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Democratic South Carolina State Representatives Hamilton Grant and Annie McDaniel look over a proposed congressional map during a meeting in the Blatt Building at the South Carolina State Capitol in Columbia on Friday, May 8, 2026. Some observers worry that the recent wave of gerrymandering across the country will help deepen polarization among voters and entrench lawmakers in a way that makes them less accountable to constituents.

The Right Wants to Erase Minority Representation. We’ll Register Millions to Stop Them. The Right Wants to Erase Minority Representation. We’ll Register Millions to Stop Them.


Their insult will arouse us—and put Republican incumbents’ own seats at risk.

May 13, 2026 / Yusef D. Jackson

Still from “The Fence.”

Claire Denis’s Haunting Neocolonial Drama Claire Denis’s Haunting Neocolonial Drama

Compared to her other films, The Fence is a minor work. But it contains within it a set of expansive themes.

May 13, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Lovia Gyarkye

A boycott of Cleveland Public Schools found this group of students and teachers at a Freedom School at the Friendship Baptist Church, on April 20, 1964.

Democracy Is Not Self-Executing Democracy Is Not Self-Executing

Michelle Adams’s Hillman Prize remarks.

May 13, 2026 / Michelle Adams

Richard “Bigo” Barnett, who was convicted of for his actions at the January 6 riot, shows off his pardon from President Donald Trump, at a news conference on February 21, 2025, with members of the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and other January 6 offenders who received pardons or commuted sentences.

The Devastating Double Standard for January 6 Rioters The Devastating Double Standard for January 6 Rioters

The Trump administration wields the full strength of its punitive power against immigrants, political opponents, and marginalized groups—and pardons January 6 offenders.

May 13, 2026 / Kali Holloway

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. answers a question on the Hantavirus during an event with President Donald Trump on maternal healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House on May 11, 2026.

The Hantavirus Isn’t the Biggest Threat We’re Facing The Hantavirus Isn’t the Biggest Threat We’re Facing

The government’s destruction of our pandemic preparedness is.

May 13, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks at a press conference with other members of the Congressional Black Caucus on the Supreme Court decision in “Louisiana v. Callais,” at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2026.

Democrats After the Voting Rights Act—Plus, Jewish Anti-Zionism Democrats After the Voting Rights Act—Plus, Jewish Anti-Zionism

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Harold Meyerson argues Democrats remain likely to win the House in November, and Adam Hochschild talks about the Bund in prewar Europe.

May 13, 2026 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

An anti–Iraq War demonstration in New York City on February 15. 2003.

To Build the Anti-War Movement of the Future, We Must Learn From the Past To Build the Anti-War Movement of the Future, We Must Learn From the Past

What history can teach us about where the anti-imperalist left should go now.

May 13, 2026 / Van Gosse and Bill Fletcher Jr.

Jeff Bezos at the Vanity Fair Oscar party.

Journalism in the Age of Oligarchy—With David Sirota Journalism in the Age of Oligarchy—With David Sirota

Danny and Derek speak with David Sirota, founder and EIC of The Lever, about journalism, independent media, and the consolidation of presidential power. 

May 12, 2026 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

A billboard in Tehran asserts that despite the threats of President Donald Trump, Iran will retain control over the Strait of Hormuz.

This Is Why the Hormuz Crisis Is Different From Other Oil Crises This Is Why the Hormuz Crisis Is Different From Other Oil Crises

Israel and the United States have destabilized the Persian Gulf and global oil and natural gas supplies for the foreseeable future.

May 12, 2026 / Juan Cole

Gutting the Voting Rights Act

Gutting the Voting Rights Act Gutting the Voting Rights Act

SCOTUS’ racist ruling.

May 12, 2026 / OppArt / Brian Stauffer

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