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“Nobody Is Resting”: Meet the Grassroots Advocates Defending the Right to Vote

“Nobody Is Resting”: Meet the Grassroots Advocates Defending the Right to Vote “Nobody Is Resting”: Meet the Grassroots Advocates Defending the Right to Vote

At a time when the US president is actively interfering in elections, these groups, activists, and officials are protecting their local systems from federal sabotage.

Aug 11, 2026 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

Is 2026 the Year of the Independent?

Is 2026 the Year of the Independent? Is 2026 the Year of the Independent?

An unprecedented number of candidates in this year’s midterms are running outside of the two-party system. What’s more, a lot of them could win.

Aug 11, 2026 / Feature / John Nichols

John Edgar Wideman’s American Vernacular

John Edgar Wideman’s American Vernacular John Edgar Wideman’s American Vernacular

The master novelist offers a view of a United States defined by its cultures of improvisation.

Aug 11, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Walton Muyumba

The Obama Presidential Center.

The Nostalgic Architecture of the Obama Presidential Center The Nostalgic Architecture of the Obama Presidential Center

Where hope even has a gift shop.

Aug 11, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Kate Wagner

Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) leaves the US Capitol on Thursday, July 16, 2026.

The Right’s New Inflation Message: Let Them Eat Ramen The Right’s New Inflation Message: Let Them Eat Ramen

Militarists push for austerity to keep a disastrous war going.

Aug 10, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Skydance CEO David Ellison attends a UFC bout in Las Vegas in January.

David Ellison’s Delusional Stab at Self-Justification David Ellison’s Delusional Stab at Self-Justification

While the Skydance–Warner Bros. merger is in legal limbo, the CEO seeking to pull it off makes a disingenuous case for it in the court of public opinion.

Aug 10, 2026 / Ben Schwartz

Reflecting on the Corruption of an Office

Reflecting on the Corruption of an Office Reflecting on the Corruption of an Office

There is no precedent for Trump’s damaging presidency.

Aug 10, 2026 / OppArt / Jeff Danziger

Matt Bennett, Jonathan Cowan, and Jim Kessler, three of the five cofounders of Third Way.

Centrist Democrats Are Rolling Up Their Sleeves and Punching Left Centrist Democrats Are Rolling Up Their Sleeves and Punching Left

The Third Way think tank is pouring millions of dollars into combatting not the GOP but the DSA.

Aug 10, 2026 / Chris Lehmann

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

Insurgents Are Revitalizing the Democratic Party Insurgents Are Revitalizing the Democratic Party

And despite all the establishment pushback, voters know it.

Aug 10, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols for The Nation

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