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A protester at a rally for the “Fired Four” at the City University of New York.

Is Union Power Growing in Mamdani’s New York? Is Union Power Growing in Mamdani’s New York?

Following the Mamdani administration’s talks with the CUNY faculty union, three professors have returned to class after losing their jobs for their pro-Palestine activism.

Feb 11, 2026 / StudentNation / Mohamad Rimawi

Inside Ukraine’s Underground Maternity Wards

Inside Ukraine’s Underground Maternity Wards Inside Ukraine’s Underground Maternity Wards

Four years after Russia invaded, Ukrainian health workers are shoring up maternity care to protect the most vulnerable—and preserve Ukrainian identity.

Feb 11, 2026 / Feature / Cecilia Nowell

The Truth About Interracial Intimacy

The Truth About Interracial Intimacy The Truth About Interracial Intimacy

In a new memoir, author Dorothy Roberts explores why interracial attraction can’t be disentangled from the larger forces of race, gender, and power that govern our world.

Feb 10, 2026 / Dorothy Roberts

Solidarity With the Iranian People

Solidarity With the Iranian People Solidarity With the Iranian People

Posters displayed at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, France.

Feb 10, 2026 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Bad Bunny performs onstage during the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at Levi's Stadium on February 8, 2026. in Santa Clara, California.

Bad Bunny’s Stunning Redefinition of “America” Bad Bunny’s Stunning Redefinition of “America”

His joyous, internationalist, worker-centered vision was a declaration of war against Trumpism.

Feb 10, 2026 / Greg Grandin

How the Far Right Won the Food Wars

How the Far Right Won the Food Wars How the Far Right Won the Food Wars

RFK’s MAHA spectacle offers an object lesson in how the left cedes fertile political territory.

Feb 10, 2026 / Feature / Annie Levin

Trump Microphones News Lies

Trump’s Lies Are Toxic Trump’s Lies Are Toxic

To stop exposing them allows them to metastasize.

Feb 10, 2026 / Peter Dreier

The Colorful Block in 2025.

Gaza Is Still Here Gaza Is Still Here

Despite a “ceasefire,” Israel’s killing has not ended. Neither has the determination of the Palestinian people to survive.

Feb 10, 2026 / Feature / Rayan El Amine, Lizzy Ratner, and Jack Mirkinson

The Racist Lie Behind ICE’s Mission in Minneapolis

The Racist Lie Behind ICE’s Mission in Minneapolis The Racist Lie Behind ICE’s Mission in Minneapolis

It was never about straightforward enforcement of immigration law.

Feb 10, 2026 / Column / Chris Lehmann

Supporters of abortion rights rallied outside the Supreme Court on April 2, 2025.

What the Pro-Choice Movement Can Learn From Those Who Overturned “Roe” What the Pro-Choice Movement Can Learn From Those Who Overturned “Roe”

The anti-abortion movement was methodical and radical at the same time. The abortion-rights movement must be too.

Feb 10, 2026 / Amy Littlefield

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