My Rape, the Cornell Case—and Why We Need Better Approaches to Teaching How Consent Works My Rape, the Cornell Case—and Why We Need Better Approaches to Teaching How Consent Works
I tried to process the experience of being raped by disassociating. We have to show our kids a better way.
Oct 5, 2026 / Elizabeth Spiers
The Death Penalty Has Become a Torture Machine The Death Penalty Has Become a Torture Machine
Christa Pike's botched lethal injection proves there is no humane form of execution.
Oct 5, 2026 / Jeet Heer
Resistance to Netanyahu Takes to the Streets in New York Resistance to Netanyahu Takes to the Streets in New York
Demonstrators gather near the United Nations in New York on September 24, 2026, protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and its policies.
Oct 5, 2026 / OppArt / Gwendolen Cates
Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders—2 Sharply Different Views of America’s Role in the World Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders—2 Sharply Different Views of America’s Role in the World
One is an imperial gangster; the other seeks to create a world “not based on greed but based on justice, on decency.”
Oct 5, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The People vs. the Supreme Court The People vs. the Supreme Court
This term the Supreme Court has plans to trample
even more of our rights. But we, the people, are not powerless
in the face of their power grab.
Oct 5, 2026 / Feature / Elie Mystal
Michigan’s Senate Race Is a Testing Ground Michigan’s Senate Race Is a Testing Ground
We must counter fear and division with solidarity.
Oct 5, 2026 / Leena Barakat and Pamela Shifman
Gaza and Elite Accountability Gaza and Elite Accountability
Connor Echols on a reckoning within the foreign-policy establishment.
The Year I Taught in a Former Coal Mining Town The Year I Taught in a Former Coal Mining Town
Teaching in the South of France, I learned that equality was just a story teachers told about themselves.
Oct 3, 2026 / Brianna Di Monda
Earth’s Greatest Enemy—With Abby Martin Earth’s Greatest Enemy—With Abby Martin
“National security has always explicitly been about fossil fuels.”
Oct 3, 2026 / Podcast / Shilpi Chhotray
US-Iran Talks Stall, Russia Nuclear Warning, Brazil Election US-Iran Talks Stall, Russia Nuclear Warning, Brazil Election
Danny and Alex Jordan unpack the week’s global news, from Iran and the Gulf to Russia-Ukraine, Saudi nuclear ambitions, military technology, and Brazil’s election.
Oct 2, 2026 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison