Historian Sophia Rosenfeld discusses the history of the idea of "common sense" and how it can be used in politics both to help us sharpen our inquiry into something and to make us accept the contentious policies of authoritarian rulers.

Branko Marcetic, a leading Bidenologist, looks back over Joe Biden's presidency, from the success of the pandemic welfare state to the utter disaster of his foreign policy.

Cars are deadly, inefficient, and climate-killing. Cars aren't inevitable, and they are standing in the way of a better, transit-friendly future for our country.

Peter Beinart discusses how narratives of Jewish identity impact understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, parallels between Zionism and colonialism, and lessons we can take from the end of South African apartheid.

A judge rules against Mahmoud Khalil, Javier Milei needs a bailout, a win for trans rights in Colorado, Keir Starmer breaks a strike, and are dire wolves back? (No, not really.)

Science writer and theoretical physicist Sean Carroll on how science and the scientific method are more relevant to our everyday lives than we might think.

Trump’s tariff chaos, British police raid a Quaker meeting house, Pam Bondi wants to execute Luigi, Cory Booker talks for a very long time, AND MUCH MORE...

Labor studies professor Eric Blanc explains why worker-to-worker organizing is critical to fighting Trumpism and building a more just society in the long term.