Somehow, they’ve managed to top themselves in the crisis over TSA funding. Who knew that was even possible?

Under Trump, the US is unequivocally a force for evil in the world. It can seem morally intolerable to embrace happiness as our government massacres children.

The senator delivered a powerful message on Iran at the No Kings Rally in Minnesota.

The defense secretary is talking about Iran in bloodcurdling tones of religious extremism—and underscoring how much of a dangerous fanatic he is.

Some 200,000 people crammed the grounds of the state capitol for a celebration of the area’s resilience and defiance of the Trump regime.

The neighborhood is facing an onslaught of catastrophic projects that could be more damaging than Hurricane Katrina.

Why do we misunderstand one of modernism’s great writers?

During his primary campaign, Daniel Biss called out AIPAC repeatedly, through the press, paid advertising, and in living rooms and public places across the district. It worked.

I left academia for a tech job that offered me the promise of stability. What happens when corporate employers become our most reliable caregivers?

For these medical students in Gaza, completing their studies was an act of defiance.

In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent explores Trump’s stunning incompetence. Plus: Baseball is back—for now.

Naked gibbon.

The No Kings movement needs to become a mass anti-war movement.

The founders of the United States feared monarchically inclined presidents who could wage wars of whim.

The V-Dem Institute, the world’s chronicler of democracy and autocracy, has determined that the United States is no longer “a liberal democracy.”

Despite his constant declarations of victory, the truth about this conflict is clear.

A jury finds big tech liable for programming addictive features into platforms—and that’s basically the business model for companion bots.

Universities are raising their tuition, offering fewer classes, and axing extracurricular programs to compensate for the dip in international student enrollment.

How many pro-democracy Substack authors over-focus on gloom and doom and ignore organizing, and who’s bucking that trend.

Zhang Yueran’s novel Women, Seated—a take on the upstairs, downstairs drama—examines class conflict among the Chinese upper crust and the people who wait on them.

The president is experiencing the Iran War almost entirely through misleading video clips—and that’s very bad news for all of us.

What it's like at one of the mayor's "Rental Ripoff" hearings.

As the state promotes industrial expansion and costly seawater desalination projects, advocates want to prioritize fixing aging pipes and supporting public health.

Laura Flanders speaks with Faiz Shakir and John Cassidy on the grassroots fight against the AI oligarchs.

New York’s hotel industry was built on labor struggles—and today’s protections show how worker rights and world-class hospitality go hand in hand.

A mayoral candidate in Providence argues that unique challenges—and unique responses—must be explored.

The latest wave of storm devastation closely tracks the regional neglect of infrastructure instituted by the state’s first modern agricultural barons

Manuel Mujica Lainez’s historical novel, a strange biography of a 16th-century duke, leaves the reader wondering if human nature can ever change.

A Netflix documentary exposes plastic’s health harms but misses its climate connection.

New York’s mayor continues to showcase his command of political symbolism as he prepares to reckon with some difficult real-world choices

It’s not just Gaza—Israel wants to exterminate all Palestinians, everywhere. We are one people being destroyed as one people.

Gregory Javier Laguna, who has Down syndrome, and his brother have been detained for almost five months. Under Trump, "it feels like we have no recourse," said one advocate.

The failsons and finance brokers who own MLB franchises seem ready to destroy the league to make themselves a little richer—and too many fans may take their side.

In Is a River Alive?, Robert Macfarlane challenges himself, and others, to find a new way to write about nature.

After you strip away the lies about rampant voter fraud, the GOP bill is a frontal assault on hard-won protections of the franchise.

Unless a resolution is found, the impact is likely to grow.

Claims that coercive mental health care is a necessary evil are not supported by evidence.

Despite his denying the legitimacy of Biden’s election and making violent threats, Markwayne Mullin breezed through his Senate confirmation to become the new head of the DHS.

After decades consolidating their control over Area C, Israeli settlers are expanding into Areas B and A—nominally under Palestinian Authority jurisdiction—and displacing communities, an investigation reveals.

This year, Eid was a declaration: We are here. We pray. We dress in our best. We love, even when the world tries to convince us that we have nothing to love or to live for.

An excerpt from the new book The Myth of Red Texas.

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.

Barring a few big-ticket victories in this month’s local elections, the French left is more divided than ever—one year from a pivotal fight for the presidency

The world’s soccer governing body reminded fans what its theoretical commitment to “neutrality” means in practice: siding with the genocidaire.

As costs surge and safety nets shrink, millions of Americans are struggling to afford the basics.