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Climate Stories Are Everywhere

Climate Stories Are Everywhere Climate Stories Are Everywhere

Why do many news outlets ignore the connections between climate change and the struggle for democracy?

Jan 22, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

Mamdani Nurse Strike Columbia University

We Need Radical Abundance We Need Radical Abundance

If we want abundance we have to ask, an abundance of what exactly, and produced under what economic logic?

Jan 22, 2026 / Keir Milburn

Kathy Hochul and Zohran Mamdani at 1 Police Plaza in New York City, on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.

Why Mamdani Should Oppose Kathy Hochul’s Protest Ban Why Mamdani Should Oppose Kathy Hochul’s Protest Ban

The proposed restriction on protests outside houses of worship is rooted in anti-Palestinian bias and would give Israeli apartheid a free pass. Mamdani should reject it.

Jan 22, 2026 / Nasreen Abd Elal

Left: Graham Granger after his arraignment outside the court building. Right: The art exhibit, made with the help of AI, by Nick Dwyer.

Meet the Alaska Student Arrested for Eating an AI Art Exhibit Meet the Alaska Student Arrested for Eating an AI Art Exhibit

A conversation with Graham Granger, whose combination of protest and performance art spread beyond campus. “AI chews up and spits out art made by other people.”

Jan 22, 2026 / StudentNation / Colin Warren

Donald Trump attends the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 21, 2026.

Trump Brings His Phony Populism to Davos Trump Brings His Phony Populism to Davos

Nothing says "I care about working people" like a speech to an audience of billionaires at an exclusive Swiss ski resort.

Jan 21, 2026 / Chris Lehmann

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Jan 21, 2026 / OppArt / Mike Luckovich

The Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas during her sermon at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City on January 19, 2026.

Refusing Despair in a Despairing Time Refusing Despair in a Despairing Time

A Martin Luther King Jr. Day sermon by the Rev. Canon Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas.

Jan 21, 2026 / Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas

A migrant worker at a Riyadh construction site.

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

Minneapolis: the Landscape of Resistance; plus the Destruction Brought by DOGE

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

A Cuban soldier waves a national flag as he takes part in the “Anti-Imperialist” protest in Havana on January 16, 2026.

Cuba Is Next Cuba Is Next

Havana is in Trump’s imperial crosshairs, but dialogue is still an option.

Jan 21, 2026 / Peter Kornbluh

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