The US Is a Violent Petro-State The US Is a Violent Petro-State
Trump’s attack on Venezuela illustrates fossil fuels’ many perils.
Jan 8, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard
Harvard’s Ouster of Mary Bassett Is a Revolting Act of Cowardice Harvard’s Ouster of Mary Bassett Is a Revolting Act of Cowardice
The public health icon was brutally removed from her job for one reason: her opposition to genocide in Gaza.
Jan 8, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves
TikTok’s Incomplete Story TikTok’s Incomplete Story
The company has transformed the very nature of social media, and in the process it has mutated as well—from tech unicorn to geopolitical chesspiece.
Jan 8, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
After the ICE Killing in Minneapolis, Will Truth Prevail? After the ICE Killing in Minneapolis, Will Truth Prevail?
Can Trump and Kristi Noem maintain their blatant lies in the face of multiple videos that show the victim was trying to drive away when she was shot three times by an ICE agent?
Jan 7, 2026 / Joan Walsh
Trump’s War on Women Somehow Got Worse Trump’s War on Women Somehow Got Worse
The commander in chief and his allies have deemed women the enemy.
Jan 7, 2026 / Karen J. Greenberg
Trump's Mogul-First Model of Diplomacy Trump's Mogul-First Model of Diplomacy
The pundits straining to seek coherence in the new interventionist “Donroe doctrine” would do well to look back to Trump’s roots in New York real estate
Jan 7, 2026 / Elizabeth Spiers
Meet Seattle’s New Mayor, Katie Wilson Meet Seattle’s New Mayor, Katie Wilson
Her victory was won by the precariat: renters, transit riders, and democratic socialists who rallied, doorbelled, created social media, and registered new voters.
Jan 7, 2026 / John Burbank
Stitched With Inequality Stitched With Inequality
Racism and classism in America’s quilt.
Jan 7, 2026 / OppArt / Jane Pearlmutter
The Assassination That Paved the Way for Trump’s Venezuela Attack The Assassination That Paved the Way for Trump’s Venezuela Attack
How Trump’s illegal 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani—and the West’s indifferent response—laid the groundwork for the brazen abduction of Nicolás Maduro.
Jan 7, 2026 / Séamus Malekafzali
“Take the Oil” “Take the Oil”
Trump’s Venezuelan petroleum fantasies.
Jan 7, 2026 / Michael T. Klare