What Its Like to Serve the Chinese Elite What Its Like to Serve the Chinese Elite
Zhang Yueran’s novel Women, Seated—a take on the upstairs, downstairs drama—examines class conflict among the Chinese upper crust and the people who wait on them.
Mar 27, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Ting Lin
The Rapid and “Unprecedented” Collapse of American Democracy The Rapid and “Unprecedented” Collapse of American Democracy
The V-Dem Institute, the world’s chronicler of democracy and autocracy, has determined that the United States is no longer “a liberal democracy.”
Mar 27, 2026 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
Trump’s TV-Warped Brain Is Putting the World in Danger Trump’s TV-Warped Brain Is Putting the World in Danger
The president is experiencing the Iran War almost entirely through misleading video clips—and that’s very bad news for all of us.
Mar 26, 2026 / Chris Lehmann
Mamdani Asked Tenants to Tell Him Their Problems. Hundreds Did. Mamdani Asked Tenants to Tell Him Their Problems. Hundreds Did.
What it's like at one of the mayor's "Rental Ripoff" hearings.
Mar 26, 2026 / Prajwal Bhat
Mamdani’s Master Class in Impression Management Mamdani’s Master Class in Impression Management
New York’s mayor continues to showcase his command of political symbolism as he prepares to reckon with some difficult real-world choices
Mar 26, 2026 / D.D. Guttenplan
Water Infrastructure in Texas Is Failing. A Surge of New Funding Can Fix It. Water Infrastructure in Texas Is Failing. A Surge of New Funding Can Fix It.
As the state promotes industrial expansion and costly seawater desalination projects, advocates want to prioritize fixing aging pipes and supporting public health.
Mar 26, 2026 / StudentNation / Lajward Zahra
The Data Center Revolt The Data Center Revolt
Laura Flanders speaks with Faiz Shakir and John Cassidy on the grassroots fight against the AI oligarchs.
Mar 26, 2026 / Q&A / Laura Flanders
Hawaii’s Storm Damage Is Deeply Rooted in the State’s Plantation Past Hawaii’s Storm Damage Is Deeply Rooted in the State’s Plantation Past
The latest wave of storm devastation closely tracks the regional neglect of infrastructure instituted by the state’s first modern agricultural barons
Mar 26, 2026 / Matthew Vickers
Israel Is Also Committing Genocide In the West Bank Israel Is Also Committing Genocide In the West Bank
It’s not just Gaza—Israel wants to exterminate all Palestinians, everywhere. We are one people being destroyed as one people.
Mar 26, 2026 / Ahmad Ibsais