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Books & the Arts / February 16, 2026 Sunnyside Yard and the quest for affordable housing in New York Constructing new residential buildings, let alone those with rental units that New Yorkers can afford, is never an easy task. Ad Policy This article appears in the March 2026 issue. One of the most memorable promises

Politics / February 10, 2026 Brad Lander in The Nation: “When I am elected to Congress, I will support the Block the Bombs Act to protect more Palestinians from being killed by Israel.” Ad Policy Civil defense teams carry out operations to recover the bodies of five members of the Abu Nida family who were

Economy / February 11, 2026 In the extensive correspondence between the Silicon Valley venture capitalist and the late pedophile, both men expressed a deep aversion to democracy. Ad Policy Peter Thiel brandishes $100 bills at the Bitcoin 2022 conference. (Eva Marie Uzcategui / Bloomberg via Getty Images) It’s easy enough to understand the appeal of

Economy / February 11, 2026 The Trump administration’s efforts to distract from the bad economy just divert attention from one dumpster fire to another. Ad Policy President Donald Trump gaggles with reporters while aboard Air Force One on February 6, 2026 en route to Palm Beach, Florida. (Samuel Corum / Getty Images) Give Pete Navarro,

Politics / February 13, 2026 The administration’s sketchily funded Freedom 250 project, which will oversee the celebration of America’s semiquincentennial, is a pageant of right-wing extremism. Ad Policy A Freedom 250 insignia, alongside other tchotchkes signifying Trump clan dominance, at the US delegation headquarters during last month’s World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland (Theresa Münch/picture

Since President Trump’s second inauguration last year, federal immigration enforcement by ICE agents has expanded dramatically. Agents have been deployed in major cities with sweeping crackdowns. Controversial and violent methods of targeting and detainment have been deployed that have drawn broad scrutiny and widespread protests, particularly since the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex

Politics / Authoritarian Watch / February 13, 2026 Even conservatives are fleeing the GOP as more and more Americans turn against Trump’s authoritarian project. Ad Policy President Donald Trump departs after making an announcement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 12, 2026. (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty

Politics / February 13, 2026 But Tom Homan is a lying liar, and the work’s not done. Plus, Gallup’s sketchy new polling policy (is the analytics firm in the Trump tank?), the law for deepfakes, and more in this week’s Elie v. US. Ad Policy Demonstrators take part in an anti-ICE march in Minneapolis, Minnesota,

Society / StudentNation / February 12, 2026 After outcry from students over e-mails showing David Gelernter’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the computer science professor is under review by the university. Ad Policy David Gelernter, professor of computer science and a specialist in artificial intelligence at Yale University. (James Leynse / Getty) This story was produced