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Donald Trump looks over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as she speaks to US Navy personnel aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier at Yokosuka naval base on October 28, 2025.

Japan’s New Climate Bomb—in the US Japan’s New Climate Bomb—in the US

Bloomberg Green reveals the climate costs of the US-Japan trade deal.

Feb 26, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

Mamdani Meets a Second Snow Crisis With Enhanced Resolve—and a Little Luck

Mamdani Meets a Second Snow Crisis With Enhanced Resolve—and a Little Luck Mamdani Meets a Second Snow Crisis With Enhanced Resolve—and a Little Luck

The mayor mobilized New York's resources nimbly and creatively. Now, on to the budget

Feb 26, 2026 / D.D. Guttenplan

A fast-food restaurant in France, 1982.

Has Contemporary Fiction Ignored the Working Class? Has Contemporary Fiction Ignored the Working Class?

Claire Baglin’s bracing On the Clock gives its readers a close look at work behind the fry station, and in the process asks what experiences are missing from mainstream letters.

Feb 26, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Vorona Cote

Federal agents detain a nine-months-pregnant woman after exiting a court hearing in immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York, on Septeber 11, 2025.

ICE’s Detention of Pregnant People Continues a Disgraceful American Tradition ICE’s Detention of Pregnant People Continues a Disgraceful American Tradition

We are seeing yet another example of state-sanctioned violence against the reproductive futures of those deemed outside the national body.

Feb 26, 2026 / Ira Memaj

Voting booths located inside Hadley Park Community Center in Nashville, Tennessee, on December 2, 2025,

How Trump and His Allies Are Working to Depress Turnout, Intimidate Voters, and Steal the 2026 Election How Trump and His Allies Are Working to Depress Turnout, Intimidate Voters, and Steal the 2026 Election

Time to save America from the SAVE America Act.

Feb 26, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

US President Donald Trump speaks during a State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC.

The Planet-Sized Hole in Trump’s State of the Union Address The Planet-Sized Hole in Trump’s State of the Union Address

Although climate change received no attention during the president’s speech, Americans must continue to find new ways of making progress against the ongoing environmental crisis.

Feb 26, 2026 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Jesse Jackson and Carmelo Anthony in 2012.

How the Rev. Jesse Jackson Understood Sports, and a Winter Olympics Roundup How the Rev. Jesse Jackson Understood Sports, and a Winter Olympics Roundup

On the latest Edge of Sports.

Feb 25, 2026 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Slop’s Up!

Slop’s Up! Slop’s Up!

Gonna get deep.

Feb 25, 2026 / OppArt / Matt Wuerker

Werner Herzog, 1984.

Werner Herzog Between Fact and Fiction Werner Herzog Between Fact and Fiction

The German auteur’s recent book presents a strange, idiosyncratic vision of the concept of “truth,” one that defines how he sees the world and his art.

Feb 25, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Lowry Pressly

Striking Kaiser Permanente nurses and healthcare workers in the rain outside the Anaheim hospital, on February 16, 2026.

Democrats Must Listen to Workers Democrats Must Listen to Workers

How winning people’s trust involves listening to their challenges, ambition, ideas, and stories.

Feb 25, 2026 / Greg Kaufmann

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