How Trump Is Transforming Higher Education: The View from 4 Campuses How Trump Is Transforming Higher Education: The View from 4 Campuses
At universities in California, Illinois, Louisiana, and Texas, students report changes to clubs, diminished research opportunities, and fears for international students’ safety.
Jun 15, 2025 / Steven Yoder, Felicia Mello, Alexandra Villarreal, and Miles MacClure
Donald Trump Is Running the Military Like a Warlord Donald Trump Is Running the Military Like a Warlord
The quickest way for the United States to become fascist is by politicizing the military.
Jun 13, 2025 / Jeet Heer
How Andrew Cuomo Made Homelessness Worse How Andrew Cuomo Made Homelessness Worse
Cuomo claims that “housing is a top priority.” A dig into his track record says something very different.
Jun 13, 2025 / Tracy Rosenthal
All Mothers Deserve to See Their Daughters Return All Mothers Deserve to See Their Daughters Return
A mural in Oaxaca honoring the disappeared women.
Trump Lurches Us Toward a Police State Trump Lurches Us Toward a Police State
After law enforcement assaulted Senator Alex Padilla, we know: We are the only guardrails. Show up at a “No Kings” rally Saturday.
Jun 13, 2025 / Joan Walsh
How Jeffrey Goldberg and “The Atlantic” Blew “the Biggest Story of the Year” How Jeffrey Goldberg and “The Atlantic” Blew “the Biggest Story of the Year”
Given advance warning of an impending war crime, the former cheerleader for the Iraq war decided his priority was to protect his scoop.
Jun 13, 2025 / JoAnn Wypijewski
If an Authoritarian Trump Seizes More Power, Should Blue States Secede? If an Authoritarian Trump Seizes More Power, Should Blue States Secede?
Sanford Levinson maintains that a peaceful breakup would be preferable to a divided polity, while Tarence Ray argues that the working class must remain united across state lines.
Jun 13, 2025 / Column / Sanford Levinson and Tarence Ray
Trump Is Weaponizing the Justice System in Plain Sight Trump Is Weaponizing the Justice System in Plain Sight
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is just the latest example of cases in which the administration is finding the flimsiest of reasons to label undocumented immigrants as “criminals.”
Jun 13, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky
You Can’t Understand Black Music Without Sly Stone You Can’t Understand Black Music Without Sly Stone
His songs, for generations of listeners, provided community, solace, and a sense of understanding.
Jun 13, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore