Politics

The tower at the University of Texas in April 2024 in Austin.

Texas Ended In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants. Students Are Already Feeling the Impact. Texas Ended In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants. Students Are Already Feeling the Impact.

“The message is loud and clear: You’re good enough to pick vegetables or clean hotel rooms, but not to go to college.”

Aug 4, 2025 / StudentNation / Lajward Zahra

Save the Children

Save the Children Save the Children

Backdoor.

Aug 1, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Voting rights protesters outside the Supreme Court Building in 2023 in advance of a gerrymandering ruling.

How the GOP Hopes to Gerrymander Its Way to a Midterms Victory How the GOP Hopes to Gerrymander Its Way to a Midterms Victory

In a series of mid-decade redistricting gambits, state legislatures are looking to rig next year's congressional balloting in advance.

Aug 1, 2025 / David Daley

Palestinians, struggling with hunger, form a line to receive hot meals in Gaza's al-Zeitoun neighborhood on July 31, 2025.

Forced Starvation Is a Grotesque Inversion of Jewish Traditions Forced Starvation Is a Grotesque Inversion of Jewish Traditions

I learned from a young age that you shouldn’t let your neighbor go hungry. Benjamin Netanyahu would do well to revisit this tradition.

Aug 1, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Swamp King

Swamp King Swamp King

A billboard installed on the Fourth of July in Phoenix, Arizona.

Aug 1, 2025 / OppArt / Karen Fiorito

Donald Trump shows his signature on the “Big Beautiful Bill Act” at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 4, 2025.

Bringing Back Stagflation, Lower Growth, and Higher Prices Bringing Back Stagflation, Lower Growth, and Higher Prices

When Trump talks of turning the economy around, he speaks the truth—he just gets the direction of change wrong.

Aug 1, 2025 / Dean Baker

Donald Trump attends the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on July 15, 2025.

Trump’s Fossil Fuel Fanaticism Is Surrendering the Future to China Trump’s Fossil Fuel Fanaticism Is Surrendering the Future to China

If the planet is to survive, the future needs to be green. China seems to get that—but the US is blowing it.

Aug 1, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Zohran Mamdani takes photos with supporters during a press conference at the Hotel & Gaming Trades Council building on July 02, 2025, in New York City.

Democrats: Let’s Get Our Shit Together! Democrats: Let’s Get Our Shit Together!

Or, to put it another way: Stop helping Republicans and back people like Zohran Mamdani. Now!

Aug 1, 2025 / Justin Brannan

Did Trump Know What Epstein “Stole” Virginia Giuffre For?

Did Trump Know What Epstein “Stole” Virginia Giuffre For? Did Trump Know What Epstein “Stole” Virginia Giuffre For?

Donald Trump said this week that a known Epstein victim was one of the people “stolen” from Mar-a-Lago by the convicted sex offender. Could Trump have known what would happen to h...

Jul 31, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT makes his way to a vote at the US Capitol on July 17, 2025.

A Majority of Senate Democrats Now Oppose Arms Shipments to Israel A Majority of Senate Democrats Now Oppose Arms Shipments to Israel

“The tide is turning,” says Bernie Sanders. “The American people do not want to spend billions to starve children in Gaza.”

Jul 31, 2025 / John Nichols

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