Spreading Static

In mid-February I found myself stuck for two days at Berlin’s Brandenburg Airport, stranded by a winter freeze. It had been a month since Iran’s security

DSA Members Urge Campaigns to Ditch Platner Consultant Who Advised Mamdani

DSA members penned a letter urging candidates to ditch Graham Platner campaign consultant Morris Katz, who advised Zohran Mamdani.

Maine Senate Candidates Claim They’re Just Like Platner — But Entirely Different

Candidates are desperately trying to appeal to Graham Platner’s base. But they’re keeping Platner himself at arm’s length.

Rebecca Nagle on the Boomerang of Empire

Rebecca Nagle, host and creator of “First America, ” on the foundational roots of authoritarianism in the United States.

Congress is about to pass the biggest disaster reform in years

A little-noticed section in a bipartisan housing bill could speed up new construction after major disasters.

How Ukraine Figured Out Trump World

Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on the White House’s seeming change in tone toward Kyiv.

The oceans are full of heat, and it’s coming ashore

The oceans have absorbed 90 percent of the excess heat from global warming. It doesn't all stay there.

Surviving an Oil Spill in Louisiana, and More New Fiction for July

Stephanie Soileau’s ‘Should the Waters Take Us’ depicts a Cajun community in Louisiana.