Andrew Cuomo Has Unmasked Himself as a Full-Blown Trumpist Andrew Cuomo Has Unmasked Himself as a Full-Blown Trumpist
The disgraced former governor is repeatedly proving just how similar he is to the disgraced current president.
Aug 22, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Trump Wants to Make Art Into a Tool of the State Trump Wants to Make Art Into a Tool of the State
In ordering a review of the Smithsonian, the White House wants to use its power to remake our culture—or to reinvigorate a strain in the culture that has been dormant for a long t...
Aug 22, 2025 / Barry Schwabsky
Why Did ICE Arrest This North Carolina Family? They Were Home. Why Did ICE Arrest This North Carolina Family? They Were Home.
Two family members have been released, but 20-year-old Allison Bustillo-Chinchilla has been held at Georgia’s infamous Stewart Detention Center since February.
Aug 22, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky
Israeli Soldiers Abused Me Before. I’m Terrified That They’ll Do It Again. Israeli Soldiers Abused Me Before. I’m Terrified That They’ll Do It Again.
Israel is invading Gaza City again. The trauma of what they did to me and my family during their last invasion haunts me every single day.
Aug 21, 2025 / Ali Skaik
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
Democrats’ Failed Bueller Strategy on Voting Rights Democrats’ Failed Bueller Strategy on Voting Rights
Party leaders are talking tough about retaliatory gerrymandering—but like Principal Rooney, they're unable to fight back effectively
Aug 21, 2025 / David Daley and David Faris
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 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
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