Political Ideologies

Protesters from Fossil Free London demonstrate outside Barclays Canary Wharf to disrupt the Energy Intelligence Forum (EIF) summit.

How Fossil Fuel Mad Men Have Aided and Abetted the Industry’s Climate Denial How Fossil Fuel Mad Men Have Aided and Abetted the Industry’s Climate Denial

But even the ad world isn’t immune to the groundswell of climate organizing.

Jul 31, 2025 / Harrison Stetler

A sign in Alabama, 2018.

This Far-Right Movement Is Hijacking Local Churches This Far-Right Movement Is Hijacking Local Churches

Local faith leaders are fighting back, refusing to let the Bible and the church be hijacked by extremists.

Jul 30, 2025 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Noam Sandweiss-Back

Jay Leno at the 2021 Britweek Luxury Car Rally in Los Angeles.

Jay Leno’s Phony Case for Balanced Comedy Jay Leno’s Phony Case for Balanced Comedy

The former Tonight Show host thinks a dose of bothsidesism will punch up the late-night scene.

Jul 30, 2025 / Ben Schwartz

100 Monkeys

100 Monkeys 100 Monkeys

Check out all installments in the OppArt series.

Jul 29, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Zohran Mamdani smiles in front of a microphone with his hand on his chest.

Zohran Mamdani Is Keeping Hope Alive Zohran Mamdani Is Keeping Hope Alive

The doom-obsessed Democratic Party remains as unpopular as ever—but there is another path.

Jul 28, 2025 / Jeet Heer

A community member holds a candle by the “Say Their Names” art installation cemetery with headstones representing Black people killed by police, during a vigil marking the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's death, at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2025.

It Has Never Been Easy to Be Both Black and American It Has Never Been Easy to Be Both Black and American

The administration knows that subduing history as it is doing works to keep people of color in this country disunited and at odds with each other.

Jul 28, 2025 / Keenan Norris

A four-panel comic from Action Comics 8, 1939. Superman destroys slum housing to force the government to build public housing for the poor.

The New Deal and the Popular Front Gave Us Superman The New Deal and the Popular Front Gave Us Superman

The real Man of Steel wasn’t woke, but he was radical.

Jul 25, 2025 / Jeet Heer

A deportation officer holds a young woman’s arm as they walk down a hall of Federal Plaza courthouse.

Punished for Playing by the Rules: the Deliberate Cruelty of Trump’s Deportation Regime Punished for Playing by the Rules: the Deliberate Cruelty of Trump’s Deportation Regime

Migrants who show up for their court dates now routinely face arrest by ICE. But failing to appear triggers a deportation order.

Jul 24, 2025 / Eileen Markey

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks to a full auditorium as part of the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour on April 14, 2025, in Nampa, Idaho. According to event organizers, 12,500 people attended the rally.

Working-Class Voters Are Not Centrists Working-Class Voters Are Not Centrists

A new report shows there is absolutely a winning constituency for economic and social progress. But Democrats aren’t pursuing it.

Jul 22, 2025 / Isaac Rabbani

President Biden and Kamala Harris stand next to each other at the White House.

The Democratic Party Remains Committed to Learning Nothing From Its 2024 Defeat The Democratic Party Remains Committed to Learning Nothing From Its 2024 Defeat

The Democratic National Committee’s forthcoming “autopsy” is a cover-up to protect the failed leaders who twice lost to Trump.

Jul 21, 2025 / Jeet Heer

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