The Bogus Lakers Sale Is Exactly Why We Need Publicly Owned Sports Teams The Bogus Lakers Sale Is Exactly Why We Need Publicly Owned Sports Teams
These private-equity vampires will just keep strip-mining the things that give us joy if we let them.
Aug 14, 2026 / Dave Zirin
The New Right’s Toxic Addiction to Racial Conflict The New Right’s Toxic Addiction to Racial Conflict
A former fellow with the Claremont Institute explains how white nationalist dogma sets the terms of political belonging on the MAGA right.
Aug 14, 2026 / Pedro Gonzalez
Bad Mothers and Monstrous Children Bad Mothers and Monstrous Children
Jordy Rosenberg’s “Night Night Fawn” offers a multigenerational tale of Marxists, Zionists, and estrangement.
Aug 13, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Emmet Fraizer
The Gaping Hole in El-Sayed’s Progressive Agenda The Gaping Hole in El-Sayed’s Progressive Agenda
The Senate nominee has woefully undercooked ideas on Supreme Court reform—and that’s a problem.
Aug 13, 2026 / Elie Mystal
Iusticia Omnibus = Justice for All Iusticia Omnibus = Justice for All
Street art, street wise. Barcelona 2026.
Aug 13, 2026 / OppArt / Bob Bingenheimer
Trump Is Writing Off Kids With Disabilities, but We Shouldn’t Trump Is Writing Off Kids With Disabilities, but We Shouldn’t
A broad coalition of organizations, lawmakers, and former Department of Education officials are calling to preserve the agency from Trump’s liquidation plans.
Aug 13, 2026 / Feature / Regina Mahone
Shut Out of Special Education, This Texas Family Is Fighting Back Shut Out of Special Education, This Texas Family Is Fighting Back
Five-year-old Annie Morey was denied a public education even before Trump began dismantling the Department of Education. Her case now sits before the Fifth Circuit.
Aug 13, 2026 / Feature / Pepper Stetler
What You Need to Know About the GLP-1 Economy What You Need to Know About the GLP-1 Economy
The making of a medical caste.
Aug 13, 2026 / Richard Eskow
Peggy Flanagan’s Many Crush the Money in the Minnesota Senate Primary Peggy Flanagan’s Many Crush the Money in the Minnesota Senate Primary
Corporate Dem Angie Craig outspent Flanagan by roughly four to one. But Flanagan’s ground game, and her promise to “avenge Minnesota” after ICE’s cruelty, gave her a 20-point win....
Aug 12, 2026 / Joan Walsh
Pa’lante Siempre: Denise Oliver-Velez (1947–2026) Pa’lante Siempre: Denise Oliver-Velez (1947–2026)
From frontline organizing to political commentary, her fierce, multiracial advocacy reshaped 20th-century liberation and continues to inspire social justice.
Aug 12, 2026 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández