FEBRUARY 17. 2026

Flight of the Mothman

Reflections on survival and queer iconography

What It Should Mean to Be American

The private and public fight for humanity in the Twin Cities and beyond

A Bitter Winter in Ukraine

Four years after their full-scale invasion, the Russians are trying to freeze Ukraine into submission by relentlessly attacking the country’s energy grid.

In defence of the oil industry

Britain, colonialism and the military: the true cost of our dependence on fossil fuels.

U. S. Sent a Rescue Plane for Boat Strike Survivors. It Took 45 Hours to Arrive.

In seas that could kill a person within an hour, it took nearly two days for a rescue plane to arrive.

Will Democracy Govern Capitalism — or Be Consumed by It?

Taxing extreme wealth and multinationals is essential to defeating "21st-century Caesarism" and reclaiming democratic governance from the global elite.

Air Force Maintenance Staff Can’t Stop Buying Fancy Knives With Tax Dollars

“Everyone knew we didn’t need them. ” Air Force maintainers have been on a decadelong knife-ordering spree.

A massive climate resilience program is escaping Florida’s DOGE purge

Ron DeSantis is slashing government spending, but the Sunshine State can’t afford to abandon its climate adaptation fund.

What’s geologic hydrogen? What to know about the clean energy source buried under Michigan.

Research shows the state may be a hotspot for the resource, prompting a scramble to understand its potential.

Europe’s Industrial Workers Back the Green Transition — It’s Political Chaos They Cannot Stomach

Austrian workers embrace sustainability but demand an end to the policy reversals that undermine their confidence and competitiveness.

Trump’s New Arms Rules Will Hit Southeast Asia

An “America First” export strategy complicates efforts to obtain U. S. -made weapons.

FEBRUARY 16. 2026

Democratise Firms to Save Democracy and the Planet

To sustain democratic states, we must dismantle the autocracies that persist in our workplaces.

Prison-Style Free Speech Censorship Is Coming for the Rest of Us

The outcome of a court case could decide whether the Trump administration can criminalize simply possessing political literature.

India and Pakistan’s Water Politics Is Starting to Boil

Climate stress is rewriting the region’s rules of water sharing.

The Ongoing Legacy of President Ford’s Pardon of Richard Nixon

Now Trump has pushed a controversial element of presidential authority even further.

FEBRUARY 15. 2026

‘An Existential Question for Europe’

The Munich Security Conference ends with no new answers on how to end the war in Ukraine.

Juvenile Impulse

Nell Freudenberger on campus novels, writing as prophecy, and coming of age in the Clinton era

Palantir Gets Millions of Dollars From New York City’s Public Hospitals

Activist are urging New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation to cut ties with the ICE contractor.

Native families were promised free solar. Trump took it away.

From elders struggling with high electric bills to lost economic development opportunities, Trump’s gutting of Solar for All is felt by residents of northern Plains reservations.

FEBRUARY 14. 2026

Rubio’s ‘Reassuring’ Relationship Repair

The chief U. S. diplomat put a friendlier spin on the Trump administration’s stern message to Europe.