The Picture of Dennis Hastert The Picture of Dennis Hastert
The disgraced former congressman was a better representative of the GOP than the party would like to admit.
Oct 6, 2026 / Chris Lehmann
How Mexico Proved Mainstream Economics Wrong How Mexico Proved Mainstream Economics Wrong
American analysts have long viewed inequality as a byproduct of technological causes. But Claudia Sheinbaum’s Morena Party has boosted workers’ income without any technological tr...
Oct 6, 2026 / Jonathan Schlefer
What Gen Z Actually Wants, According to the DNC's Youngest Member What Gen Z Actually Wants, According to the DNC's Youngest Member
Milan van Dam says Gen Z is the generation that is most empathetic toward their peers.
Oct 6, 2026 / StudentNation / Cate Latimer and Alice Scott
This Village Has Been Fighting Israel’s Demolition Orders for Years. It May Be on Its Last Stand. This Village Has Been Fighting Israel’s Demolition Orders for Years. It May Be on Its Last Stand.
A new order for Khan al-Ahmar’s destruction failed to attract the international attention that had protected it in the past, and residents fear they can no longer stop the bulldoz...
Oct 5, 2026 / Kate McMahon
Corruption in the White House: Does Anybody Care? Corruption in the White House: Does Anybody Care?
The 2026 midterms and 2028 presidential election should be referendums on whether Trump and his associates can profit from his presidency.
Oct 5, 2026 / William W. Taylor III
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
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
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