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How to Save the IRS

by Anne Kim July 15, 2026July 15, 2026

Cory Doctorow Is Making Peace with AI

Books

Cory Doctorow Is Making Peace with AI

by Anita Jain July 14, 2026July 13, 2026

A new book traces American anti-egalitarianism thinking from slavery’s defenders to Silicon Valley’s would-be philosopher-kings.

Books

The UFC Cage Match Theory of Democracy

by Christoph Irmscher July 14, 2026July 14, 2026

Jane Kim, a former San Francisco City Supervisor, topped California's June insurance commissioner primary on a platform of public disaster insurance.

Can a Bernie-Backed Populist Fix California’s Home Insurance Crisis?

by Kainoa Lowman July 13, 2026July 13, 2026

How Trump and DOGE Broke the IRS

by Anne Kim July 12, 2026July 12, 2026

A dearth of high-quality publicly available polling means campaigns and their allies can release lesser surveys to shape their raves. Here, Michigan U.S. Senate candidates, Abdul El-Sayed, left, and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., are displayed on a television during their debate on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Platner Collapse Is a Cautionary Tale About Polling

by Bill Scher July 10, 2026July 23, 2026

Arc de Trump: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up an artist rendering of the new triumphal arch as she speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in April.

Trump’s Flimsy Argument for his “Triumphal Arch”

by James D. Zirin July 10, 2026July 9, 2026

The White House report attacking the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History seeks to enforce Napoleon's maxim: History is written by the winners.

Whitewashing History

by Merrill Goozner July 9, 2026July 9, 2026

Graham Platner'sf arewell message was all about him.

Platner’s Conspiracy-Laden, Bitter Farewell

by Matthew Cooper July 8, 2026July 9, 2026

Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for US Senate, speaks to the media in Bangor, Maine.

Graham Platner and the Working-Class Fetish

by Matthew Cooper July 7, 2026July 8, 2026

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