Assisted Outpatient Treatment Doesn’t Work. Mamdani Could Stop It. Assisted Outpatient Treatment Doesn’t Work. Mamdani Could Stop It.
Claims that coercive mental health care is a necessary evil are not supported by evidence.
Mar 25, 2026 / Nev Jones and Eric Reinhart
The Radical Texas War Against the “Devil’s Rope” The Radical Texas War Against the “Devil’s Rope”
An excerpt from the new book The Myth of Red Texas.
Mar 24, 2026 / David Griscom
AI Makes Life Easier… for AI AI Makes Life Easier… for AI
Scraping our creativity and our jobs.
Mar 24, 2026 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards
The Supreme Court Looks Likely to Cave on Mail-In Ballots The Supreme Court Looks Likely to Cave on Mail-In Ballots
The GOP shouldn’t win this case, but the fact that Trump has been throwing a tantrum about it for years means they likely will.
Mar 24, 2026 / Elie Mystal
2 FIFA Rulings on Israel, 1 Familiar Deference to MAGA 2 FIFA Rulings on Israel, 1 Familiar Deference to MAGA
The world’s soccer governing body reminded fans what its theoretical commitment to “neutrality” means in practice: siding with the genocidaire.
Mar 24, 2026 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin
No Safe Ground for Iranian Women No Safe Ground for Iranian Women
Oppression at home, bombs from abroad.
Mar 23, 2026 / OppArt / Adriana Mosquera Soto
Marc Andreessen’s Dangerously Unexamined Life Marc Andreessen’s Dangerously Unexamined Life
The tech mogul has declared himself an enemy of introspection, and that conveniently erases considerations of conscience from his amoral investment empire.
Mar 23, 2026 / David Futrelle
How Can Universities Protect Their Immigrant Students? How Can Universities Protect Their Immigrant Students?
With federal cuts and heightened fear on campus, first-generation students at schools like UCLA are asking their institutions to defend and expand their right to education.
Mar 23, 2026 / StudentNation / Lucy Wong Ryniejski
From Foreign Correspondent to Uber Driver From Foreign Correspondent to Uber Driver
I once documented human displacement and desperation. Now, due to a crumbling media ecosystem, I am living it.
Mar 21, 2026 / Feature / Steve Scherer
Donald Trump Throws Another Big Tariff Tanty Donald Trump Throws Another Big Tariff Tanty
And other essential news of the week—including new legislation on prediction markets and a threat to the critically endangered Rice’s whale.
Mar 20, 2026 / Elie Mystal