Will Virginia Democrats Make the State Ground Zero for Trump Resistance Again? Will Virginia Democrats Make the State Ground Zero for Trump Resistance Again?
The state’s Democrats are not complacent this year, fielding candidates for all 100 House districts. Kimberly Pope Adams is one angling to grow the Democratic majority there.
Oct 30, 2025 / Joan Walsh
John Roberts Is a Threat to the Health of Every American John Roberts Is a Threat to the Health of Every American
The Supreme Court chief is complicit in the destruction of the federal government’s public health infrastructure.
Oct 30, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves
“We’re Asking the Voters to Have a Say”: Inside California’s Redistricting Fight “We’re Asking the Voters to Have a Say”: Inside California’s Redistricting Fight
Proposition 50 is an opportunity to “restore fairness in our democratic process,” according to organizers, by countering gerrymandering in other states.
Oct 30, 2025 / StudentNation / Zoya Alam, Rani Chor, and Amara McEvoy
The Marriage Plot From 50,000 Feet Above The Marriage Plot From 50,000 Feet Above
Kate Folks’s Sky Daddy pokes fun at the need for love at the core of most fiction—dramatizing one woman’s quest for romance through her very literal lust for airplanes.
Oct 30, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Laura Adamczyk
The Billionaire Oligarchs Are Coming for Your Pets The Billionaire Oligarchs Are Coming for Your Pets
And they want to make bigger profits.
Oct 29, 2025 / Chuck Collins
Graham Platner and the Online Rush to Judgment Graham Platner and the Online Rush to Judgment
At some point, we have to recognize that we just don’t know about the Maine Senate candidate’s past motivations—or about much of anything else, either.
Oct 29, 2025 / Ron Currie
Gaza, Heartbreak, and Ruins Gaza, Heartbreak, and Ruins
Israel killed at least 67,000 Palestinians, and left Gaza devastated.
Oct 29, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
We Have to Talk About Donald Trump’s Brain We Have to Talk About Donald Trump’s Brain
Are we just going to sit around and pretend that the president isn’t having a lot of… questionable moments these days?
Oct 29, 2025 / Rafi Schwartz
Even in Oregon, the Fight for Marriage Equality Might Not Be Over Even in Oregon, the Fight for Marriage Equality Might Not Be Over
After the state’s ban on gay marriage was lifted in 2014, advocates took a breath. But more than a decade later, with Obergefell now at risk, there's more work to be done.
Oct 29, 2025 / StudentNation / Charlie Bloomer
What Connects the Paris Commune and the George Floyd Uprising? What Connects the Paris Commune and the George Floyd Uprising?
A conversation with the writer and theorist Jasper Bernes about the left after the summer of 2020 and the state of revolutionary politics.
Oct 29, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Clinton Williamson