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YESTERDAY

How Ta-Nehisi Coates Helped Me See Palestine

On “The Message, ” a trip to Jerusalem and the West Bank, and the moral duty to break the silence.

JULY 18. 2025

Barry Eisler on Political Thrillers, AOC, and how “The System” Justifies War

In bestselling novelist Barry Eisler’s new book “The System, ” an idealistic young Representative discovers how power and propaganda really work.

JULY 17. 2025

Three Traps for Zohran

Mamdani’s primary win was inspiring—but there’s a hard fight ahead, and if he wants to bring real change for New Yorkers, he’ll have to avoid these pitfalls.

JULY 16. 2025

You Could Just Not Deport People

The right says that they have no choice but to “enforce the law” and round up those here illegally. False: just give people a way to legalize their status.

Rent Control Is Fine, Actually

Regulating rent prices is often called "bad economics. " But it isn't. The effects of rent control are complex.

JULY 15. 2025

The Epstein Case Reveals the Fraud of Trumpism

MAGA followers say they want to expose powerful, predatory billionaire elites. But Donald Trump is the exact person who should be their enemy.

JULY 14. 2025

The Abita Mystery House is the Weird America I Love

By the roadside in Abita Springs, Louisiana, a museum of the strange and wonderful awaits.

JULY 11. 2025

You’re Not Angry Enough About Homelessness in America

Homelessness is increasingly caused by soaring rents and low wages, not laziness or personal failures. The solution is strong government intervention to house everyone and to end landlords’ control over our lives.

JULY 10. 2025

How To Keep The Truth Alive

In the age of deepfakes and brazen lies, we need to figure out who we can trust. Credible media institutions are more crucial than ever.

The Sad World of Republican Congressional Podcasts

I sat through every single podcast hosted by a Republican member of Congress so you don’t have to. You’re welcome, I think.

JULY 9. 2025

Thomas Massie’s Anti-War Politics Put Democrats to Shame

The libertarian representative has many weird and wrong opinions. But on foreign policy and military spending, he’s more reliable than most of the Democratic Party.

JULY 8. 2025

Israel Bombed an Iranian Prison “Symbolically” and Killed its Transgender Inmates

As usual, bombing a country helps the regime in power, not its dissident opponents.

JULY 7. 2025

Tony Blair Is The Monster We Always Knew He Was

His Institute joined an effort to plan Gaza's ethnic cleansing and "redevelopment"

Race Science: It’s Back

❧ Is scientific racism back in vogue?