How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains
Romer, a co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, defends some of the D.S.A.’s controversial positions: “I think people like us being rather bold. . . . People want a fighter.”
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/how-socialist-is-the-dsa-megan-romer-explains
#News #USNews #NewYorker #US
Michigan Primary-Election Map: Live Results
A closely watched Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed, carries major implications for the direction of the Party.
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/news/election-2026/michigan-primary-election-map-live-results
#News #USNews #NewYorker #Election2024 #Senate
What Do India’s Gen Z Protests Mean for Modi?
A movement of young people frustrated with India’s education system and economy has become the most serious challenge yet to an increasingly authoritarian government.
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/what-do-indias-gen-z-protests-mean-for-modi
#News #USNews #NewYorker #Economy
The Future, Made in China
Beijing is competing with the U.S. for tech supremacy. Who wins will have huge political implications.
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/08/10/the-future-made-in-china
#News #USNews #NewYorker #China
Wokebloke for Democracy
@dougiec3@libretooth.gr
Semi-retired commercial artist living the life, painting, hiking, biking and spending way too much time on politics. I read A LOT, and continually. I post on a lot of different things, but mostly politics. Ex-Texan. I don't automatically follow back. There has to be some info on your profile. hee-haw
libretooth.gr
Why Donald Trump Talks So Much About Foreign Election Interference
The White House is distorting intelligence assessments instead of working to protect the midterm elections.
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/why-donald-trump-talks-so-much-about-foreign-election-interference
#News #USNews #NewYorker #Election2024 #Trump
Why Is Europe Burning?
“We put all these ingredients in a cocktail shaker, and the result is massive fires that far exceed the extinguishing capacity of firefighting teams,” a Spanish firefighter said.
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/why-is-europe-burning
#News #USNews #NewYorker #US
Glen Hansard’s Street-Corner Stories
Both as a young busker and as a famous singer-songwriter, Hansard understood how to make people stop and listen and feel one single thing.
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/news/postscript/glen-hansards-street-corner-stories
#News #USNews #NewYorker #US
Abdul El-Sayed’s Argument for America—and Against His Own Party
The Michigan U.S. Senate candidate on campaigning with Hasan Piker, being a capitalist, and why his fellow-Democrats need to “stop compromising.”
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/abdul-el-sayeds-argument-for-america-and-against-his-own-party
#News #USNews #NewYorker #Senate
How Donald Trump Silenced the Voice of America
The agency was created to spread the story of freedom and democracy around the world. Now, with many of its journalists being paid to stay home, it’s delivering a very different message.
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/how-donald-trump-silenced-the-voice-of-america
#News #USNews #NewYorker #Trump
Will Left-Wing Democrats Reinvent the Party or Hurt Its Chances in November?
Bernie Sanders’s erstwhile campaign manager explains why he thinks it’s the former.
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/will-left-wing-democrats-re-invent-the-party-or-hurt-its-chances-in-november
#News #USNews #NewYorker #US
A Woman Lost Two Partners to Guns—Then the N.R.A. Came to Collect
The majority of suicides in the U.S. involve guns, and eighty per cent of those are done by white men, a pattern that the gun-rights organization has spent decades denying.
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/08/03/a-woman-lost-two-partners-to-guns-then-the-nra-came-to-collect
#News #USNews #NewYorker #US
Johnny Knoxville, America’s God of Mischief
What moves the star of “Jackass” to risk his life for our entertainment? A very serious investigation.
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/08/03/johnny-knoxville-profile
#News #USNews #NewYorker #US
The Complications of Graham Platner’s Veteran Identity
How much of the former Senate candidate’s behavior should be read through the lens of what combat did to him, and how much of it is simply who he is, independent of war?
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/the-complications-of-graham-platners-veteran-identity
#News #USNews #NewYorker #Senate
LeBron James: An Odyssey
Tell the old story for our modern times.
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/lebron-james-an-odyssey
#News #USNews #NewYorker #US
“No One Knows When It Will End”: A Doctor on the Ebola Emergency
Health-care workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are fighting the third-largest outbreak in history—and trying not to get infected themselves.
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/news/as-told-to/no-one-knows-when-it-will-end-a-doctor-on-the-ebola-emergency
#News #USNews #NewYorker #US
How a Chinese Immigrant Driver Got Entangled in a Drug Bust
In early 2025, a man from Queens arranged to pick up a passenger in New York’s North Country. He’s been in jail upstate ever since.
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-justice/how-a-chinese-immigrant-driver-got-entangled-in-a-drug-bust
#News #USNews #NewYorker #NewYork
Arizona Gubernatorial-Primary Results: Andy Biggs Secures Decisive Win
Andy Biggs wins the Republican gubernatorial primary; Mark Lamb is the G.O.P.’s pick to fill Biggs’s seat in Congress.
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/news/election-2026/arizona-gubernatorial-primary-map-live-results
#News #USNews #NewYorker #Congress
The New Yorker Festival Offers a First Look at Its 2026 Lineup
Early tickets are now on sale, with events taking place October 23rd through 25th and featuring leading figures from the worlds of literature, entertainment, and more.
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/news/press-room/2026-festival-lineup
#News #USNews #NewYorker #NewYork
Marco Rubio Takes Aim at Globalists and the Left
Primary among the Secretary of State’s targets is the International Criminal Court.
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/news/global-notes/marco-rubio-takes-aim-at-globalists-and-the-left
#News #USNews #NewYorker #US