The Left

Progressive New York primary winner Darializa Avila Chevalier did not include climate action on her list of priorities.

Climate Was Missing From New York’s Progressive Wave Climate Was Missing From New York’s Progressive Wave

The city's primary winners campaigned on affordability, yet climate change, a major driver of rising costs and inequality, was conspicuously absent from the conversation.

Jul 1, 2026 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (C) holds hands with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) at the end of a campaign rally at Forest Hills Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City on October 26, 2025.

Why Zohran Mamdani Just Made the Case for an AOC Presidential Run Why Zohran Mamdani Just Made the Case for an AOC Presidential Run

All of the mayor’s endorsed candidates won last week. His ability to reshape New York City’s political landscape shows what happens when a socialist takes executive power.

Jun 29, 2026 / Aaron Regunberg

New York State Senator Jabari Brisport (third from left), with New York City Council member Chi Osse (second from right), speaks at a protest against rent increases and aggressive evictions in Brooklyn in 2022.

The Battle for Black Brooklyn The Battle for Black Brooklyn

This Primary Day, New York City’s leftist insurgents and the borough’s Black political establishment are headed into their biggest face-off yet.

Jun 19, 2026 / Mark Winston Griffith

A group of Minnesota organizers and union members take the stage at the Labor Notes 2026 conference in Chicago.

The Troublemakers of the Labor Movement Are Still Fighting—and Winning The Troublemakers of the Labor Movement Are Still Fighting—and Winning

The Labor Notes conference brought together workers fighting for a better world amidst the threats of AI, attacks on federal workers, and ICE’s terror campaign.

Jun 17, 2026 / Ella Fanger

New Hampshire Representatives Alice Wade and Sam Farrington are on different sides of the Free State debate.

The Next Generation’s Fight Over New Hampshire’s Libertarian Project The Next Generation’s Fight Over New Hampshire’s Libertarian Project

Twenty-five years after libertarians began migrating to New Hampshire to consolidate power, young politicians are deciding whether to embrace their vision—or resist it.

Jun 16, 2026 / StudentNation / Genevieve Morrison

“The New World,” c. 1546.

The Entwined History of Capitalism and Race in the Americas and Beyond The Entwined History of Capitalism and Race in the Americas and Beyond

Better to start the history of the United States in 1492 than in 1776.

Jun 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Bill Fletcher Jr.

Crews work at Oaklawn Cemetery during an excavation while searching for bodies from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, October 27, 2022, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Tulsa at a Crossroads Tulsa at a Crossroads

Reparations and restoration on Tulsa Race Massacre Observance Day.

Jun 10, 2026 / Kristal Brent Zook

These College Students Are Getting in ICE’s Way

These College Students Are Getting in ICE’s Way These College Students Are Getting in ICE’s Way

Brown students have formed a neighborhood organizing group that uses courthouse patrols, rapid-response alerts, and mass mobilization to disrupt ICE’s Rhode Island operations.

Jun 8, 2026 / StudentNation / Paul Hudes

The entrance to the CBS Broadcast Center in Manhattan, New York City, on June 2, 2026.

We Took CBS’s Money. We Won’t Trade It for Silence. We Took CBS’s Money. We Won’t Trade It for Silence.

Four Mike Wallace Scholarship recipients on the rebellion at CBS News and the future of an American institution.

Jun 5, 2026 / Talan Collins, Santiago Campos, Sebastian Broche, and Chris Gloff

Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, who is running for the Democratic nomination for Senate, runs towards the stage after receiving the DFL endorsement during the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party Convention in Rochester on May 30, 2026.

Minnesota’s Peggy Flanagan Wins the DFL Nomination for a Senate Seat Minnesota’s Peggy Flanagan Wins the DFL Nomination for a Senate Seat

Her opponent, Representative Angie Craig, campaigned for the DFL nod for months, but declared she would no longer seek its endorsement two days before the party convention.

Jun 2, 2026 / Joan Walsh

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