Harvard Takes a Stand—Plus, Musk and the Technocrats Harvard Takes a Stand—Plus, Musk and the Technocrats
On this episode of Start Making Sense, David Cole talks about Harvard’s decision not to submit to Trump’s demands, and Jill Lepore explains where Musk got his ideas.
Apr 16, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
Elon Musk Has No Idea How USAID Works. This Former Staffer Knows. Elon Musk Has No Idea How USAID Works. This Former Staffer Knows.
USAID programs demonstrate a moral commitment that Americans today urgently need to preserve, not destroy.
Apr 15, 2025 / Arnold Isaacs
We Must Save Public Media to Change It We Must Save Public Media to Change It
We need public media more than ever—it’s too precious to let Trump defund it. But to live up to its democratic promise, we must support public media to serve our needs.
Apr 15, 2025 / Victor Pickard
Translating the Attack on DEI Translating the Attack on DEI
Trump administration rolls back civil rights.
Apr 15, 2025 / OppArt / Ruben Bolling
Dominance Does Not Equal Competence Dominance Does Not Equal Competence
And Democrats need to stop buying into that message—it’s how bullies like Trump and Cuomo elbow their way into power.
Apr 15, 2025 / Column / Alexis Grenell
Trump’s Great Big Fascist Gaslighting Show Trump’s Great Big Fascist Gaslighting Show
Trump, his minions, and El Salvador’s president teamed up to tell a string of obscene lies about the innocent man they sent to a gulag.
Apr 15, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
The Deadly Seriousness Behind Trump and Bukele’s “Joke” The Deadly Seriousness Behind Trump and Bukele’s “Joke”
The Trump administration is learning dangerous lessons from El Salvador’s president, but there’s also much that the US left can learn from Salvadoran antifascists.
Apr 14, 2025 / Roberto Lovato
“Elie v. U.S.” “Elie v. U.S.”
A weekly newsletter by The Nation’s Elie Mystal.
Apr 14, 2025 / Elie Mystal
The People Are Resisting While the Elites Are Surrendering The People Are Resisting While the Elites Are Surrendering
The Ivy League is silently complicit in Trump’s war on international students.
Apr 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer
This Passover, We Must Examine the Indecent Betrayal by Our Own This Passover, We Must Examine the Indecent Betrayal by Our Own
I am livid over the Jewish Trump supporters who are upholding a set of values at odds with the principles that have sustained us.
Apr 11, 2025 / Dave Zirin