Is Europe the Last Champion of Liberal Democracy? Is Europe the Last Champion of Liberal Democracy?
At the moment, unfortunately, it seems more likely that Europe will be the last powerful holdout in a world entering a new political Dark Age.
Apr 4, 2025 / John Feffer
This Supreme Court Case Is About More Than “Defunding” Planned Parenthood This Supreme Court Case Is About More Than “Defunding” Planned Parenthood
If South Carolina succeeds, there will be almost no check on states that discriminate against healthcare providers for any reason.
Apr 3, 2025 / Rachel Rebouché
Worse Than McCarthyism: Universities in the Age of Trump Worse Than McCarthyism: Universities in the Age of Trump
The target then was the nonexistent threat of Communist teachers; today, it’s the supposed radicalism of the academy and its alleged failure to fight antisemitism.
Apr 3, 2025 / Ellen Schrecker
How Trump Is Outsourcing His Mass Deportation Agenda How Trump Is Outsourcing His Mass Deportation Agenda
The government is enlisting—or coercing—other countries into joining its efforts to purge immigrants from the United States.
Apr 2, 2025 / Felipe de la Hoz
The US Is Now in the Human-Trafficking Business The US Is Now in the Human-Trafficking Business
The Trump administration spent $6 million to knowingly disappear hundreds of people into a foreign prison where they are being made to work, without pay, in torturous conditions. ...
Apr 1, 2025 / Andrew Kornfeld and Esul Burton
The World’s Richest Man Wants Wisconsin to Give Up on Democracy The World’s Richest Man Wants Wisconsin to Give Up on Democracy
Elon Musk is spending tens of millions of dollars to block free and fair elections in the battleground state.
Apr 1, 2025 / John Nichols
Trump Is Exploiting the Paranoid Fantasies that Drove the War on Terror Trump Is Exploiting the Paranoid Fantasies that Drove the War on Terror
The antidemocratic policies put in place after 9/11 have come home to roost.
Apr 1, 2025 / Karen J. Greenberg
In the Le Pen Verdict, the French Far Right Sees a Political Declaration of War In the Le Pen Verdict, the French Far Right Sees a Political Declaration of War
A French court rules to bar Marine Le Pen from seeking office for five years.
Apr 1, 2025 / Harrison Stetler
Will You Put Your Body On the Line to Defend and Support Your Neighbors? Will You Put Your Body On the Line to Defend and Support Your Neighbors?
A new Solidarity Pledge organized by civil rights and social justice organizations invites people to stand up for immigrant communities.
Apr 1, 2025 / Theo Oshiro, Andrew Friedman, and Greisa Martinez Rosas