Trump Wants to Make Art Into a Tool of the State Trump Wants to Make Art Into a Tool of the State
In ordering a review of the Smithsonian, the White House wants to use its power to remake our culture—or to reinvigorate a strain in the culture that has been dormant for a long t...
Aug 22, 2025 / Barry Schwabsky
Democrats Have a Gaza Problem. They Don’t Seem to Want to Fix It. Democrats Have a Gaza Problem. They Don’t Seem to Want to Fix It.
DNC chair Ken Martin is emblematic of the party elite’s decision to cling to the unacceptable status quo on Palestine and Israel—even at the risk of losing more elections.
Aug 22, 2025 / Evan Robins
Israeli Soldiers Abused Me Before. I’m Terrified That They’ll Do It Again. Israeli Soldiers Abused Me Before. I’m Terrified That They’ll Do It Again.
Israel is invading Gaza City again. The trauma of what they did to me and my family during their last invasion haunts me every single day.
Aug 21, 2025 / Ali Skaik
Democrats’ Failed Bueller Strategy on Voting Rights Democrats’ Failed Bueller Strategy on Voting Rights
Party leaders are talking tough about retaliatory gerrymandering—but like Principal Rooney, they're unable to fight back effectively
Aug 21, 2025 / David Daley and David Faris
Why Countries Must Fight for Digital Sovereignty Why Countries Must Fight for Digital Sovereignty
On "Tech Won’t Save Us", Cecilia Rikap warns against overdependence on US tech companies.
Aug 21, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx
Trump’s War on Higher Ed Comes to the Bargaining Table Trump’s War on Higher Ed Comes to the Bargaining Table
As two of the nation’s largest private graduate student unions fight for new contracts, their members have been among the most vulnerable to the president’s attacks on universitie...
Aug 21, 2025 / StudentNation / Amann Mahajan
The Empty Provocations of “Eddington” The Empty Provocations of “Eddington”
Ari Aster’s farcical western is billed as a send-up of the puerile politics of the Covid years. In reality, it’s a film that seems to have no politics at all.
Aug 21, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Kelli Weston
The Invisible Snakes of Climate Change The Invisible Snakes of Climate Change
Tony Bartelme’s new book shows how great storytelling can wake people up.
Aug 21, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
The Ukraine Peace Process Is Moving Quite Fast The Ukraine Peace Process Is Moving Quite Fast
Here are the openings—and obstacles.
Aug 20, 2025 / Anatol Lieven