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Happy Birthday, LIGO. Now Drop Dead.

Ten years ago, astronomers made an epic discovery with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Cosmology hasn’t been the same since, and it might not stay that way much longer.

If RFK Jr. Doesn’t Resign, a Limited Docs Strike?

It’s a nuclear option — but it may be necessary

How Originalism Killed the Constitution

A radical legal philosophy has undermined the process of constitutional evolution.

Kirk’s Killing Was a Tragedy But Don't Rewrite His Life

In the wake of horror, honest accountings of his life have not only become rare – they have also become dangerous

Colonize Then, Deport Now

Trump’s deportation regime revives a colonial blueprint first drafted by the American Colonization Society, when Black lives were exiled to Africa to safeguard a white republic.

Ex-IDF Chief Confirms Gaza Casualties Over 200,000

Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip.

Daniel Bensaid and Question of Strategy

The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 was not merely a geopolitical event but also resulted, globally, in a profound crisis in revolutionary thought.

Why Los Angeles Must Resist

The city that raised me—this dazzling, sprawling place of freedom and invention—is under siege

Omar Fateh Brought a ‘Mamdani Moment’ to Minneapolis

In both Minneapolis and New York City, democratic socialist municipal candidates have made strides—and faced backlash from the Democratic establishment.

Trump, Tyranny and the Need for a People’s Program

We urgently need to create a people’s movement. Meeting locally and nationally, interested Americans of all backgrounds can form “committees of correspondence” to develop ideas, programs and leaders essential for reconstructing American politics.
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Culture

poetry

Los Vecinos

Alison Luterman
Poet Alison Luterman offers us lessons in neighborliness.

books

Marx’s Last Studies

Charles Reitz Marx & Philosophy Review of Books
Between 1879 and 1882, Marx studied the latest research and writing on communal clan-based social formations around the globe, focusing on the changing nature of land ownership and gender and family relations within these societies.

film

Caught Stealing Is a Wild and Violent Romp

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing sees the typically pretentious auteur shift gears toward fun and violence in late 1990s NYC. It’s a throwback to gritty 1970s filmmaking but set in the Giuliani era — the perfect setting for downwardly mobile 2025

Labor

labor

Solace, Resistance, Action at APALA’s 2025 Convention

Paige Hazen The Stand
The APALA Convention served as a reminder that although there is a long way to go before the labor movement reaches its potential as the strong defense it could be against attacks on immigrants, there exists a start within our own communities.

Friday nite video

The Real Problems with America’s Health

MAHA? How unhealthy is the United States? Some key figures show how the US compares to other countries in life expectancy, early deaths and chronic disease.

European Security Depends Upon Ukraine

It is a mistake to consider Ukrainian security as an issue separate from the construction of a new European security order, where Europe can defend itself without the United States

We Got 18,000 of Jeffrey Epstein’s Emails

Bloomberg’s Jason Leopold and Ava Benny-Morrison with host David Gura on the massive trove of emails — what they tell us about Epstein, his powerful network, and Ghislaine Maxwell

video

The Most Corrupt Stock Traders in Congress

How do members of Congress get so rich? Hint: they're scoring record returns in the stock market, raising questions about their use of insider information.