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Are Plastics Poisoning Us?

Are Plastics Poisoning Us? Are Plastics Poisoning Us?

A Netflix documentary exposes plastic’s health harms but misses its climate connection.

Mar 26, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

Zohran Mamdani finds money under the sofa cushions.

Mamdani’s Master Class in Impression Management Mamdani’s Master Class in Impression Management

New York’s mayor continues to showcase his command of political symbolism as he prepares to reckon with some difficult real-world choices

Mar 26, 2026 / D.D. Guttenplan

The Data Center Revolt

The Data Center Revolt The Data Center Revolt

Laura Flanders speaks with Faiz Shakir and John Cassidy on the grassroots fight against the AI oligarchs.

Mar 26, 2026 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

Construction workers work with pipes as part of Texas’s sewer project

Water Infrastructure in Texas Is Failing. A Surge of New Funding Can Fix It. Water Infrastructure in Texas Is Failing. A Surge of New Funding Can Fix It.

As the state promotes industrial expansion and costly seawater desalination projects, advocates want to prioritize fixing aging pipes and supporting public health.

Mar 26, 2026 / StudentNation / Lajward Zahra

Representatives from the Hotel and Gaming Trade Council attend the celebration of mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's primary victory in New York City, on July 2, 2025.

Tourists See a Luxury Hotel. We See Labor History and a City That Protects Workers. Tourists See a Luxury Hotel. We See Labor History and a City That Protects Workers.

New York’s hotel industry was built on labor struggles—and today’s protections show how worker rights and world-class hospitality go hand in hand.

Mar 26, 2026 / Samuel A.A. Levine and Rich Maroko

A satellite image of flooded fields and buildings near Waialua, on Oahu's north shore.

Hawaii’s Storm Damage Is Deeply Rooted in the State’s Plantation Past Hawaii’s Storm Damage Is Deeply Rooted in the State’s Plantation Past

The latest wave of storm devastation closely tracks the regional neglect of infrastructure instituted by the state’s first modern agricultural barons

Mar 26, 2026 / Matthew Vickers

The Overlooked Crisis Facing Immigrants With Disabilites

The Overlooked Crisis Facing Immigrants With Disabilites The Overlooked Crisis Facing Immigrants With Disabilites

Gregory Javier Laguna, who has Down syndrome, and his brother have been detained for almost five months. Under Trump, "it feels like we have no recourse," said one advocate.

Mar 25, 2026 / Pepper Stetler

Iran

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Mar 25, 2026 / OppArt / Brian Stauffer

Frederic Edwin Church’s “Heart of the Andes,” 1859.

When Did the Natural World Stop Feeling Sublime? When Did the Natural World Stop Feeling Sublime?

In Is a River Alive?, Robert Macfarlane challenges himself, and others, to find a new way to write about nature.

Mar 25, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Isabel Ruehl

Demonstrators at a rally against the SAVE America Act outside the US Capitol

How the SAVE Act Seeks to Undermine the Right to Vote How the SAVE Act Seeks to Undermine the Right to Vote

After you strip away the lies about rampant voter fraud, the GOP bill is a frontal assault on hard-won protections of the franchise.

Mar 25, 2026 / Anthony Conwright

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