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Virginia signs national popular vote bill into law, joining interstate compact with 17 other states and District of Columbia

Every day that Cuba goes without fuel, the energy to keep a modern, civilised society truly functional, our species loses its humanity, and our “civilisation” continues its slow but certain decline.

Americans want a government that supports them when times are tough—not one that shakes us down for endless wars.

The result is being viewed not only as a domestic political earthquake in Hungary, but also as a wider repudiation of the far-right axis associated with Orbán, US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Michael Arria speaks with Afshin Matin-Asgari about his new book, "Axis of Empire," and how the history of Iran–U.S. relations offers crucial context for understanding Trump’s current war.

Is this big AI push supposed to help the U.S. kill more Iranian kids? To help school shooters kill kids at home? Or just to fill the internet with rubbish? We need better answers to this question.

In a speech marking his first 100 days as New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani describes his administration’s accomplishments so far and champions “pothole politics,” a 21st-century version of Milwaukee’s proud tradition of sewer socialism.

Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán combined talk of defending Hungary’s traditions with a promise of prosperity. When he stopped delivering workers good economic news, culture-war messaging wasn’t enough to save him.

Starting Civil War (1861), U.S. Out of Vietnam! (1966), France Bullies Haiti into the Poorhouse (1826), Milwaukee’s Successful Socialist Mayor (1916), ‘Give Us the Vote!’ (1866), A Megalomaniac’s Birthday (1939), Sipping-In for LGBTQ+ Rights (1966)

“I think the question is, why has D.S.A. been able to build a really durable organization over the last decade? What Tascha brought was a sensibility about how to treat people and how to relate to people that is now built into the DNA of D.S.A.”