Texas Charges a Midwife in the First Arrest Under the State’s Abortion Ban Texas Charges a Midwife in the First Arrest Under the State’s Abortion Ban
Local advocates say the arrest is an attack on not just abortion care but also immigrant communities.
Mar 19, 2025 / Mary Tuma
Science Fiction Predicted the Rise of the Tech Bro Oligarchy Science Fiction Predicted the Rise of the Tech Bro Oligarchy
The racist tinge to Elon Musk’s hacking of the government eerily reflects cyberpunk's vision of the future—especially the science fiction coming out of South Africa.
Mar 19, 2025 / Juan Cole
The Trump-Musk Regime Wants to Make Segregation Great Again The Trump-Musk Regime Wants to Make Segregation Great Again
In a boon for racist businesses, the administration has ended a ban on segregated facilities for federal contractors.
Mar 19, 2025 / Elie Mystal
When They Came for Columbia University When They Came for Columbia University
The university has become the Trump administration’s test case for the largest assault on higher education since the McCarthy era. Sadly, it has notably failed to defend itself.
Mar 19, 2025 / Column / David Klion
America Needs a New Free Speech Movement America Needs a New Free Speech Movement
Donald Trump is showing us what an unaccountable class of corporate decision-makers looks like—and it looks like a lot of fear, and a terrible loss of freedom.
Mar 19, 2025 / Zephyr Teachout
Trump’s Economics—and America’s Economy Trump’s Economics—and America’s Economy
You can’t make America great again by wrecking the government.
Mar 19, 2025 / James K. Galbraith
Want a Better Grocery Store? Support Union Workers. Want a Better Grocery Store? Support Union Workers.
Workers are on the front lines of an increasingly bleak shopping experience, and they bear the costs of understaffing, underinvestment in facilities, and feeble safety measures.
Mar 19, 2025 / Ella Fanger
Democratic Donors Packed the House for an “Actual Billionaire” Democratic Donors Packed the House for an “Actual Billionaire”
J.B. Pritzker's appearance at the Center for American Progress met with a resounding reception. But is his elevation to the national stage the way to reach working people?
Mar 19, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
What Aaron Bushnell Is Still Teaching Us What Aaron Bushnell Is Still Teaching Us
His protest was both a rejection of the idea that human life is expendable and an acknowledgment that, for so many, it already has been.
Mar 19, 2025 / Riad Alarian
Trump’s War on Public Lands Moves to its Second Phase Trump’s War on Public Lands Moves to its Second Phase
The Great Firing continues—and the next round of layoffs will reveal how much power over public lands the Trump administration will cede to corporations.
Mar 18, 2025 / Lazo Gitchos