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Customers queue outside a Buly shop under umbrellas to shield themselves from the heat wave in Paris, France, in July 2026.

France’s Heat Shock  France’s Heat Shock 

A historically hot summer is revealing a society massively unprepared for the new climate reality.

Jul 8, 2026 / June Loper and Harrison Stetler

Columbia students, professors, and supporters gather in front of the university’s gates to rally in support of Mahmoud Khalil, Leqaa Kordia, and the numerous other community members who have been unlawfully detained by ICE, often with support from the Columbia administration, in New York City on March 9, 2026.

Mahmoud Khalil and the Patriotism of Dissent Mahmoud Khalil and the Patriotism of Dissent

I was born in Iranian prison to political activists. Our families’ stories demonstrate that those who expose injustice will always be viewed as threats to the established order.

Jul 4, 2026 / Sahar Delijani

Slaughterhouse-Six

Slaughterhouse-Six Slaughterhouse-Six

TR’s revenge.

Jul 3, 2026 / Steve Brodner

Fourth of July Fireworks

Fourth of July Fireworks Fourth of July Fireworks

Happy birthday, America!

Jul 3, 2026 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

The Rubio Cable on Cuba

The Rubio Cable on Cuba The Rubio Cable on Cuba

Inside US efforts to shut down debate at the United Nations on Washington’s economic warfare.

Jul 2, 2026 / Peter Kornbluh

People protect themselves from the heat wave that affects daily life as high temperatures continue, on June 26, 2026, in Madrid, Spain.

This Heat is Fatal. We Need to Talk About it. This Heat is Fatal. We Need to Talk About it.

“When people die during heat waves, there’s no sort of gunshot wound.”

Jul 2, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in Moscow on July 1, 2026.

On the Eve of the NATO Summit, Is Europe Rearming Against a Phantom Russia? On the Eve of the NATO Summit, Is Europe Rearming Against a Phantom Russia?

Inflating Russia’s military threat could divert resources from social needs while fueling Europe’s far right.

Jul 2, 2026 / Stephen Crowley

Before Simón Bolívar Could Liberate a Continent, He Had to Fight an Earthquake

Before Simón Bolívar Could Liberate a Continent, He Had to Fight an Earthquake Before Simón Bolívar Could Liberate a Continent, He Had to Fight an Earthquake

How the aftershocks of an 1812 quake that hit Venezuela changed the world.

Jun 30, 2026 / Greg Grandin

Workers, tenants and neighbors with Demilitarize Brooklyn Navy Yard picket outside of the Brooklyn Navy Yard during its February 11, 2026, board meeting.

Drones Manufactured in Brooklyn Are Being Used to Bomb Gazans Drones Manufactured in Brooklyn Are Being Used to Bomb Gazans

Newly uncovered documents have provided the first definitive proof that Israel’s largest weapons supplier is purchasing drones built in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Jun 30, 2026 / Joseph Mogul

The Knife Edge trail, not far from the Maine’s North Woods, which shaped Henry David Thoreau’s ideas about nature.

How America Became the Progenitor of Environmentalism How America Became the Progenitor of Environmentalism

From Indigenous practices to the Green New Deal, our country has always focused on prioritizing our planet.

Jun 29, 2026 / Feature / Bill McKibben

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