Politics

LAPD officers and National Guard soldiers stand outside a downtown LA jail in June 2025.

How LA Defeated Trump! Plus, Bob Dylan’s Xmas How LA Defeated Trump! Plus, Bob Dylan’s Xmas

On Start Making Sense: Bill Gallegos on the withdrawal of the National Guard and marines from LA last summer, and Sean Wilentz on Dylan’s choice of songs for his Christmas album.

Dec 24, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

People enjoy a break in thunder storms on the steps of the Met Tuesday July 4, in Manhattan New York.

John Wilson at the Met John Wilson at the Met

Drawing from the depths.

Dec 23, 2025 / Margaret Spillane

President Donald Trump in the White House in January 2025.

Trump’s Anti-DEI Crusade Is Going to Hit White Men, Too Trump’s Anti-DEI Crusade Is Going to Hit White Men, Too

Under the Trump administration’s anti-DEI directives, colleges would be forced to abandon gender balancing, disadvantaging men.

Dec 23, 2025 / Kali Holloway

CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss hosts a town hall with Erika Kirk on December 10.

Bari Weiss’s Counter-Journalistic Crusade Targets “60 Minutes” Bari Weiss’s Counter-Journalistic Crusade Targets “60 Minutes”

The new editor in chief at CBS News has shown she’s not merely stupendously unqualified—she’s ideologically opposed to the practice of good journalism.

Dec 22, 2025 / Elizabeth Spiers

Candles are lit by framed photos of mass shooting victims Mukhammad Aziz Amurzokov and Ella Cook at a makeshift memorial near Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on December 15, 2025.

Islamophobic Elites Lied to Destroy the Life of a Palestinian Brown Student Islamophobic Elites Lied to Destroy the Life of a Palestinian Brown Student

Plutocrats, pundits, and government officials joined together in a racist smear campaign against a queer Palestinian student at Brown University.

Dec 22, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Pirate Trump

Pirate Trump Pirate Trump

Donald Trump escalates Caribbean tensions with vessel attacks near Venezuela.

Dec 22, 2025 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Donald Trump, October 2025.

The Remaking of Trump’s Washington, DC The Remaking of Trump’s Washington, DC

The ballroom and his other proposed building projects are many things, but they are not exactly works of architecture.

Dec 22, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Karrie Jacobs

Kentucky Kernel editor in chief holds a reporter’s notebook during a staff meeting at the University of Kentucky.

Student Journalism’s Momentous Year Student Journalism’s Momentous Year

In 2025, StudentNation published more than 100 original articles. Here are 20 highlights.

Dec 22, 2025 / StudentNation / StudentNation

The Living Legacy of Norman Podhoretz

The Living Legacy of Norman Podhoretz The Living Legacy of Norman Podhoretz

On The Time of Monsters: David Klion and Ronnie Grinberg on a founding father of neo-conservatism.

Dec 22, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Trump’s “Warrior Dividend”  Might Be His Scariest Idea Yet

Trump’s “Warrior Dividend” Might Be His Scariest Idea Yet Trump’s “Warrior Dividend” Might Be His Scariest Idea Yet

This week’s “Elie v. US” explores the authoritarian threat beneath Trump’s bonuses for military families. Plus, a case for getting rid of the Second Amendment.

Dec 19, 2025 / Elie Mystal

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