havering Town Hall following the 2026 local election results on May 8, 2026 in Romford, England.

The UK’s Far Right Is On the March—Thanks to Keir Starmer The UK’s Far Right Is On the March—Thanks to Keir Starmer

How the Labour Party’s catastrophic prime minister paved the way for fascists to dominate British politics.

May 11, 2026 / Evan Robins

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger at an event in Woodbridge, promoting the redistricting measure that was on the ballot in April.

On Redistricting, Will Virginia Democrats Surrender, or Get Creative? On Redistricting, Will Virginia Democrats Surrender, or Get Creative?

Democrats must stop conceding that the only answer for various racist voting laws is that Democrats just have to vote more and harder and better.

May 11, 2026 / Joan Walsh

Ted Turner at a press conference in 1985.

Ted Turner Proved Even Billionaires Could be Human Ted Turner Proved Even Billionaires Could be Human

The swashbuckling founder of CNN was redeemed by his vulnerabilities.

May 11, 2026 / Obituary / Jeet Heer

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How Prediction Markets Are Taking Control of Everything

How Prediction Markets Are Taking Control of Everything How Prediction Markets Are Taking Control of Everything

We have seen the future, and it is Polymarket and Kalshi processing insider bets on mayhem, chaos—and celebrity-wedding guest lists.

May 11, 2026 / Feature / David Futrelle

Home care workers hold a sit-in outside City Hall.

Care Workers Are Saying No to 24-Hour Workdays Care Workers Are Saying No to 24-Hour Workdays

Fed up with the inhumane practice, they took their message to City Hall on May Day. Will Zohran Mamdani listen?

May 11, 2026 / Matthew Vickers

Peter Thiel speaks at the Cambridge Union on May 8, 2024, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

What Jeffrey Epstein Taught Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon What Jeffrey Epstein Taught Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon

Branko Marcetic on the fake populism of a sordid elite.

May 11, 2026 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

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