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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, delivering her first state of the union speech last year.

How Mexico Proved Mainstream Economics Wrong How Mexico Proved Mainstream Economics Wrong

American analysts have long viewed inequality as a byproduct of technological causes. But Claudia Sheinbaum’s Morena Party has boosted workers’ income without any technological tr...

Oct 6, 2026 / Jonathan Schlefer

Resistance to Netanyahu Takes to the Streets in New York

Resistance to Netanyahu Takes to the Streets in New York Resistance to Netanyahu Takes to the Streets in New York

Demonstrators gather near the United Nations in New York on September 24, 2026, protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and its policies.

Oct 5, 2026 / OppArt / Gwendolen Cates

Statue of a miner by the artist Raymond Roux, to memorialize Alès’s having been a mining town during the 19th and 20th centuries.

The Year I Taught in a Former Coal Mining Town The Year I Taught in a Former Coal Mining Town

Teaching in the South of France, I learned that equality was just a story teachers told about themselves.

Oct 3, 2026 / Brianna Di Monda

French students hold up signs during a demonstration for better educational conditions, demanding the hiring of substitute teachers and increased resources.

Why French Students Are Revolting Why French Students Are Revolting

France’s education system is stretched to its limits, as student anger kicks off a hot fall protest season.

Oct 2, 2026 / June Loper and Harrison Stetler

US President Donald Trump joins hands with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (left) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (right) at the White House on August 8, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Revolution or No Revolution Revolution or No Revolution

Eight years after Armenia’s “Velvet Revolution,” Nikol Pashinyan’s government has deepened the country’s neoliberal trajectory while reorienting Armenia toward the West.

Oct 2, 2026 / Pietro A. Shakarian

An Iranian flag flutters in front of a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

The GOP Sells the Mirage of a Hormuz Victory The GOP Sells the Mirage of a Hormuz Victory

The American action in the contested strait isn’t sustainable—and won’t alter the economic and political fallout from its closure.

Oct 2, 2026 / David Faris

Hundreds of climate activists take part in a protest in the run up to the German elections in Bonn, Germany, on February 14, 2025.

Germany and California Make Up an Environmental Superpower Germany and California Make Up an Environmental Superpower

The world’s third- and fourth-largest economies have pledged to environmental protections. Will others follow suit?

Oct 1, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

An anti-nuclear rally in Central Park, New York City, in June 1982.

On Being Awarded the Women Waging Peace Award On Being Awarded the Women Waging Peace Award

It has never been more urgent to revive the idea of peace, not as a slogan, but as the only serious, respectable, responsible, reasonable, humane position.

Oct 1, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Freedom Can’t Be Fenced In

Freedom Can’t Be Fenced In Freedom Can’t Be Fenced In

A call for freedom written across a pedestrian overpass, framed by wire.

Sep 30, 2026 / OppArt / Jeanne Flavin

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How AI Could Kill Us All How AI Could Kill Us All

Mapping the pathways to human extinction.

Sep 30, 2026 / Michael T. Klare

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