Even Nancy Pelosi Is Voting to Cut Aid to Israel Now Even Nancy Pelosi Is Voting to Cut Aid to Israel Now
Yet Democrats such as Haley Stevens, Angie Craig, Wesley Bell, and Greg Stanton are still voting for blank checks. Their primary rivals have something to say about that.
Jul 17, 2026 / John Nichols
Trump Can’t Admit That He Lost the Iran War Trump Can’t Admit That He Lost the Iran War
An expensive, ruinous conflict resumes for no other reason than one octogenarian narcissist’s inability to face reality.
Jul 16, 2026 / David Faris
Mahmoud Khalil and the Patriotism of Dissent Mahmoud Khalil and the Patriotism of Dissent
I was born in Iranian prison to political activists. Our families’ stories demonstrate that those who expose injustice will always be viewed as threats to the established order.
Jul 4, 2026 / Sahar Delijani
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
The Framework for the Iran Peace Deal Means Total Humiliation for Trump The Framework for the Iran Peace Deal Means Total Humiliation for Trump
The newly leaked Memo of Understanding to end the conflict makes it clear that the president has nothing to show for his expensive, destructive fool’s errand.
Jun 17, 2026 / David Faris
How Trump Has Boxed Himself Out of a Face-Saving Iran Deal How Trump Has Boxed Himself Out of a Face-Saving Iran Deal
By failing to absorb the lessons of Iran’s strategic victories, the White House is on course to turn the present stalemate into a disastrous quagmire.
Jun 9, 2026 / David Faris
The House Voted to End the Iran War. Now the Real Battle Begins. The House Voted to End the Iran War. Now the Real Battle Begins.
Congress took an important symbolic step toward reasserting its authority over war powers. But much, much more needs to be done.
Jun 5, 2026 / Jeet Heer
Trump’s Violent Threats Can't Hide the Truth: He’s a Humiliated Bully Trump’s Violent Threats Can't Hide the Truth: He’s a Humiliated Bully
Under Trump, the United States is looking for weaker and weaker victims in order to mask its own fragility.
May 29, 2026 / Jeet Heer
Trump’s Abraham Accords Fantasy Will Only Cause More Suffering Trump’s Abraham Accords Fantasy Will Only Cause More Suffering
Any expansion of the alleged peace agreement would lock the Middle East into endless apartheid, despotism, and militarism.
May 26, 2026 / Jeet Heer
An Alternative View of What’s Next After the Trump-Xi Summit An Alternative View of What’s Next After the Trump-Xi Summit
Hawkish rhetoric from the national security establishment isn’t grappling with the complex challenges posed by China’s rise.
May 26, 2026 / Jake Werner