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Do Epics Need Heroes?

Orlando Reade

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Orlando Reade

Todd Blanche Wants to Finish What “Dobbs” Started

Rachel Rebouché

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Steve Brodner

El-Sayed Wins

Steve Brodner

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Steve Brodner

Trump’s Deregulation of Head Start Would Lead to Bigger Class Sizes, Lower Quality

Bryce Covert

yesterday 1

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Max Keller

The Musicians Taking the Fight for Trans Lives to Church

Max Keller

yesterday 1

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Max Keller

Don’t Believe the Gadi Eisenkot Hype

Séamus Malekafzali

yesterday 2

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Bill Bramhall

No Hospital Workers for You

Bill Bramhall

yesterday 2

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Bill Bramhall

Texas’s DNA Doesn’t Run As Red as the Right Wants You to Think

Lajward Zahra

yesterday 6

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Lajward Zahra

The Anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Have Special Meaning in a World Out of Control

William D. Hartung, Mari Faines

yesterday 8

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Lajward Zahra

The Right-Wing Terrorism Miller and Rubio Conveniently Neglected to Mention at Their DC Summit

Sasha Abramsky

yesterday 10

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Sasha Abramsky

Will El-Sayed’s Centrist Opponents “Vote Blue No Matter Who”?

Aaron Regunberg

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Aaron Regunberg

Abdul El-Sayed's Win Is a Landmark. But the Fight Is Far From Over.

Iman Abid

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Iman Abid

Collaborating With the MAHA Movement Is a Terrible Idea

Gregg Gonsalves

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Gregg Gonsalves

America Gets to Choose

Michael James Schneider

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Michael James Schneider

Republicans Blocked Healthcare Subsidies—and Now More Americans Are Going Uninsured

Bryce Covert

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Bryce Covert

America’s Third Red Scare

Pietro A. Shakarian

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Bryce Covert

Daniel Poppick’s Novel of White-Collar Work

Julia Case-Levine

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Bryce Covert

The Left Insurgence Is on the Rise—and the DNC Is Flailing

Chris Lehmann

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John Nichols

Thomson Reuters Employees Demand That ICE “Leave Our Cities”

Carl Ginsburg

wednesday 1

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John Nichols

Abdul El-Sayed: “The Power of Our Many Is Greater Than the Power of Their Money”

John Nichols

wednesday 1

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John Nichols

NOT Created with AI!

Peter Kuper

wednesday 2

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Peter Kuper

This Isn’t About Rosebud, David Ellison

Zephyr Teachout

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Zephyr Teachout

Hegseth’s Testosterone Program Is a Disservice to Men

Andréa Becker

04.08.2026 5

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Andréa Becker

In the Shadow of Violence

Kenia Akridge

04.08.2026 4

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Kenia Akridge

Liberals Are Shaming Howard Zinn’s Memory Yet Again

Dave Zirin

04.08.2026 7

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Dave Zirin

The Makings of a Mass Crisis

Laila Lalami

04.08.2026 6

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Laila Lalami

The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans

Hannah Riley Fernandez

04.08.2026 4

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Hannah Riley Fernandez

The Real Story Behind the Human Wave That Entered Ceuta

Stephen Zunes

03.08.2026 10

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Stephen Zunes

Exit Ramp

Kevin Kallaugher

03.08.2026 5

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Kevin Kallaugher

Mamdani’s Team Redefined Political Video. Now They’re Betting on Short Films.

Natalia Winkelman

03.08.2026 5

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Natalia Winkelman

Senator J. William Fulbright Is Remembered Today Primarily for the Scholarship Program That Bears His Name

Julian Castañon Villa

03.08.2026 5

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Julian Castañon Villa

Ben Wikler Has a Plan to Supercharge American Democracy

Ben Wikler

03.08.2026 5

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Julian Castañon Villa

Our Court Jesters Are Disappearing Just When We Need Them Most

Kali Holloway

03.08.2026 4

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Anthony Conwright

The Graduate Students Taking on the World’s Richest University

Mira Nalbandian

03.08.2026 6

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Julian Castañon Villa

Establishment Democrats’ Response to DSA’s Electoral Wins Should Be of Concern to Anyone Invested in the Future of Black Politics

Anthony Conwright

03.08.2026 5

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Anthony Conwright

The Weapons Manufacturer Next Door

Diana Kruzman

01.08.2026 4

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Diana Kruzman

Trump Speaks Like a Thug Because He Wants to Rule Like One

Sasha Abramsky

31.07.2026 5

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Jeet Heer

Rigged

Kevin Kallaugher

31.07.2026 4

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Kevin Kallaugher

Trump’s Caribbean Killing Spree Is a Feckless, Criminal Failure

Jeet Heer

31.07.2026 4

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Jeet Heer

This Week in Musk

Steve Brodner

31.07.2026 6

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Steve Brodner

Russia, Ukraine, and the Danger of Escalation

Stephen Crowley

31.07.2026 5

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Stephen Crowley

The Left YIMBYism of Mamdani: Build a Lot More While Defending Tenants

Ross Barkan

31.07.2026 6

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Ross Barkan

Trump’s Lethal Ad-Libbing in Iraq Enters Its Most Dangerous Phase

David Faris

31.07.2026 6

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David Faris

Abdul El-Sayed Knows Just How to Beat Billionaire-Funded Republicans

John Nichols

31.07.2026 6

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John Nichols

America’s Crisis of “Death by Incarceration”

Zoe Beketova

31.07.2026 5

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Zoe Beketova

New Order

Eric Drooker

30.07.2026 4

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Eric Drooker

A New Trump Rule Would Lower Standards at Head Start and Exclude Immigrants From the Program

Bryce Covert

30.07.2026 4

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Bryce Covert

Rahm Emanuel’s Losing Record

Chris Lehmann

30.07.2026 4

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Chris Lehmann

Universities Say They Value a Free Press. Student Journalists Tell a Different Story.

Ella Carter-Klauschie

30.07.2026 4

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Mark Hertsgaard

Is the Era of US Military Bases in the Middle East Over?

David Vine

30.07.2026 5

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Mark Hertsgaard