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G’Ra Asim The new competitive circuit captures the energy and DIY spirit of punk, while promoting a surprisingly sturdy vision of civic belonging.

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Steve Brodner VOTE!

Elie Mystal In this week’s Elie v.

Thomas Birmingham Corporate landlord American Landmark admitted that its business model priced tenants out.

Jeet Heer Wreckers like Haley Stevens are probably the GOP's last hope of avoiding a wipeout on Tuesday.

John Nichols The senator is mounting a relentless, urgent campaign to stop Trump, elect progressives, and transform US politics.

Gwendolen Cates No Kings demonstration, Washington Heights, New York City, October 17, 2026.

Genevieve Morrison It’s not only weed at stake.

Joan Walsh Local progressive groups have turned out a huge ground game to support Democratic nominee Cait Conley, despite her centrist leanings.

Sasha Abramsky It is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for voters to turn things around for American democracy.

Ivana Nikolić Hughes In Serbia, the students may have discovered a formula for rescuing democracy through nonviolence and commitment to collectivism.

Andrea Arroyo Because it does.

David Faris Sure, a Democratic win next Tuesday would be a relief—but we still need to repudiate all facets of MAGA authoritarianism.

John Bonifaz, Christina Livingston California is the test.

Alice Scott As part of a Trump-led gerrymandering effort, North Carolina GOP leaders redrew the state’s congressional district map in 2025 with the hopes of achieving an 11–3 majority.

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Trevor Jackson In their new book, economists Arjun Jayadev and J.W.

Jo-Ann Mort The real story in this election is the extraordinary and uplifting strength of the vote of Arab citizens in Israel.

Peter Kuper Palmer Luckey unleashes his destructive tech worldwide.

Sena Chang Republican-led efforts threatening young people’s rights to the ballot have sparked efforts to protect the youth vote across college campuses.

Amy Littlefield In her new book “Side Effects,” the “Politico” reporter shows that the impact of abortion bans goes far beyond reproductive health care.

Robert L.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva “I doubt that Russia, China, or the United States has an army as victorious as the army of democracy of this country,” the president told his supporters.

Benjamin Fogel The Brazilian left has stopped the right-wing wave in Latin America.

Elie Mystal The Alaska case is a red flag that Trump has no intention of accepting the results of an election that Republicans lose.

Felipe Galindo Peaceful demonstrations were overshadowed by violence and destruction in the streets of Paris and Limoges.

Michele Goodwin, Lawrence O.

John Semley Long out of print, The Tunnel returns with a timely exploration of the fascism of the heart.

Harrison Stetler The bad habits Emmanuel Macron will pass on to his successor.

Séamus Malekafzali The attempt to strip Omar of her citizenship is part of a much bigger push for the mass denaturalization of American immigrants.

Lee Schlenker Democrats have the tools to challenge Trump’s military interventions and electoral interference in Latin America—if they’re willing to use them.

Marwan Bishara The central question is whether defeating Netanyahu would change Israel’s policies or simply change the people managing them.

Chris Lehmann The president's flailing midterms campaign underscores a truth we should be acknowledging more often: he kind of sucks at this.

Peter Guttman Oct. 17 2026.

Anthony Flaccavento The left won’t win over rural Americans by condescending to them.

John Nichols “The people united will never be defeated!”

Jeet Heer Unlike other establishment figures, the former president isn’t scared to associate with the party’s left flank.

David Futrelle The world’s richest man—saying he’s “wised up” to the fiction of self-government—is leveraging his wealth to sway elections, threaten Congress, and alter the global balance of power.

Heather Chen The progressive Senate candidate has won over students with his politics—and, in at least one case, his protein intake.

Paris Marx Northern Virginia is laden with structures that house data for Fortune 500 companies.

Elie Mystal In this week’s Elie v.

Steve Brodner Quotes of the Week.

Ben Reiff The run-up to the vote on Tuesday is exposing the façade of Israeli democracy—and the fealty of the country's so-called opposition when it comes to matters of Jewish supremacy.

Jeet Heer The president is leaning into the politics of toxic parenting.

Tjeerd Royaards High-tech weapons, low-tech intelligence.

Sophia Goodfriend As violent technologies like spyware, predictive targeting algorithms, and 2,000-pound warheads become ordinary instruments of military rule, once-abhorred practices become routine.

Sasha Abramsky Carlson has broken with Trump largely over the war in Iran.

James Carden The calamitous history of America’s wars of choice.

Michael Koncewicz It’s been 10 years since he passed away.