Society

Graduates during the commencement ceremony for UC Irvine's School of Social Sciences at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California, on Friday, June 12, 2026.

We’re Having the Wrong Conversation About College Graduates We’re Having the Wrong Conversation About College Graduates

Workers with college degrees are constantly being pitted against workers without one. But such a zero-sum debate obscures the need to protect everyone in every workplace.

Jun 30, 2026 / Abdullah Shihipar

President Donald J. Trump speaks via video link to a crowd gathered for the annual March for Life rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on January 23, 2026.

They’re Coming for Abortion, Only After the Midterms They’re Coming for Abortion, Only After the Midterms

The administration may be reluctant to further undermine abortion rights before November, but the abortion-rights movement must stay vigilant.

Jun 30, 2026 / Julie F. Kay

Associate Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito

A Strategic Alito Retirement Would Confirm SCOTUS’s Complete Ideological Capture A Strategic Alito Retirement Would Confirm SCOTUS’s Complete Ideological Capture

Granting the hard-right jurist power over choosing a successor is a democratic disaster—and a far cry from John Roberts’s fanciful claims of nonpartisanship.

Jun 30, 2026 / David Daley

US President Donald Trump during a kickoff celebration for the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington.

The Supreme Court Just Gave Trump a Terrifying New Power The Supreme Court Just Gave Trump a Terrifying New Power

In a pair of twin rulings, the court undermined the independence of the key independent agencies—except one.

Jun 29, 2026 / Elie Mystal

The founding father included a recipe for abortions in The American Instructor, his 1748 reprint of a popular British textbook.

Abortion Has Always Been an American Tradition Abortion Has Always Been an American Tradition

More than one founding father knew that to be truly free, women needed control over their reproduction.

Jun 29, 2026 / Feature / Regina Mahone

Why Amazon Ditched Its Prestige Sam Altman Biopic

Why Amazon Ditched Its Prestige Sam Altman Biopic Why Amazon Ditched Its Prestige Sam Altman Biopic

Artificial had a roster of premier talent and a topical subject—but it no longer fit in with Jeff Bezos’s financial ambitions.

Jun 29, 2026 / Ben Schwartz

Hillbilly Algae

Hillbilly Algae Hillbilly Algae

PAC-Men.

Jun 26, 2026 / Steve Brodner

Musk Balloon

Musk Balloon Musk Balloon

A trillion pounds of fun.

Jun 26, 2026 / OppArt / Anonymous

Shame

Shame Shame

Jun 26, 2026 / Feature / Martín Espada

A screenshot from Heated Rivalry.

The "Heated Rivalry" Paradox The "Heated Rivalry" Paradox

What does it mean that TV's biggest hit is a mega-steamy gay romance at the same time as anti-queer hatred rages out of control?

Jun 26, 2026 / Patrick deHahn

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