Mamdani Stumbles Over the Irish Question Mamdani Stumbles Over the Irish Question
The mayor’s difficulty in handling a question on Irish unification wasn’t entirely his fault. But it was also a trap he should have seen coming.
Mar 19, 2026 / D.D. Guttenplan
Illinois’s Next Black Senator Deserves Credit for Her Own Campaign Illinois’s Next Black Senator Deserves Credit for Her Own Campaign
Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton was buoyed by millions spent by Governor JB Pritzker, but she won a tough race on her own merit.
Mar 18, 2026 / Joan Walsh
How to Defend Democracy One State at a Time How to Defend Democracy One State at a Time
Laura Flanders speaks with Christopher Armitage and Sumathy Kumar about “soft secession” and building a government that actually works for people.
Mar 18, 2026 / Q&A / Laura Flanders
Topple the Regime! Topple the Regime!
Trump’s Iran war splinters his base.
Mar 17, 2026 / OppArt / Anthony Freda
In Defense of Being Performative In Defense of Being Performative
The critics of “performative politics” misunderstand something fundamental: Democracy survives only when citizens perform it.
Mar 17, 2026 / Ned Resnikoff
Iftar With the Knick and the Mayor Iftar With the Knick and the Mayor
In a union of religion, culture, sports, and politics, a rookie for the New York Knicks broke bread with the youngest mayor in the city’s modern history.
Mar 16, 2026 / Dave Zirin
Why Does the Supreme Court Treat Trump Like a “Regular” President? Why Does the Supreme Court Treat Trump Like a “Regular” President?
The emperor is stark naked, but thanks to a misguided legal doctrine, the Republican justices keep insisting he’s fully clothed.
Mar 16, 2026 / Column / Elie Mystal
Mary K. Simkhovitch and the Dream of an Affordable New York Mary K. Simkhovitch and the Dream of an Affordable New York
A new book revisits the public housing programs of the 1930s.
Mar 16, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Freeman
The Trump White House’s Vision of War as Nihilist Entertainment The Trump White House’s Vision of War as Nihilist Entertainment
In a new X post building on an earlier Hollywood action-clip montage, the White House tries to render the horrors of war as a Wii game.
Mar 13, 2026 / Ben Schwartz
“I Think I’m Very Intimidating to AIPAC” “I Think I’m Very Intimidating to AIPAC”
An interview with Illinois congressional candidate Daniel Biss.
Mar 13, 2026 / Matthew Vickers