How the AfD Benefits Politically From the Ukraine War’s Backlash How the AfD Benefits Politically From the Ukraine War’s Backlash
No election result is monocausal, and there are clearly many factors that have converged to make the AfD Germany’s most popular party.
Sep 10, 2026 / Branko Marcetic
Let Them Eat Spreadsheets Let Them Eat Spreadsheets
How the EU is contributing to the rise of Europe’s far right.
Sep 9, 2026 / Lev Golinkin
The German Far Right’s Shocking Victory in Saxony-Anhalt Is a Warning for Germany The German Far Right’s Shocking Victory in Saxony-Anhalt Is a Warning for Germany
The Alternative for Germany just shattered the political firewall meant to keep the party out. Now the country’s establishment is scrambling to stop the rise of the far right.
Sep 9, 2026 / Paul Hockenos
The Bund and the Radical History of Jewish Anti-Zionism The Bund and the Radical History of Jewish Anti-Zionism
Molly Crabapple’s Here Where We Live Is Our Country revisits the past of the Jewish Labor Bund and considers what it might mean for our future.
Sep 8, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins
Ukraine and Our Wildly Reckless Flirtation With a Nuclear War Ukraine and Our Wildly Reckless Flirtation With a Nuclear War
For the first time in the lifetime of most of us, there are no remaining US-Russian arms control agreements.
Aug 26, 2026 / Matt Bivens
Imagine Peace Imagine Peace
From Gaza and Ukraine to conflicts across the world, imagine a future where killing is no longer the answer
Aug 24, 2026 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
“A Decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind” Mandates a Search for Peace in Ukraine “A Decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind” Mandates a Search for Peace in Ukraine
Why the new American left should take up the quest for peace if the Democratic Party wins control of Congress this November, and of the presidency in 2028.
Aug 20, 2026 / Anatol Lieven
Millions of Ukrainian Men Are Fleeing a Cruel Conscription System Millions of Ukrainian Men Are Fleeing a Cruel Conscription System
They are being written out of the narrative.
Aug 18, 2026 / Dan Storyev
Jared Kushner Finds Trouble in a Gangster’s Paradise Jared Kushner Finds Trouble in a Gangster’s Paradise
The Trump princeling’s deal with alleged mobsters illustrates the depths of MAGA corruption.
Aug 14, 2026 / Jeet Heer
Iusticia Omnibus = Justice for All Iusticia Omnibus = Justice for All
Street art, street wise. Barcelona 2026.
Aug 13, 2026 / OppArt / Bob Bingenheimer