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Russian Nuclear Missile Victory Day Parade

The End of Arms Control? The End of Arms Control?

For the first time, we will live in a world without constraints on the US-Russian nuclear arsenal.

Feb 5, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Donald Trump gestures while speaking during an executive order signing event in the Oval Office of the White House.

Trump’s Denunciations of the Iranian Killings Are Pure Hypocrisy Trump’s Denunciations of the Iranian Killings Are Pure Hypocrisy

The arbitrary arrests and killings committed by agents of Trump’s authoritarian-style rule differ only in number, not in kind, from those in Iran.

Feb 5, 2026 / Juan Cole

A Grieving Planet

A Grieving Planet A Grieving Planet

Half mast for a troubled world.

Feb 5, 2026 / OppArt / Tom Toro

Trump’s Oily Attack on Venezuela

Trump’s Oily Attack on Venezuela Trump’s Oily Attack on Venezuela

The US government is seizing tankers like pirates.

Feb 5, 2026 / OppArt / Glen Le Lievre

Democrats Need to Get Serious About Stopping Trump From Rigging the Midterms

Democrats Need to Get Serious About Stopping Trump From Rigging the Midterms Democrats Need to Get Serious About Stopping Trump From Rigging the Midterms

Here’s one idea for a coordinated response to Trump’s coordinated attacks.

Feb 5, 2026 / Elie Mystal

People take part in a demonstration against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Games in Milan, Italy, on January 31, 2026.

Get Ready for This Year’s Undemocratic, Debt-Ridden, and Mobster-Infused Winter Olympics    Get Ready for This Year’s Undemocratic, Debt-Ridden, and Mobster-Infused Winter Olympics   

ICE thugs in the streets, Mafia meddling, and billions in waste—seems like the Games are off to a great start.

Feb 5, 2026 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin

Zohran Mamdani and Kathy Hochul at a rally in Queens on October 26, 2025.

Zohran Mamdani: Why I’m Endorsing Kathy Hochul Zohran Mamdani: Why I’m Endorsing Kathy Hochul

Exclusive: New York City’s mayor explains why he’s backing New York’s governor in the 2026 election.

Feb 5, 2026 / Zohran Mamdani

Dean Obeidallah and Joy Reid

Has the Mainstream Media Failed Us? Has the Mainstream Media Failed Us?

Dean Obeidallah and Joy Reid discuss independent media’s role in an increasingly undemocratic world.

Feb 5, 2026 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

Sir William Gell’s “The Removal of the Sculptures from the Pediments of the Parthenon by Lord Elgin,” 1801.

Why We’re Still Fighting Over Elgin’s Marbles Why We’re Still Fighting Over Elgin’s Marbles

In A.E. Stallings’s Frieze Frame, the poet retells the many conflicts, political and cultural, the ransacked portion of the Parthenon has inspired.

Feb 5, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Nicolas Liney

Mamdani Touts a Stunning View of the City, but Struggles to Clear the Sidewalks

Mamdani Touts a Stunning View of the City, but Struggles to Clear the Sidewalks Mamdani Touts a Stunning View of the City, but Struggles to Clear the Sidewalks

The New York mayor is opening the roof of the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building to the public, but has plenty of work ahead to make the city below more affordable and accessible...

Feb 5, 2026 / D.D. Guttenplan

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