The Line, a Saudi Megaproject, Is Dead The Line, a Saudi Megaproject, Is Dead
It was always doomed to unravel, but the firms who lent their name to this folly should be held accountable.
Jan 21, 2026 / Column / Kate Wagner
Trump’s Threats Against Greenland: When “National Security” Becomes Imperial Expansion Trump’s Threats Against Greenland: When “National Security” Becomes Imperial Expansion
America has become the threat its own allies need protection from.
Jan 21, 2026 / Pavel Devyatkin
Minneapolis: the Landscape of Resistance; plus the Destruction Brought by DOGE Minneapolis: the Landscape of Resistance; plus the Destruction Brought by DOGE
Podcast / Start Making Sense / Jan 21, 2026 Minneapolis: the Landscape of Resistance; plus the Destruction Brought by DOGE John Nichols on Minneapolis groups preparing for Fr…
Jan 21, 2026 / Podcast
Cuba Is Next Cuba Is Next
Havana is in Trump’s imperial crosshairs, but dialogue is still an option.
Jan 21, 2026 / Peter Kornbluh
Gambling With the Future of Sports—Plus, a Minneapolis Teacher Speaks Out Gambling With the Future of Sports—Plus, a Minneapolis Teacher Speaks Out
Dannu Fun joins Edge of Sports to talk about sports gambling, and we talk to Daniel Troccoli in Minneapolis about what’s happening there.
Jan 20, 2026 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Springsteen Defends the Promised Land Against ICE’s “Gestapo Tactics” Springsteen Defends the Promised Land Against ICE’s “Gestapo Tactics”
Mourning for Renee Nicole Good, the singer decried the Trump administration and the threat to freedom posed by “heavily armed masked federal troops invading an American city.”
Jan 20, 2026 / John Nichols
The Pursuit of Endless Growth Will Only End in Destruction The Pursuit of Endless Growth Will Only End in Destruction
If the corporate and political powers carry on with business as usual, such growth will end in chaotic, violent collapse.
Jan 20, 2026 / Stan Cox
Is It Possible for Speech to Ever Be Too Free? Is It Possible for Speech to Ever Be Too Free?
A new history explores the political limits as well as possibilities of freedom of speech.
Jan 20, 2026 / Books & the Arts / David Cole
The Strange Story of the Famed Anti-Fascist Lament “First They Came…” The Strange Story of the Famed Anti-Fascist Lament “First They Came…”
In his celebrated mea culpa, the German pastor Martin Niemöller blamed his failure to speak out against the Nazis on indifference. Was that the whole reason?
Jan 20, 2026 / Feature / Barry Yourgrau