Politics

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, participates in an endorsement event with Representative Adriano Espaillat at the United Palace Theater in Manhattan on July 10, 2025.

Zohran Mamdani Is Making History. When Will Top Democrats Catch On? Zohran Mamdani Is Making History. When Will Top Democrats Catch On?

Mamdani won a record-setting primary victory, and unions, grassroots Democratic groups, and savvy elected officials are rushing to back him. Now it’s the establishment’s turn.

Jul 11, 2025 / John Nichols

A Ticking Timebomb

A Ticking Timebomb A Ticking Timebomb

From wars to climate crisis, an endangered world.

Jul 11, 2025 / OppArt

Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) arrives at the US Capitol on Thursday, March 27, 2025.

If Democrats Want to Appeal to Rural America, They Need to Talk Like a Neighbor If Democrats Want to Appeal to Rural America, They Need to Talk Like a Neighbor

Saving a democracy that has delivered diminishing returns for 50 years—and is widely seen as rigged on behalf of the 1 percent—is not as compelling as the political class thinks.

Jul 11, 2025 / Erica Etelson

Harry S. Truman looks over a campaign poster urging people to register to vote.

How the Truman Scholarship Became the Right’s Latest Battleground How the Truman Scholarship Became the Right’s Latest Battleground

As Republican pressure on education mounts, the fight over the scholarship reveals a broader effort to turn public service into a test of political loyalty.

Jul 11, 2025 / StudentNation / Thai Loyd

Former US president Donald Trump during a campaign event at Alro Steel in Potterville, Michigan, on August 29, 2024.

The Trump Administration Is Airbrushing History The Trump Administration Is Airbrushing History

It’s hard not to see a straight line between Stalin’s version of photoshopping and the purge of the Pentagon archives in 2025.

Jul 10, 2025 / Arnold Isaacs

Donald Trump signs the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act into law during an Independence Day military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2025, in Washington, DC.

When GDP Goes Up and Democracy Goes Down When GDP Goes Up and Democracy Goes Down

America is being hollowed out by an extractive economy.

Jul 10, 2025 / Corbin Trent

Members of the International Association of Machinists walking the picket line on Friday, May 23, 2025. In Thornhill v. Alabama, the court held that picketing is an “indispensable” right.

Remembering Labor’s Constitutional Rights Remembering Labor’s Constitutional Rights

The Constitution, properly interpreted, protects workers. But the Trump administration isn’t going to enforce those protections unless labor fights for them.

Jul 10, 2025 / Jennifer Abruzzo and Jay Swanson

Justin Sun, head of the Tron crypto exchange (L) talks with World Liberty Financial cofounder Zach Witkoff (C) and Eric Trump of the Trump Organization at a May crypto conference in Dubai

Does Trump’s Biggest Crypto Backer Really Exist? Does Trump’s Biggest Crypto Backer Really Exist?

The strange saga of a shadowy UAE company’s $100 million investment in World Liberty Financial, the Trump-aligned crypto trader

Jul 10, 2025 / Jacob Silverman

Transport

Transport Transport

Walk this way.

Jul 9, 2025 / OppArt / Jesse Duquette

Protesters gather outside of USAID headquarters in Washington, DC.

Defunded by Trump, a Sri Lankan Project Confronts the Problem It Tried to Solve Defunded by Trump, a Sri Lankan Project Confronts the Problem It Tried to Solve

Staff at Media Empowerment for a Democratic Sri Lanka never expected their small initiative to become the target of the kind of fake news it had actively worked to fight against.

Jul 9, 2025 / StudentNation / Uma Fox

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