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Majority Rules: Maine Governor Janet Mills can still remind voters she’ll be on the ballot for the Democratic primary in Maine, and let the people pick their nominee. Here, Mills attends a PEN America Gala at The American Museum of Natural History on May 15, 2025, in New York.

Politics

Janet Mills Should Unsuspend Her U.S. Senate Campaign

by Bill Scher May 27, 2026May 27, 2026

Strategic Swagger: After years of warning that the Europe needs “strategic autonomy,” French President Emmanuel Macron has won the argument abroad—and lost his public at home. Here, Macron during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026.

Foreign Policy

The French Rejection

by Gillen Tener Martin May 26, 2026May 27, 2026

Politics

Social Capital: Which U.S. Regions Are Bowling Alone?

by Colin Woodard May 25, 2026May 24, 2026

Crossing Lanes: Potential presidential candidate Rahm Emanuel, left, and U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner, right, have both made moves that could appeal to voters outside their wings of the Democratic Party spectrum.

Politics

The Democratic Party Is Divided (But Not How You Think)

by Bill Scher May 22, 2026May 22, 2026

Politics

Be Thankful Barney Frank Wasn’t Pushed Out in 1989

by Matthew Cooper May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

AI companies want to monetize what makes us human. Organized labor may be the only force strong enough to stop them.

The Monopolized Economy

The Workers Who Defy Gravity

by Alvaro M. Bedoya May 20, 2026May 20, 2026

How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University By Theo Baker

Books

Fear and Loathing in Palo Alto

by Alex Bronzini-Vender May 19, 2026May 29, 2026

Armed Against Gouging: An 1863 rifle musket bears the U.S. eagle from an era when public factories helped America arm itself without getting fleeced by private contractors.

The Monopolized Economy

The Affordability Case for Public Factories

by Joel Dodge May 18, 2026May 17, 2026

Newsletter

The Capitalists Trying to Fix Capitalism

by Anne Kim May 17, 2026May 16, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed, Mallory McMorrow, and Haley Stevens are battling for Michigan’s Democratic Senate nomination, but the bruising fight may be helping Republican Mike Rogers most.

Politics

Michigan’s Democratic Senate Primary Needs a Non-Aggression Pact

by Bill Scher May 15, 2026May 14, 2026

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