Insurgents Are Revitalizing the Democratic Party Insurgents Are Revitalizing the Democratic Party
And despite all the establishment pushback, voters know it.
Aug 10, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols for The Nation
Do Epics Need Heroes? Do Epics Need Heroes?
In recent years, the online right has contested adaptations of epic in order to make an argument about masculinity. The Odyssey is their latest target.
Aug 8, 2026 / Orlando Reade
Trump’s Deregulation of Head Start Would Lead to Bigger Class Sizes, Lower Quality Trump’s Deregulation of Head Start Would Lead to Bigger Class Sizes, Lower Quality
The administration has now made public a proposed rule to eliminate critical standards for services in the free preschool program.
Aug 7, 2026 / Bryce Covert
Texas’s DNA Doesn’t Run As Red as the Right Wants You to Think Texas’s DNA Doesn’t Run As Red as the Right Wants You to Think
David Griscom’s new book “The Myth of Red Texas” undoes the idea of Texas as a place with conservatism inherent to its political bloodline.
Aug 7, 2026 / StudentNation / Lajward Zahra
The Right-Wing Terrorism Miller and Rubio Conveniently Neglected to Mention at Their DC Summit The Right-Wing Terrorism Miller and Rubio Conveniently Neglected to Mention at Their DC Summit
At their July event on “The Resurgence of Political Terrorism,” the secretary of state and the White House deputy chief of staff selectively presented information to malign the le...
Aug 7, 2026 / Sasha Abramsky
America’s Third Red Scare America’s Third Red Scare
Trump and the revival of “red-hunting” demagoguery.
Aug 6, 2026 / Pietro A. Shakarian
The Left Insurgence Is on the Rise—and the DNC Is Flailing The Left Insurgence Is on the Rise—and the DNC Is Flailing
The outcome of the Michigan primaries calls Democratic conventional wisdom into question. Just don’t expect Ken Martin to do anything about that.
Aug 5, 2026 / Chris Lehmann
Our Court Jesters Are Disappearing Just When We Need Them Most Our Court Jesters Are Disappearing Just When We Need Them Most
In this authoritarian moment, we need defiant comedy more than ever.
Aug 3, 2026 / Kali Holloway
Ben Wikler Has a Plan to Supercharge American Democracy Ben Wikler Has a Plan to Supercharge American Democracy
Democrats can save the country from an authoritarian takeover, but to do so they must focus on systemic reforms, the author argues in this adaptation from his new book.
Aug 3, 2026 / Feature / Ben Wikler
