An organization that released public election polling in recent weeks withdrew the results of two surveys, revealing that it had fabricated the polls as part of a “short-term social experiment” meant to expose how quickly false information could spread. One of the surveys released by the group, Median Strategies, claimed… Continue reading
Invited, undefended, unpunished, and rewarded: what independent researchers can still measure has doubled in a year, and the instruments that would measure the rest no longer exist. Christopher Armitage Aug 19, Christopher Armitage from The Existentialist Republic (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Publisher’s note on sources and standards This report… Continue reading
By saying housing money hurts the cops, he may be undermining support for his own Housing Trust Fund. By Tim Redmond August 17, 2026 (48hills.org) Mayor Daniel Lurie may well be undermining his own affordable housing bill by attacking another affordable housing measure—one that doesn’t conflict with his proposal. The… Continue reading
The democratic socialist organization is building something much bigger than an email list. by David Duhalde August 19, 2026 (Prospect.org) Harold Meyerson’s piece “Why Have Less Than One Percent of American Socialists Joined DSA?” tackles a question that those from supporters to opponents of socialism have pondered. If socialism now has… Continue reading
If you wanted to rig political prediction markets, this is exactly how you would do it. by David Dayen August 19, 2026 (Prospect.org) Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass spent last week touting a poll released on Thursday from an unknown company called Median Strategies showing her leading challenger Nithya Raman in her re-election… Continue reading
Published: August 19, 2026 (TheOnion.com) Candidates from the left’s Democratic Socialists of America party have been gaining momentum around the country in primaries leading up to the midterms. The Onion examines the common myths and facts surrounding the DSA. MYTH: Socialist ideas have never worked in the real world. FACT: No political… Continue reading
The audience cheers for a speaker before U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) takes the stage at Mumford High School on May 3, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. Sanders is visiting the midwest on his Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here tour. (Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images) It’s time for the… Continue reading
“Ecocivilization: Making a World that Works for All” by Jeremy Lent Melville House, 400 pages, $33 Species extinction. Billionaire capture of governments. Inequality so extreme it’s destabilizing democracies. A return to large-scale war. Such events have combined to create an everything-all-at-once situation in the world that is no coincidence, according to… Continue reading
Skip to Content Listen to OCCUPY! ➔ A 6-Part Narrative Series From Future Hindsight Occupy! An Unfinished Uprising The story of the improbable becoming possible — told by the people who slept in the park. About The Series In 2008, a Wall Street crash gutted millions of lives. It took… Continue reading
