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Hey Irish Catholic Trump Supporters: Your People Were the Original Alien Enemies

Hey Irish Catholic Trump Supporters: Your People Were the Original Alien Enemies Hey Irish Catholic Trump Supporters: Your People Were the Original Alien Enemies

Irish Catholics who back Trump would do well to remember the origins of the Alien Enemies Act.

Mar 17, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Palestinian children and journalists disperse as Israeli tanks enter the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank, on February 23, 2025.

Why Palestinians Can’t Sleep Why Palestinians Can’t Sleep

Sleep deprivation is a form of torture. For Palestinians, it’s a regular way of life.

Mar 17, 2025 / Zehra Imam

Trump Attacks Free Speech on Campus

Trump Attacks Free Speech on Campus Trump Attacks Free Speech on Campus

Jailing protesters won't stop the protests.

Mar 17, 2025 / OppArt / Judy Polstra

Chuck Schumer Should Resign to Spend More Time With His Imaginary Friends

Chuck Schumer Should Resign to Spend More Time With His Imaginary Friends Chuck Schumer Should Resign to Spend More Time With His Imaginary Friends

The bad news is that the Democratic Senate leader isn’t up for reelection until 2028. The good news is that he can resign right now, and should do so—twice.

Mar 17, 2025 / Jeet Heer

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Office Director Matt Elliston listens during a briefing on January 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Maryland.

“Essentially Cages”: ICE Is Using Courthouse Cells for Lengthy Detentions “Essentially Cages”: ICE Is Using Courthouse Cells for Lengthy Detentions

Detainees report not having access to private toilets, showers, hygiene products, and lifesaving HIV and diabetes medication.

Mar 17, 2025 / Tanvi Misra

A restaurant on Atlanta’s BeltLine trail.

How Atlanta Became a Walkable City How Atlanta Became a Walkable City

The Beltline and Georgia's experiment in pedestrian spaces.

Mar 17, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Karrie Jacobs

People gather against a backdrop of unlit buildings in Havana, as Cuba’s national power grid has effectively collapsed.

Life in Cuba Under Sanctions Life in Cuba Under Sanctions

Ordinary Cubans are trapped in a vicious circle of government mismanagement exacerbated by the US embargo.

Mar 17, 2025 / Feature / David Montgomery

A protest against US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts to medical research and higher education during a “Fund Don't Freeze” rally outside the Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2025.

As Trump Closes in on Public Service Jobs, Young Workers Look Elsewhere As Trump Closes in on Public Service Jobs, Young Workers Look Elsewhere

The president’s executive orders have raised concerns among college students and recent graduates, prompting some to reevaluate their career plans.

Mar 17, 2025 / StudentNation / Sena Chang

Chuck Screwme

Chuck Screwme Chuck Screwme

The Marvelous Mr. Measles.

Mar 14, 2025

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to a crowd gathered in front of the US Treasury Department in protest of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency on February 4, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Chuck Schumer’s Flight-Over-Fight Instinct Is Leaving Democrats in the Lurch Chuck Schumer’s Flight-Over-Fight Instinct Is Leaving Democrats in the Lurch

The Senate minority leader appears to think the way to resist the Trump administration is by voting for the GOP’s spending bill.

Mar 14, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

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