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‘Sudan Is a Good Place to Wage Peace’

January 2026 Issue

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Electricity Should Be Free at Noon

December 3, 2025

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The Movies Got Small, and So Did We

Caitlin Flanagan

November 30, 2025

father and daughter in a darkened movie theatre with popcorn and soda.

Welcome to the Gerrymandering Apocalypse

November 25, 2025

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California Is Tired of Letting People Die

November 24, 2025

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Tilting the Playing Field

Paul Rosenzweig

November 23, 2025

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Two Genres That Aren’t So Different After All

November 21, 2025

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Book Recommendations

Eight Plot-Heavy Books That Will Keep You Turning Pages

November 19, 2025

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America Has a Baby-Formula Problem—Again

Nicholas Florko

November 18, 2025

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What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century

Vann R. Newkirk II

December 2025 Issue

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Will 2026 Be a Fair Fight?

November 6, 2025

worn out I voted stickers

‘None of This Is Good for Republicans’

November 5, 2025

A "Yes on 50!" sign hangs over a freeway in California as cars drive below.

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The Anti-MAGA Majority Reemerges

David A. Graham

November 5, 2025

‘California Is Allowed to Hit Back’

October 27, 2025

Cut up bits of a map are laid over a yellow background

A Surreal New Revelation About the L.A. Fires

October 9, 2025

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The Destruction of One of America’s Oldest Traditions

October 7, 2025

An image of federal agents attempting to keep protesters back outside an ICE facility on October 05, 2025 in Portland, Oregon

Move Fast and Break Nothing

October 2, 2025

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People Are Getting Tattoos Under Anesthesia

September 22, 2025

A tattoo-like drawing of a sleeping cherub with a heart under one eye

A Movie That Touches One Raw Nerve After Another

September 18, 2025

"One Battle After Another"

A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story

Conor Friedersdorf

September 10, 2025

A color photograph of George Retes in front of his military uniforms

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The Government Wants to See Your Papers

September 9, 2025

Three shadowy figures in front of the Supreme Court

The Wrong Way to Win Back the Working Class

September 3, 2025

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The Trump Administration Gets a Serious Scolding

David A. Graham

September 2, 2025

California National Guard troops stand guard outside Glass House Farms during a federal immigration raid in Camarillo, California, July 10, 2025.

At a Family House Party in San Jose, California

August 31, 2025

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A Nation of Lawyers Confronts China’s Engineering State

August 18, 2025

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What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones

Lenore Skenazy, Zach Rausch, and Jonathan Haidt

August 4, 2025

A black-and-white image of children playing on a jungle gym.

How to Know You’re Not a Phony

Arthur C. Brooks

July 31, 2025

An illustration of a woman playing a miniature violin.

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Republicans Want to Redraw America’s Political Map

July 30, 2025

Representative Lloyd Doggett, a Texas Democrat, uses a district map to discuss concerns over the GOP’s proposed redistricting of the state.

Two Democrats Are Bolting From a Bipartisan Governors’ Group

Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker

July 24, 2025

Black-and-white photo of a hotel conference room set up for the 2018 NGA meeting.

When You Don’t Look Like Anything

Anna Deavere Smith

July 24, 2025

A color photograph of Anna Deveare Smith alone on stage performing

The Hype Man of Trump’s Mass Deportations

July 22, 2025

Gregory K. Bovino, US Border Patrol El Centro Sector Chief, walks on the scene as a large group of federal law enforcement officers arrive at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles.

The Biggest Myth About the YIMBY Movement

July 14, 2025

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Pamela Anderson Forever

Caitlin Flanagan

July 13, 2025

Pamela Anderson wearing an elaborate earring and matching blueish dress in front of a distorted outline of her image in front of a blue curtain

Is America Really Exceptional?

July 11, 2025

A U.S. flag with a telescope looking into a field of real stars in the blue upper square.

How to Keep on the Sunny Side of Life

Arthur C. Brooks

July 10, 2025

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He Spent His Life Trying to Prove That He Was a Loyal U.S. Citizen. It Wasn’t Enough.

August 2025 Issue

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