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Real estate developer (and future US president) Donald Trump and his girlfriend (and future wife), former model Melania Knauss, financier (and future convicted sex offender) Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000.

The Epstein Files Could Finally Sink Donald Trump The Epstein Files Could Finally Sink Donald Trump

New e-mails show Trump knew of Epstein’s trafficking. As sickening as it is, it should be no surprise.

Nov 12, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Zohran Mamdani cheers after winning the mayoral election.

Dear New York: A Love Letter From Jackson, Mississippi Dear New York: A Love Letter From Jackson, Mississippi

We join you in celebrating the election of Zohran Mamdani.

Nov 12, 2025 / Makani Themba and Rukia Lumumba

The Enemy Within?

The Enemy Within? The Enemy Within?

The White House attacks the United States.

Nov 12, 2025 / OppArt / Anonymous and Peter Kuper

Franz Kafka’s  Best Friend

Franz Kafka’s Best Friend Franz Kafka’s Best Friend

Kafka’s late story about a philosopher dog, like most of his stories about animals, is really about our lost humanity.

Nov 12, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Lethem

The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai

The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai

How a globe-trotting attorney is trying to win the release of the famed Hong Kong publisher.

Nov 12, 2025 / Feature / Liam Scott

The Left Must Build Its Infrastructure

The Left Must Build Its Infrastructure The Left Must Build Its Infrastructure

We need to look not at what it will take to win the next election, but what it’ll take to win the next 10 elections.

Nov 12, 2025 / Amanda Litman

Zohran Mamdani, center, joined by members of his transition team, from left, Elana Leopold, Melanie Hartzog, Maria Torres-Springer, Grace Bonilla, and Lina Khan, in Queens, New York, on November 5, 2025.

Mamdani’s Momentum, Plus “The Radical Fund” Mamdani’s Momentum, Plus “The Radical Fund”

On Start Making Sense: Bhaskar Sunkara comments on the tasks facing New York City’s new socialist mayor, and historian John Fabian Witt talks about left politics in the 1920s.

Nov 12, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Muslim New Yorkers gather in Astoria, Queens, to celebrate Zohran Mamdani's election victory on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.

The Meaning of a Muslim Mayor The Meaning of a Muslim Mayor

What Zohran Mamdani’s win signifies—and what it doesn’t.

Nov 12, 2025 / Ade Khan

Pro-Palestine supporter at OR Tambo International Airport on October 8, 2025, in Kempton Park, South Africa.

I Tried to Deliver Aid to Gaza. Israel Kidnapped and Tortured Me. I Tried to Deliver Aid to Gaza. Israel Kidnapped and Tortured Me.

They stripped us naked, deprived us of sleep, food, and sanitary facilities, arbitrarily threatened us with guns, and physically attacked us.

Nov 12, 2025 / Thomas Becker

Dean Fuleihan, the incoming first deputy mayor of New York, speaks at a news conference on November 10, 2025.

Can Mamdani Deliver? “Yes! It’s an Unqualified Yes!” Can Mamdani Deliver? “Yes! It’s an Unqualified Yes!”

Dean Fuleihan, Mamdani’s incoming first deputy mayor, speaks exclusively about how the mayor-elect will make his agenda a reality.

Nov 12, 2025 / John Nichols

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