In Red States, the Bill for School Voucher Bait-and-Switch Is Coming Due In Red States, the Bill for School Voucher Bait-and-Switch Is Coming Due
For GOP lawmakers who view public education as a quasi-socialist project, the gaping hole in state budgets left by subsidizing private school tuition is a feature, not a bug.
Feb 7, 2024 / Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider
Brown University Students Are on a Hunger Strike for Palestine Brown University Students Are on a Hunger Strike for Palestine
At 12:30 pm on Friday, February 2, a group of 19 students at Brown University began what has become the largest hunger strike for Palestine in the United States since the war in Ga…
Feb 7, 2024 / StudentNation / Nicholas Miller
The D.C. Circuit Just Shredded Trump’s Immunity Claims The D.C. Circuit Just Shredded Trump’s Immunity Claims
The court’s decision should put to rest the question of whether a former president is immune to prosecution. The question is whether the Supreme Court will allow that.
Feb 7, 2024 / Elie Mystal
Jeff Merkley on a Cease-Fire In Gaza, and Sean Wilentz on Disqualifying Trump Jeff Merkley on a Cease-Fire In Gaza, and Sean Wilentz on Disqualifying Trump
On this episode of Start Making Sense, the progressive senator from Oregon talks politics, and the Princeton historian explains the 14th Amendment.
Feb 7, 2024 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
What the F^&$ Happened to the Border-Security Bill? What the F^&$ Happened to the Border-Security Bill?
The immigration bill was terrible—but the way it cratered is worrying.
Feb 6, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Why Is the US Paying Kenya to Clean Up the Mess We Made in Haiti? Why Is the US Paying Kenya to Clean Up the Mess We Made in Haiti?
The Biden administration likes to talk about democracy, but when it comes to the disaster unfolding a few hundred miles from Miami, democracy is apparently far too dangerous.
Feb 6, 2024 / Amy Wilentz
How Right-Wing Extremists Are Impacting Ohio Politics How Right-Wing Extremists Are Impacting Ohio Politics
Groups like “We the People Freedom Ohio” were once considered fringe. But since the Trump era, such organizations have gained an outsize role in the conservative movement.
Feb 6, 2024 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope
Republicans Got the Border Deal They Wanted. Why Are They Disowning It? Republicans Got the Border Deal They Wanted. Why Are They Disowning It?
The Senate agreement is a historic win for the anti-immigration GOP. But Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has pronounced it “dead on arrival.”
Feb 6, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Taylor Swift May Yet Save Joe Biden Taylor Swift May Yet Save Joe Biden
Attacks on the popular singer help highlight the sheer weirdness of Trump’s GOP.
Feb 5, 2024 / Jeet Heer