We Should All Be Mad As Hell About Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund We Should All Be Mad As Hell About Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund
As if the past 16 months weren’t enough, this week I reached my breaking point.
May 22, 2026 / Sasha Abramsky
Why Gen Z Is Turning to Christian Influencers Why Gen Z Is Turning to Christian Influencers
Bryce Crawford, a tattooed Evangelical influencer, built a devoted young following out of algorithms, TikTok despair, and generational loneliness.
May 22, 2026 / StudentNation / Jax Preyer
We Forgot What It Took to Gain Freedom We Forgot What It Took to Gain Freedom
The assault on voting rights should remind us.
May 22, 2026 / Analilia Mejia
Are Economists Going the Way of the Dinosaur? Are Economists Going the Way of the Dinosaur?
In Eswar S. Prasad’s The Doom Loop, he attempts to defend a profession that failed to foresee the crisis of the post-liberal world.
May 22, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Jamie Merchant
Trump’s Killing Spree in Somalia Is Just One Assault in His Global War-Making Trump’s Killing Spree in Somalia Is Just One Assault in His Global War-Making
No American president has ever attacked Somalis with the persistence and at the rate of President Donald Trump.
May 21, 2026 / Nick Turse
Memo to California’s Next Governor: Rural Places Matter Memo to California’s Next Governor: Rural Places Matter
Rural communities are crucial to the state—and the country. Why do they get so little attention?
May 21, 2026 / Erica Etelson
Gen Z Women Are Moving Left. Young Men Aren’t. Gen Z Women Are Moving Left. Young Men Aren’t.
The gendered political divide is transforming how young Americans are organizing, voting, and relating to one another.
May 21, 2026 / StudentNation / Alice Scott
Fill ’Er Up? Fill ’Er Up?
Gas prices soar—is the economy running on empty?
May 21, 2026 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo
The Oil Era Is Ending The Oil Era Is Ending
Is the Iran war a death knell for America’s oil hegemony?
May 21, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard
“Why Did So Many People Think This War Was a Good Idea?” “Why Did So Many People Think This War Was a Good Idea?”
The story of how millions of Iranians fell for the regime-change fantasy.
May 21, 2026 / Feature / Alex Shams