Society

Jerusalem Demsas, editor of the newly launched Argument, at a 2024 Atlantic Festival panel.

A Losing “Argument” A Losing “Argument”

The buzzy new publication devoted to “libbing out” reprises the mistakes of the longstanding alliance between neoliberalism and Beltway journalism.

Aug 22, 2025 / Jacob Silverman

The Harvard Graduate Student Union–United Automobile Workers during a rally in 2021.

Trump’s War on Higher Ed Comes to the Bargaining Table Trump’s War on Higher Ed Comes to the Bargaining Table

As two of the nation’s largest private graduate student unions fight for new contracts, their members have been among the most vulnerable to the president’s attacks on universitie...

Aug 21, 2025 / StudentNation / Amann Mahajan

Donald Trump speaks during the “Winning the AI Race” summit on July 23, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Why Countries Must Fight for Digital Sovereignty Why Countries Must Fight for Digital Sovereignty

On Tech Won’t Save Us, Cecilia Rikap warns against overdependence on US tech companies.

Aug 21, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

Unhealthy Head of Health

Unhealthy Head of Health Unhealthy Head of Health

RFK Jr. dismantles vaccination programs.

Aug 20, 2025 / OppArt / David Small

Workers prepare turkeys to be chilled in Orefield, Pennsylvania.

Eating Meat While Deporting Those Who Produce It Eating Meat While Deporting Those Who Produce It

The people who do the dirty work of killing and processing animals hold up our food system. Trump is putting them in danger.

Aug 20, 2025 / Alice Driver

Controversial former NYT columnist Bari Weiss walks backstage at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel.

I Went to the “Free Press” Party for Under-30s. All I Got Was Ennui.  I Went to the “Free Press” Party for Under-30s. All I Got Was Ennui. 

At Bari Weiss’s “Cheers to the Republic” mixer, I met anti-vaxxers, was recruited for a trip to Israel, and heard the word “heterodox” more than I would have liked to.

Aug 19, 2025 / Sophie Hurwitz

North Valley Hospital in Montana

Montana Doesn’t Need Any More Rural Ghost Towns, but That’s What Republicans Voted For Montana Doesn’t Need Any More Rural Ghost Towns, but That’s What Republicans Voted For

Across the country, rural hospitals will close, and the empty towns will mirror the quiet halls where doctors and nurses once rushed to heal.

Aug 19, 2025 / Steve Bullock

Immigrant shackled and detained outside Union Station in Washington, DC

Monuments to Migration and Labor Monuments to Migration and Labor

In the face of escalating ICE raids, how can we honor and give voice to immigrant laborers?

Aug 19, 2025 / Ánh Adams and Andy Urban

Glenn Loury

Self-Censorship, With Glenn Loury Self-Censorship, With Glenn Loury

On this episode of American Prestige.

Aug 19, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Stacey Abrams discusses her new novel on stage during

They’re Not Just Coming for DEI. They’re Coming for Democracy. They’re Not Just Coming for DEI. They’re Coming for Democracy.

Destroying DEI has a clear motive: to stop Americans from seeking common cause.

Aug 19, 2025 / Stacey Abrams

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