Trump Wants to Make Art Into a Tool of the State Trump Wants to Make Art Into a Tool of the State
In ordering a review of the Smithsonian, the White House wants to use its power to remake our culture—or to reinvigorate a strain in the culture that has been dormant for a long t...
Aug 22, 2025 / Barry Schwabsky
Democrats Have a Gaza Problem. They Don’t Seem to Want to Fix It. Democrats Have a Gaza Problem. They Don’t Seem to Want to Fix It.
DNC chair Ken Martin is emblematic of the party elite’s decision to cling to the unacceptable status quo on Palestine and Israel—even at the risk of losing more elections.
Aug 22, 2025 / Evan Robins
Trump’s War on Higher Ed Comes to the Bargaining Table Trump’s War on Higher Ed Comes to the Bargaining Table
As two of the nation’s largest private graduate student unions fight for new contracts, their members have been among the most vulnerable to the president’s attacks on universitie...
Aug 21, 2025 / StudentNation / Amann Mahajan
Democrats’ Failed Bueller Strategy on Voting Rights Democrats’ Failed Bueller Strategy on Voting Rights
Party leaders are talking tough about retaliatory gerrymandering—but like Principal Rooney, they're unable to fight back effectively
Aug 21, 2025 / David Daley and David Faris
Why Countries Must Fight for Digital Sovereignty Why Countries Must Fight for Digital Sovereignty
On Tech Won’t Save Us, Cecilia Rikap warns against overdependence on US tech companies.
Aug 21, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx
Unhealthy Head of Health Unhealthy Head of Health
RFK Jr. dismantles vaccination programs.
Aug 20, 2025 / OppArt / David Small
The Mamdani Interview—Plus, Trump in Court The Mamdani Interview—Plus, Trump in Court
On Start Making Sense: Katrina vanden Heuvel and John Nichols break down their exclusive chat, and David Cole talks about the president's lawfare tactics.
Aug 20, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
Trump Targets Mail-In Voting, and the Democrats Phone in Their Counter-Strategies Trump Targets Mail-In Voting, and the Democrats Phone in Their Counter-Strategies
Trump has launched an all-out assault on civic freedoms, but the Democrats aren’t yet giving their base something to vote for.
Aug 19, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Shocking: The Trump Administration Grabs the Third Rail With Both Hands Shocking: The Trump Administration Grabs the Third Rail With Both Hands
Our grandparents would urge us all to defend and strengthen Social Security.
Aug 19, 2025 / June Hopkins, Henry Scott Wallace, and James Roosevelt Jr.