Climate Stories Are Everywhere Climate Stories Are Everywhere
Why do many news outlets ignore the connections between climate change and the struggle for democracy?
Jan 22, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard
Why Mamdani Should Oppose Kathy Hochul’s Protest Ban Why Mamdani Should Oppose Kathy Hochul’s Protest Ban
The proposed restriction on protests outside houses of worship is rooted in anti-Palestinian bias and would give Israeli apartheid a free pass. Mamdani should reject it.
Jan 22, 2026 / Nasreen Abd Elal
Young Mayor in a Hurry Young Mayor in a Hurry
Zohran Mamdani has pledged to govern at the same pace New Yorkers live—but city politics are largely designed to thwart that ambition.
Jan 22, 2026 / D.D. Guttenplan
Trump Brings His Phony Populism to Davos Trump Brings His Phony Populism to Davos
Nothing says "I care about working people" like a speech to an audience of billionaires at an exclusive Swiss ski resort.
Jan 21, 2026 / Chris Lehmann
Refusing Despair in a Despairing Time Refusing Despair in a Despairing Time
A Martin Luther King Jr. Day sermon by the Rev. Canon Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas.
Jan 21, 2026 / Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas
The Line, a Saudi Megaproject, Is Dead The Line, a Saudi Megaproject, Is Dead
It was always doomed to unravel, but the firms who lent their name to this folly should be held accountable.
Jan 21, 2026 / Column / Kate Wagner
Trump’s Threats Against Greenland: When “National Security” Becomes Imperial Expansion Trump’s Threats Against Greenland: When “National Security” Becomes Imperial Expansion
America has become the threat its own allies need protection from.
Jan 21, 2026 / Pavel Devyatkin
Cuba Is Next Cuba Is Next
Havana is in Trump’s imperial crosshairs, but dialogue is still an option.
Jan 21, 2026 / Peter Kornbluh
Minneapolis: the Landscape of Resistance; plus the Destruction Brought by DOGE Minneapolis: the Landscape of Resistance; plus the Destruction Brought by DOGE
Podcast / Start Making Sense / Jan 21, 2026 Minneapolis: the Landscape of Resistance; plus the Destruction Brought by DOGE John Nichols on Minneapolis groups preparing for Fr…
Jan 21, 2026 / Podcast