Politics
October 22, 2025
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The Double-Edged Virality of Portland’s Protests

Activism / October 21, 2025 The city’s anti-ICE actions and No Kings demonstration have commanded mass attention, but still are no match for the impunity of the MAGA deportation state. Ad Policy Protesters turn out for Portland’s No Kings rally on October 18. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland / Getty Images) Last week, perennially trendy Portland sandwich shop […]

Politics
October 21, 2025
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The Real Lesson From Zohran Mamdani’s Ascent

Politics / October 21, 2025 The decisive factor isn’t his ads or charisma. It is the public financing of election campaigns, and it should be replicated across the United States. Ad Policy New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani waves after speaking during a rally in Washington Heights, New York City, on October 13, […]

Politics
October 21, 2025
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The Myths of Camp David

A conversation with Robert Malley about Israel’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank, why the US failed to bring peace to the region, and his recent book Tomorrow Is Yesterday. Ad Policy Robert Malley (Kelley Norcia) Robert Malley and Hussein Agha have spent a lifetime immersed in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Agha has been involved […]

Politics
October 21, 2025
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The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal

October 21, 2025 What drives Trump’s politics is nostalgia for the age of coal, when dirty fuel and no environmental regulations created his version of a great America. Ad Policy Smoke from the Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station in Maysville, Kentucky, as seen from neighboring Ripley, Ohio. The Trump administration announced plans to repeal limits […]