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Student “ICE Out” protests at UCLA in January 2026.

How Can Universities Protect Their Immigrant Students? How Can Universities Protect Their Immigrant Students?

With federal cuts and heightened fear on campus, first-generation students at schools like UCLA are asking their institutions to defend and expand their right to education.

Mar 23, 2026 / StudentNation / Lucy Wong Ryniejski

Marc Andreessen holding forth at TechCrunch Disrupt 2016 in San Francisco.

Marc Andreessen’s Dangerously Unexamined Life Marc Andreessen’s Dangerously Unexamined Life

The tech mogul has declared himself an enemy of introspection, and that conveniently erases considerations of conscience from his amoral investment empire.

Mar 23, 2026 / David Futrelle

Sasan Goodarzi, elated during the opening of the Intuit Dome on August 15, 2024, in Inglewood, California.

Have You Paid Your “Intuit Tax”? Have You Paid Your “Intuit Tax”?

Tax prep oligarch Sasan Goodarzi blocks the “public option” for tax filers.

Mar 23, 2026 / Chuck Collins

President Donald Trump attends a tour of a Thermo Fisher Scientific facility, to tout his administration's efforts to reduce drug prices in Reading, Ohio, on March 11, 2026.

A Dangerous and Consistent Misreading of Trump’s Appeal A Dangerous and Consistent Misreading of Trump’s Appeal

Trump didn’t win by moderating. He won by attacking a system millions already believed was broken.

Mar 23, 2026 / Corbin Trent

Ruth Asawa, 1973.

Communing With Ruth Asawa Communing With Ruth Asawa

A retrospective of the California artist’s work emphasizes her sense that art should not be frozen in time in a gallery but belongs in the world, at home and in public.

Mar 23, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Quinn Moreland

Nation Poetry

Cephalophore Cephalophore

Mar 23, 2026 / Poems / Donald Platt

Former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies before the House Intelligence Committee about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, in the Rayburn House Office Building July 24, 2019, in Washington, DC.

Robert Mueller Never Should Have Been a Liberal Hero Robert Mueller Never Should Have Been a Liberal Hero

The cult of Mueller foolishly prioritized legal prosecution over political organizing.

Mar 22, 2026 / Obituary / Jeet Heer

From Foreign Correspondent to Uber Driver

From Foreign Correspondent to Uber Driver From Foreign Correspondent to Uber Driver

I once documented human displacement and desperation. Now, due to a crumbling media ecosystem, I am living it.

Mar 21, 2026 / Feature / Steve Scherer

Donald Trump Throws Another Big Tariff Tanty

Donald Trump Throws Another Big Tariff Tanty Donald Trump Throws Another Big Tariff Tanty

And other essential news of the week—including new legislation on prediction markets and a threat to the critically endangered Rice’s whale.

Mar 20, 2026 / Elie Mystal

Twisting in the Wind

Twisting in the Wind Twisting in the Wind

The Israeli Doctrine.

Mar 20, 2026 / Steve Brodner

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