What One Week of Trump News Says About Our New Normal What One Week of Trump News Says About Our New Normal
Trump’s constant cruelty can make it all seem routine.
Jul 10, 2026 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
How One Woman Is Using the UN to Attack Trans Rights Worldwide How One Woman Is Using the UN to Attack Trans Rights Worldwide
It’s no coincidence that the Supreme Court’s decision allowing trans sports bans echoes the work of Reem Alsalem, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls.
Jul 10, 2026 / S. Baum
Graham Platner’s Downfall Was All Too Predictable Graham Platner’s Downfall Was All Too Predictable
Inexperienced and improperly vetted, the candidate was a disaster in the making.
Jul 9, 2026 / Katha Pollitt
Rahm Emanuel’s Speech in Tel Aviv Breaks With a “No Daylight” Approach Rahm Emanuel’s Speech in Tel Aviv Breaks With a “No Daylight” Approach
Though the speech broke from a failed approach toward Israel, it was still based on flawed and tendentious attitudes and history.
Jul 9, 2026 / Matthew Duss
Hot as Hell Hot as Hell
Continued dependence on oil is boiling our planet.
Jul 9, 2026 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
How Japan’s Media Ecosystem Is Fighting Climate Change How Japan’s Media Ecosystem Is Fighting Climate Change
Hundreds of outlets across the country have joined the “I am the 89%” campaign.
Jul 9, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard
Wallace Shawn Reflects on His Art in the Age of Antagonism Wallace Shawn Reflects on His Art in the Age of Antagonism
“Now our country is run by people who really believe in crushing the poor and killing them.”
Jul 9, 2026 / Q&A / Elaine Schiff
I Quit College Basketball to Transition. This Is What the Debate About Trans Athletes Misses. I Quit College Basketball to Transition. This Is What the Debate About Trans Athletes Misses.
In order to make progress on gender equity in sports, we must expand our understanding of trans people.
Jul 9, 2026 / Maxwell Nagle
The Higher Education Revolution We Need to Have The Higher Education Revolution We Need to Have
Our universities are selling us out. If we want that to change, we have to change the way they’re run.
Jul 9, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves
Could Abdul El-Sayed Upend Democratic Politics for Good? Could Abdul El-Sayed Upend Democratic Politics for Good?
If Michigan sends a Senator Abdul El-Sayed to Washington, traditional “electability” assumptions will have been shattered for good.
Jul 9, 2026 / Nathan Robinson