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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sits down for an interview with Bloomberg Television during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 14, 2026.

Trump’s National Security Strategy Is a Blueprint for White Nationalism Trump’s National Security Strategy Is a Blueprint for White Nationalism

Trump’s foreign policy reasoning mirrors the crackpot logic of a runaway authoritarian.

Mar 19, 2026 / Juan Cole

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services, left, and Brooke Rollins, US agriculture secretary, stand during an event at the Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2026.

Is Your Diet a Little Bit Fascist? Is Your Diet a Little Bit Fascist?

The right is summoning its armies via their stomachs. When we dismiss food politics, we risk missing what’s being stirred when a group coheres itself around the table.

Mar 19, 2026 / Amber Husain

Dolores Huerta in her office in Bakersfield, California, on July 21, 2025.

Dolores Huerta: “My Silence Ends Here” Dolores Huerta: “My Silence Ends Here”

The labor movement icon speaks out after revealing that she was sexually assaulted by Cesar Chavez.

Mar 18, 2026 / Dolores Huerta

Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton won the Democratic nomination for the state’s US Senate seat on Tuesday, beating a rival who far outspent her.

Illinois’s Next Black Senator Deserves Credit for Her Own Campaign Illinois’s Next Black Senator Deserves Credit for Her Own Campaign

Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton was buoyed by millions spent by Governor JB Pritzker, but she won a tough race on her own merit.

Mar 18, 2026 / Joan Walsh

Woman, Life, Freedom

Woman, Life, Freedom Woman, Life, Freedom

Women’s history month: standing with Iranian women — street mural, Barcelona.

Mar 18, 2026 / OppArt / Anonymous and Andrea Arroyo

Commercial vessels are pictured offshore in Dubai on March 11, 2026.

From the Strait of Hormuz to the Streets of Minneapolis—Plus, Mamdani and the Midterms From the Strait of Hormuz to the Streets of Minneapolis—Plus, Mamdani and the Midterms

On this episode of Start Making Sense, John Nichols analyzes the politics of the Iran war, and Maurice Mitchell talks about political movements and voting.

Mar 18, 2026 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Gisele Pelicot

Gisèle Pelicot Shows Us Why “Shame Must Change Sides” Gisèle Pelicot Shows Us Why “Shame Must Change Sides”

Fifty-one ordinary men raped an unconscious woman. Her case reveals the limits of anti-carceral feminism.

Mar 18, 2026 / Katha Pollitt

August Macke, “Vegetable Fields,” 1895.

The Hidden History of Free Choice The Hidden History of Free Choice

A conversation with Sophia Rosenfeld about her recent book on the roots of the concept of choice.

Mar 18, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

How to Defend Democracy One State at a Time

How to Defend Democracy One State at a Time How to Defend Democracy One State at a Time

Laura Flanders speaks with Christopher Armitage and Sumathy Kumar about “soft secession” and building a government that actually works for people.

Mar 18, 2026 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

A plume of smoke rises following a reported explosion in Tehran on February 28, 2026.

The Iran War Is America’s Own Suez Crisis The Iran War Is America’s Own Suez Crisis

The recent US military assault on Iran looks like past desperate bids to reclaim fading imperial glory.

Mar 18, 2026 / Alfred McCoy

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