People should have the number of children they want to have, and the state’s job is to assist them in achieving their aspirations.

On Elon Musk’s “X,” people talk about Muslims like Hitler talked about Jews. The fight against Islamophobia is as crucial as the antifascist struggle of the 1930s.

Sanders is one of the most popular politicians in the US, and his political analysis and messaging remain as relevant and compelling as ever. But while his Tour to Fight Oligarchy is inspiring and important, the broad left badly needs a political vision that goes beyond Sanders.

People like Elon Musk and RFK Jr. think that “questioning the science” is the essence of science. They are wrong.

The idea that one might magically manifest wealth is an old one. In today's unequal society, 'manifesting' tells us to double down on ourselves instead of working to create a more egalitarian society.

Thomas Frank reviews the history of how the Democratic Party became the party of liberal elites, why right-wing populism is fake populism, and more insights from his decades-long writing career.

Guantánamo Bay has a sordid history of human rights abuses. There is no reason to keep people there except to evade oversight, which is why Trump has big plans for it.

For the Super Bowl, New Orleans forced unhoused people into a grim warehouse—and paid a private contractor $17.5 million for it—while billionaires’ superyachts floated on the Mississippi. How much longer will we tolerate this obscene inequality?