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US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 19, 2024.

Why AOC Needs to Apologize for Her Infamous DNC Speech Why AOC Needs to Apologize for Her Infamous DNC Speech

She has the potential to unify the left in 2028—if she addresses her decision in 2024 to carry water for people committing the most severe crime of the 21st century.

Jun 26, 2026 / Kareem Elrefai

Musk Balloon

Musk Balloon Musk Balloon

A trillion pounds of fun.

Jun 26, 2026 / OppArt / Anonymous

“Activism, it turns out, is the antidote to despair,” writes Jane Fonda, seen here at an anti-Vietnam War protest in 1970.

Jane Fonda: My Life of Protest Jane Fonda: My Life of Protest

What I’ve learned about America from six decades in the struggle.

Jun 26, 2026 / Feature / Jane Fonda

A Bicentennial celebration on July 4, 1976, in San Francisco. The author had arrived in the US the year before as a refugee.

American Dream, American Nightmare American Dream, American Nightmare

This nation’s DNA is a double helix of beauty and brutality.

Jun 26, 2026 / Feature / Viet Thanh Nguyen

Shame

Shame Shame

Jun 26, 2026 / Feature / Martín Espada

Participants cross the Elisabeth Bridge during Budapest Pride in June 2025. Viktor Orbán’s now-ousted government cited the protection of children as its rationale to ban Budapest Pride, but demonstrators marched anyway.

Protecting Children Means Defending LGBT Rights Protecting Children Means Defending LGBT Rights

Around the world, governments are scapegoating LGBT people to build popular support for their erosion of individual rights—often under the guise of protecting children.

Jun 26, 2026 / Ryan Thoreson

Brad Lander, Claire Valdez, Bernie Sanders, Zohran Mamdani, and Darializa Avila Chevalier are cheered for together for a

The Future, Party and Country The Future, Party and Country

Time for the Democrats to be born again.

Jun 26, 2026 / Corbin Trent

A screenshot from Heated Rivalry.

The "Heated Rivalry" Paradox The "Heated Rivalry" Paradox

What does it mean that TV's biggest hit is a mega-steamy gay romance at the same time as anti-queer hatred rages out of control?

Jun 26, 2026 / Patrick deHahn

Members of the National TPS Alliance rally at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2026.

The Supreme Court Once Again Endorses Trump’s Racism The Supreme Court Once Again Endorses Trump’s Racism

The court took a look at Trump's obviously bigoted handling of the Temporary Protected Status program and said, “Nothing to see here.”

Jun 25, 2026 / Elie Mystal

A “Dream Team” shirt featuring images of Democratic House candidate for New York Darializa Avila Chevalier, former New York City comptroller and Democratic House candidate for New York Brad Lander, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and New York State Representative and US House candidate Claire Valdez, outside a polling location at PS 84 during the primary election in New York City on Tuesday, June 23, 2026.

Progressives Are Winning Big. Here’s How We Keep It Up. Progressives Are Winning Big. Here’s How We Keep It Up.

Some lessons from the triumphant New York City primaries.

Jun 25, 2026 / Linda Sarsour

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