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Argentina's Lionel Messi (10) sprays water on his face at the World Cup championship final soccer match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, New Jersey, Sunday, July 19, 2026.

World Cup Hydration Breaks Were Not About Commercials World Cup Hydration Breaks Were Not About Commercials

As the world gets hotter, playing sports in the heat gets more dangerous. Telemundo is the only publication that got this right.

Jul 23, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

Librarians Are Helping the Public Ditch AI—With Hannah Cyrus & Alison Macrina

Librarians Are Helping the Public Ditch AI—With Hannah Cyrus & Alison Macrina Librarians Are Helping the Public Ditch AI—With Hannah Cyrus & Alison Macrina

Paris Marx is joined by Hannah Cyrus and Alison Macrina to discuss the role of library workers in the digital landscape.

Jul 23, 2026 / Podcast / Paris Marx

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, in Washington.

Marco Rubio’s Cuba Fantasies Are More Dangerous Than They Seem Marco Rubio’s Cuba Fantasies Are More Dangerous Than They Seem

Little Marco is a modern-day Joe McCarthy, brandishing a list of supposed Cuban influence agents.

Jul 23, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

AI slop depicting caricatured Italian thugs threatening NYC’s mayor.

The Fake Controversy Behind Little Italy’s “Exclusion” The Fake Controversy Behind Little Italy’s “Exclusion”

The Italian American establishment’s hysterical response to Mayor Mamdani’s map of immigrant enclaves reveals a cynical politics of victimhood.

Jul 23, 2026 / Chris Gelardi

Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, Cuban ambassador to the United Nations, speaks to reporters in New York, Thursday, April 23, 2026.

Cuba Will Not Be Starved Into Submission Cuba Will Not Be Starved Into Submission

A Cuban diplomat talks about the human cost of the US blockade, Cuba’s economic liberalization, and the gains of the revolution that Havana says are not up for negotiation.

Jul 22, 2026 / Q&A / Bhaskar Sunkara

President Franklin D. Roosevelt endorses New Deal candidates during a radio broadcast from his Hyde Park home.

How the New Deal Invented the National Security State—With Andrew Preston How the New Deal Invented the National Security State—With Andrew Preston

Andrew Preston joins Danny and Derek to trace the evolution of the American national security state, from the early republic to the Cold War and beyond.

Jul 22, 2026 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

A roda de samba (samba circle) at the Pagode do Biro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Slavery’s Musical Threads Slavery’s Musical Threads

As ICE violence resurges in the US, the musical history of black Brazil offers lessons in resistance.

Jul 22, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

An officer walks through the second floor of the Ringerike Prison in Norway in 2024. The facility, spread over two floors and an air yard, holds Anders Behring Breivik, who is responsible for a pair of deadly terrorist attacks in 2011.

15 Years Ago, Anders Breivik Massacred 77 People. Norway Is Determined to Treat Him Humanely. 15 Years Ago, Anders Breivik Massacred 77 People. Norway Is Determined to Treat Him Humanely.

Our prisons, ourselves.

Jul 22, 2026 / Jean Casella

Quilted Call to Action

Quilted Call to Action Quilted Call to Action

Every act of dissent helps mend the fabric of democracy.

Jul 22, 2026 / OppArt / Jane Pearlmutter

Francesca Albanese, United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, attends the presentation of the book “The Light of Awakening. From Palestine to the Entire World, a Manifesto of Resistance“ and freedom at Spirit de Milan in Milan, Italy, on May 27, 2026.

Francesca Albanese Won’t Back Down Francesca Albanese Won’t Back Down

Talking to the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian Territories about genocide, standing up to the hatred of the establishment, and ending war.

Jul 22, 2026 / Q&A / Katrina vanden Heuvel and John Nichols

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