The Great American State Fair’s Great Belly Flop The Great American State Fair’s Great Belly Flop
How a Trump-centric celebration of the nation’s semiquincentennial succumbed to terrible weather and worse planning.
Jul 7, 2026 / Amanda Moore
My Doppelgänger Trying to Attack AOC My Doppelgänger Trying to Attack AOC
Martin W. Dolan, New York candidate for Congress, lost his primary by a landslide. But first, he drove me insane.
Jul 3, 2026 / Martin Dolan
How Yale Tried (and Failed) to Avoid Trump's Wrath How Yale Tried (and Failed) to Avoid Trump's Wrath
As Trump went after higher education, Yale built a case for its conservative credentials. The Justice Department came knocking anyway.
Jul 2, 2026 / StudentNation / Zachary Clifton
A Mile-High Uprising A Mile-High Uprising
Colorado voters continue the left rebellion in Democratic primaries.
Jul 1, 2026 / Patricia Calhoun
Climate Was Missing From New York’s Progressive Wave Climate Was Missing From New York’s Progressive Wave
The city's primary winners campaigned on affordability, yet climate change, a major driver of rising costs and inequality, was conspicuously absent from the conversation.
Jul 1, 2026 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen
A Strategic Alito Retirement Would Confirm SCOTUS’s Complete Ideological Capture A Strategic Alito Retirement Would Confirm SCOTUS’s Complete Ideological Capture
Granting the hard-right jurist power over choosing a successor is a democratic disaster—and a far cry from John Roberts’s fanciful claims of nonpartisanship.
Jun 30, 2026 / David Daley
Why Zohran Mamdani Just Made the Case for an AOC Presidential Run Why Zohran Mamdani Just Made the Case for an AOC Presidential Run
All of the mayor’s endorsed candidates won last week. His ability to reshape New York City’s political landscape shows what happens when a socialist takes executive power.
Jun 29, 2026 / Aaron Regunberg
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
JD Vance’s Latest Memoir Preaches to the MAGA Choir JD Vance’s Latest Memoir Preaches to the MAGA Choir
The vice president claims to have reached a new level of spiritual maturity, but the evidence is nowhere in the pages of Communion.
Jun 23, 2026 / Elizabeth Spiers
The Battle for Black Brooklyn The Battle for Black Brooklyn
This Primary Day, New York City’s leftist insurgents and the borough’s Black political establishment are headed into their biggest face-off yet.
Jun 19, 2026 / Mark Winston Griffith