Treat Spotify Like a Public Utility Treat Spotify Like a Public Utility
Music streaming platforms have way too much control over musicians and music lovers. It’s time to rein them in.
Sep 24, 2026 / Ramsay Eyre
Transphobia Isn’t Winning Votes. But It Is Making Our Lives Much Worse. Transphobia Isn’t Winning Votes. But It Is Making Our Lives Much Worse.
Trans people must now live out another election cycle knowing our friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors are being flooded with agitprop designed to dehumanize us.
Sep 24, 2026 / Gillian Branstetter
How Trump’s Crackdown on Speech Has Damaged the Student Press How Trump’s Crackdown on Speech Has Damaged the Student Press
I serve as editor in chief and president of The Stanford Daily. Our newsroom has keenly felt the effects of Trump’s campus crackdown, which is why we sued the federal government.
Sep 24, 2026 / StudentNation / George Porteous
America Without the NFL America Without the NFL
Chuck Klosterman’s Football is a eulogy for the sport on the eve of its decline.
Sep 24, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Zito Madu
Cities as Climate Labs: Inside the U20 Summit Cities as Climate Labs: Inside the U20 Summit
Mayors at the Urban 20 Summit worked across borders to confront the climate crisis at the local level.
Sep 23, 2026 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen
What’s the Matter With Effective Altruism? What’s the Matter With Effective Altruism?
President Trump has decried the techbro creed for indulging in AI doomerism, but its excesses are far worse than that.
Sep 23, 2026 / David Futrelle
CEOs Are Losing Control of AI CEOs Are Losing Control of AI
With no slowdown from Trump’s administration.
Sep 22, 2026 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Trump Wants to Keep Journalists Out of the White House. He Should Get His Wish. Trump Wants to Keep Journalists Out of the White House. He Should Get His Wish.
The president has banned MS NOW, CNN, and Politico from attending press briefings. The rest of the media should respond with a boycott.
Sep 22, 2026 / Column / Chris Lehmann
Gina Hinojosa: “We Flip Texas, and It’s Over” Gina Hinojosa: “We Flip Texas, and It’s Over”
Talking to Texas gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa about what redistricting could mean and how a new generation of Democrats is speaking more directly to voters.
Sep 22, 2026 / StudentNation / Lajward Zahra