Jim Crow Just Suffered a Temporary Setback—in Alabama Jim Crow Just Suffered a Temporary Setback—in Alabama
A federal district court struck down the state’s new congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
May 27, 2026 / Elie Mystal
Dr. Harry Edwards on the NAACP’s Call to Boycott Gerrymandering States Dr. Harry Edwards on the NAACP’s Call to Boycott Gerrymandering States
The 83-year-old sociologist and activist reflects on what is missing in the current effort to organize athletes politically.
May 27, 2026 / Dave Zirin
GLP-1s and the Limits of Knowing Better GLP-1s and the Limits of Knowing Better
I agreed with every political argument against weight-loss drugs. I took them anyway.
May 23, 2026 / Grace Ginsburg
Why Losing Colbert Hurts So Much Why Losing Colbert Hurts So Much
Trump would have all his comedian critics fired if he could. But Colbert represents a particular loss.
May 22, 2026 / Ben Schwartz
Why Gen Z Is Turning to Christian Influencers Why Gen Z Is Turning to Christian Influencers
Bryce Crawford, a tattooed Evangelical influencer, built a devoted young following out of algorithms, TikTok despair, and generational loneliness.
May 22, 2026 / StudentNation / Jax Preyer
We Forgot What It Took to Gain Freedom We Forgot What It Took to Gain Freedom
The assault on voting rights should remind us.
May 22, 2026 / Analilia Mejia
Gen Z Women Are Moving Left. Young Men Aren’t. Gen Z Women Are Moving Left. Young Men Aren’t.
The gendered political divide is transforming how young Americans are organizing, voting, and relating to one another.
May 21, 2026 / StudentNation / Alice Scott
Steven Thrasher on Why We Must Think Past Skin-Deep Identity Politics Steven Thrasher on Why We Must Think Past Skin-Deep Identity Politics
The author of The Overseer Class discusses how people in marginalized groups can “mistake representation for liberation and confuse visibility with safety,” as Kwaneta Harris put ...
May 20, 2026 / Q&A / Victoria Law