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June 22, 2026
Kate Aronoff
Democrats Begrudgingly Agree That It Is Good to End a War They Oppose
Some of the party’s ideological tensions fluttered into view as the details of the deal to end hostilities made their way around Washington.
June 21, 2026
Daniel Boguslaw
The AI Ghost in the Nuclear War Machine
The injection of this new technology into the military seems like a fever dream. But it’s a reality we’re hurtling toward, ready or not.
June 19, 2026
Michael Tomasky
If Obama Had Done What Trump Just Did on Iran, He’d Be Crucified
The United States just unambiguously lost a war that it started for no good reason. A sane country would remove the imbecile who did this immediately.
June 7, 2026
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Andre Pagliarini
The World Cup in an Age of Strongmen
Can soccer still unite people across borders, class, and cultures in an increasingly authoritarian world?
June 4, 2026
Kate Aronoff
MAGA Unites Behind the Wannabe Strongman Vying to Rule Colombia
The showy self-styled outsider candidate, Abelardo De La Espriella, is exactly Trump’s type—and the White House seems bent on his winning.
June 3, 2026
Luke Barnes
How AI Chatbots Are Supercharging Digital Radicalization
The popular products are demonstrating a troubling ability to push vulnerable people toward the brink of violence.
June 2, 2026
Timothy Noah
Everybody Hates Bill Pulte
That is, everyone except Donald Trump.
May 27, 2026
Joe Cirincione
Trump’s “Deal” Looks a Lot Like … the One Obama Struck 11 Years Ago
It’s not “unconditional surrender” by a long shot. In fact, it’s almost exactly the same as the deal he denounced and tore up in 2018.
May 26, 2026
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Colin Jones
Donald Trump Is Going Nuclear
As the president explodes the nuclear energy regulatory landscape, hungry startups like Valar Atomics are racing to build new reactors as quickly as possible. But speed comes at what cost?
May 20, 2026
Alex Shephard
The Trump Administration’s Iran Plan Is Even Crazier Than We Thought
A bonkers new report suggests that the U.S. and Israel attempted to install Holocaust-denying former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader.
May 15, 2026
Michael Tomasky
How Do We Know the China Summit Was a Failure? Because Trump Did It.
Everything he does on the world stage is disastrous, and the U.S. is reviled globally. How much longer will some idiots believe this “Art of the Deal” garbage?
May 14, 2026
Matt Ford
Trump Offers U.S. Citizenship to 32 Million Venezuelans
Taking another zany plan by the president seriously because he cannot possibly do so.
May 11, 2026
Logan McMillen
Trump’s Pirate Pretensions Reveal an Ugly Truth
The president likes to joke about how his high-seas hustles have Blackbeard swagger, but they bear all the hallmarks of a wheezing empire.
April 30, 2026
Felipe De La Hoz
How Trump’s Wars Might Kick Off the Next Big Refugee Crisis
As the U.S. and Israel push the region into deeper crisis, the possibility of massive displacement—and the authoritarian backlash that comes with it—is on the rise.
April 29, 2026
Alex Shephard
Trump Is Weighing Two Options for Iran. They’re Both Horrific.
The president might resume military strikes or maintain a blockade for months—or do both.
April 29, 2026
Timothy Noah
Good Riddance to OPEC
An otherwise destructive war against multilateralism yields a single good result.
April 28, 2026
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Marta Zaraska
The Polish-Ukrainian Honeymoon Is Over
At first, Poles embraced the Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia’s war. Feelings have since cooled dramatically. What went wrong?
April 24, 2026
Michael Tomasky
Let’s Hope America’s Dumbest War Doesn’t Become Its Most Tragic
Almost nine weeks in, let’s remind ourselves: Trump strengthened Iran and then came back and told us Iran was too strong!
April 23, 2026
Virginia Heffernan
Claude Is Guilt-Ridden About the War, but Not Enough to Tell the Truth
Anthropic’s large language model says it doesn’t like having helped the U.S. military select targets in Iran. It also can’t keep them straight.
April 23, 2026
Alex Shephard
Iran’s Hard-Liners Have Trump’s Number
The president is desperate for a deal. But the war he launched with Israel has only served to empower those who are quick to call his bluff.
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