Politics

Trump’s Road to War Without a Map

Trump’s Road to War Without a Map Trump’s Road to War Without a Map

Driving headlong into conflict and chaos.

Jan 22, 2026 / OppArt / Jeff Danziger

Kathy Hochul and Zohran Mamdani at 1 Police Plaza in New York City, on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.

Why Mamdani Should Oppose Kathy Hochul’s Protest Ban Why Mamdani Should Oppose Kathy Hochul’s Protest Ban

The proposed restriction on protests outside houses of worship is rooted in anti-Palestinian bias and would give Israeli apartheid a free pass. Mamdani should reject it.

Jan 22, 2026 / Nasreen Abd Elal

Mamdani Nurse Strike Columbia University

We Need Radical Abundance We Need Radical Abundance

If we want abundance we have to ask, an abundance of what exactly, and produced under what economic logic?

Jan 22, 2026 / Keir Milburn

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks before striking nurses at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

Young Mayor in a Hurry Young Mayor in a Hurry

Zohran Mamdani has pledged to govern at the same pace New Yorkers live—but city politics are largely designed to thwart that ambition.

Jan 22, 2026 / D.D. Guttenplan

Donald Trump attends the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 21, 2026.

Trump Brings His Phony Populism to Davos Trump Brings His Phony Populism to Davos

Nothing says "I care about working people" like a speech to an audience of billionaires at an exclusive Swiss ski resort.

Jan 21, 2026 / Chris Lehmann

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Jan 20, 2026 / OppArt / Mark Kaplan

The Strange Story of the Famed Anti-Fascist Lament  “First They Came…”

The Strange Story of the Famed Anti-Fascist Lament “First They Came…” The Strange Story of the Famed Anti-Fascist Lament “First They Came…”

In his celebrated mea culpa, the German pastor Martin Niemöller blamed his failure to speak out against the Nazis on indifference. Was that the whole reason?

Jan 20, 2026 / Feature / Barry Yourgrau

How a Reactionary Peruvian Movement Went Multinational

How a Reactionary Peruvian Movement Went Multinational How a Reactionary Peruvian Movement Went Multinational

Parents’-rights crusaders seeking to impose their Christian nationalist vision on the United States took their playbook from South America.

Jan 20, 2026 / Feature / Elle Hardy

Angelo Herndon, whose conviction for a crime related to free speech was overturned in 1935, arrives at NYC’s Penn Station.

Is It Possible for Speech to Ever Be Too Free? Is It Possible for Speech to Ever Be Too Free?

A new history explores the political limits as well as possibilities of freedom of speech.

Jan 20, 2026 / Books & the Arts / David Cole

An advertisement for the US Border Patrol on a MetroBus at the Fort Totten Metro station in Washington, DC, 2025.

Why Is Washington DC Blanketed in Ads for the Defense Industry? Why Is Washington DC Blanketed in Ads for the Defense Industry?

In the metro and in public spaces, its hard to miss all the advertisements hawking the lethal wares of military contractors, tech companies, and the like.

Jan 20, 2026 / Andrew Fedorov

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