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Bill de Blasio

The Real Bill de Blasio Has Something to Say The Real Bill de Blasio Has Something to Say

The Times of London failed to meet even basic journalistic standards. We should demand better from the media.

Oct 30, 2025 / Bill de Blasio

Democratic candidate for Virginia House of Delegates Kimberly Pope Adams with voters.

Will Virginia Democrats Make the State Ground Zero for Trump Resistance Again? Will Virginia Democrats Make the State Ground Zero for Trump Resistance Again?

The state’s Democrats are not complacent this year, fielding candidates for all 100 House districts. Kimberly Pope Adams is one angling to grow the Democratic majority there.

Oct 30, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Dog being cared for by veterinarians

The Billionaire Oligarchs Are Coming for Your Pets The Billionaire Oligarchs Are Coming for Your Pets

And they want to make bigger profits.

Oct 29, 2025 / Chuck Collins

Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks at a town hall in Ogunquit, Maine.

Graham Platner and the Online Rush to Judgment Graham Platner and the Online Rush to Judgment

At some point, we have to recognize that we just don’t know about the Maine Senate candidate’s past motivations—or about much of anything else, either.

Oct 29, 2025 / Ron Currie

Gaza, Heartbreak, and Ruins

Gaza, Heartbreak, and Ruins Gaza, Heartbreak, and Ruins

Israel killed at least 67,000 Palestinians, and left Gaza devastated.

Oct 29, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the military aboard the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier docked at an American naval base, in Yokosuka, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.

We Have to Talk About Donald Trump’s Brain We Have to Talk About Donald Trump’s Brain

Are we just going to sit around and pretend that the president isn’t having a lot of… questionable moments these days?

Oct 29, 2025 / Rafi Schwartz

The Portland Pride Parade and Festival in June 2019.

Even in Oregon, the Fight for Marriage Equality Might Not Be Over Even in Oregon, the Fight for Marriage Equality Might Not Be Over

After the state’s ban on gay marriage was lifted in 2014, advocates took a breath. But more than a decade later, with Obergefell now at risk, there's more work to be done.

Oct 29, 2025 / StudentNation / Charlie Bloomer

What Connects the Paris Commune and the George Floyd Uprising?

What Connects the Paris Commune and the George Floyd Uprising? What Connects the Paris Commune and the George Floyd Uprising?

A conversation with the writer and theorist Jasper Bernes about the left after the summer of 2020 and the state of revolutionary politics.

Oct 29, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Clinton Williamson

Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani (C) with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), left, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), right, during an election rally on October 26, 2025, in New York City.

Voters, Democrats, and Redistricting—Plus, Confederate Monuments in LA Voters, Democrats, and Redistricting—Plus, Confederate Monuments in LA

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Harold Meyerson previews the elections next Tuesday, and Christopher Knight comments on the new art exhibit at MOCA.

Oct 29, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

An Indigenous woman waves a Venezuelan flag during a rally to commemorate Indigenous Resistance Day on October 12, 2025 in Caracas, Venezuela.

The Rush to War With Venezuela The Rush to War With Venezuela

On The Time of Monsters: Van Jackson on Trump's reckless plunge into conflict in Latin America.

Oct 28, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

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