Trans Kids Are Facing a Terrifying New Reality Trans Kids Are Facing a Terrifying New Reality
The nationwide drive to eliminate gender-affirming care has trans youth and their families contemplating a series of agonizing choices.
Mar 21, 2025 / Matthew Herskowitz
Trump Sets His Sights on “Eliminating” Public Education Trump Sets His Sights on “Eliminating” Public Education
Yesterday’s executive order would dismantle the Department of Education, shutting down programs American families rely on.
Mar 21, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Trump’s Order Dismantling the Education Department Continues His Attacks on the Agency Trump’s Order Dismantling the Education Department Continues His Attacks on the Agency
The president plans to sign an executive order directing officials to take all “necessary steps” to shut down the department, but a complete closure would require an act of Congre...
Mar 20, 2025 / StudentNation / Owen Dahlkamp
A Step-by-Step Guide to Trump’s Deportation Machine A Step-by-Step Guide to Trump’s Deportation Machine
“Flights to Guantánamo Bay have begun. The worst of the worst have no place in our homeland.” With those words the US government announced the fate awaiting “criminal aliens” in it…
Mar 20, 2025 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
How a Case From 1803 Explains John Roberts’s Approach to Donald Trump How a Case From 1803 Explains John Roberts’s Approach to Donald Trump
Roberts wasn’t “rebuking” Trump when he issued his statement against impeaching judges. He was bending the knee.
Mar 20, 2025 / Elie Mystal
How a Free-Speech University Sidles Up to Orbán’s Strongman Rule How a Free-Speech University Sidles Up to Orbán’s Strongman Rule
Bari Weiss's University of Austin, touted as a haven for free academic inquiry, has a dozen scholars and officials with ties to Hungary's speech-suppressing regime
Mar 20, 2025 / Jacqueline Sweet
Canada’s Tech Leaders Want Their Own DOGE Canada’s Tech Leaders Want Their Own DOGE
On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Jen St. Denis on the political ideology of Canada's tech executives.
Mar 20, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx
Our Trans Protections Aren’t Strong Enough for the Trump Era Our Trans Protections Aren’t Strong Enough for the Trump Era
Many states have passed so-called “shield laws” to protect trans people. But they weren’t designed for a presidency like Donald Trump’s.
Mar 20, 2025 / Emmet Fraizer
Texas Charges a Midwife in the First Arrest Under the State’s Abortion Ban Texas Charges a Midwife in the First Arrest Under the State’s Abortion Ban
Local advocates say the arrest is an attack on not just abortion care but also immigrant communities.
Mar 19, 2025 / Mary Tuma
Science Fiction Predicted the Rise of the Tech Bro Oligarchy Science Fiction Predicted the Rise of the Tech Bro Oligarchy
The racist tinge to Elon Musk’s hacking of the government eerily reflects cyberpunk's vision of the future—especially the science fiction coming out of South Africa.
Mar 19, 2025 / Juan Cole