The Empty Provocations of “Eddington” The Empty Provocations of “Eddington”
Ari Aster’s farcical western is billed as a send-up of the puerile politics of the Covid years. In reality, it’s a film that seems to have no politics at all.
Aug 21, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Kelli Weston
Why Countries Must Fight for Digital Sovereignty Why Countries Must Fight for Digital Sovereignty
On Tech Won’t Save Us, Cecilia Rikap warns against overdependence on US tech companies.
Aug 21, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx
The Invisible Snakes of Climate Change The Invisible Snakes of Climate Change
Tony Bartelme’s new book shows how great storytelling can wake people up.
Aug 21, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
Trump’s War on Higher Ed Comes to the Bargaining Table Trump’s War on Higher Ed Comes to the Bargaining Table
As two of the nation’s largest private graduate student unions fight for new contracts, their members have been among the most vulnerable to the president’s attacks on universitie...
Aug 21, 2025 / StudentNation / Amann Mahajan
The Ukraine Peace Process Is Moving Quite Fast The Ukraine Peace Process Is Moving Quite Fast
Here are the openings—and obstacles.
Aug 20, 2025 / Anatol Lieven
Unhealthy Head of Health Unhealthy Head of Health
RFK Jr. dismantles vaccination programs.
Aug 20, 2025 / OppArt / David Small
Eating Meat While Deporting Those Who Produce It Eating Meat While Deporting Those Who Produce It
The people who do the dirty work of killing and processing animals hold up our food system. Trump is putting them in danger.
Aug 20, 2025 / Alice Driver
The Mamdani Interview—Plus, Trump in Court The Mamdani Interview—Plus, Trump in Court
On Start Making Sense: Katrina vanden Heuvel and John Nichols break down their exclusive chat, and David Cole talks about the president's lawfare tactics.
Aug 20, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
The Rot at Fort Bragg The Rot at Fort Bragg
Seth Harp exposes how all the death and crime surrounding one military base is not an aberration but representative of the fratricidal impulse of the armed forces at large.
Aug 20, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Lyle Jeremy Rubin
Trump Targets Mail-In Voting, and the Democrats Phone in Their Counter-Strategies Trump Targets Mail-In Voting, and the Democrats Phone in Their Counter-Strategies
Trump has launched an all-out assault on civic freedoms, but the Democrats aren’t yet giving their base something to vote for.
Aug 19, 2025 / Chris Lehmann