The Biden Scandal Goes Well Beyond the Aging Cover-Up The Biden Scandal Goes Well Beyond the Aging Cover-Up
The former president’s stubbornness and narcissism led to disastrous Trump victory.
May 16, 2025 / Jeet Heer
They All Signed the “Harper’s” Letter. Where Are They Now? They All Signed the “Harper’s” Letter. Where Are They Now?
Many of those who were loudest in denouncing cancel culture then are now curiously silent in the face of Donald Trump’s assaults on free speech.
May 16, 2025 / Column / David Klion
How the Rich and Powerful Destroyed Free Speech How the Rich and Powerful Destroyed Free Speech
And how we get it back.
May 16, 2025 / Eric Reinhart
Why Texas Universities’ Drag Bans Backfired Why Texas Universities’ Drag Bans Backfired
The University of Texas and Texas A&M systems attempted to ban university-sponsored drag performances—but not without dissent from students and local organizers.
May 16, 2025 / StudentNation / Aaron Boehmer
Is Donald Trump About to Launch a Denaturalization Purge? Is Donald Trump About to Launch a Denaturalization Purge?
Mass denaturalization could be used to move the country toward the MAGA movement’s larger goal of a white Christian nationalist United States.
May 16, 2025 / Rafia Zakaria
How Democrats Crushed a Despicable Anti-Trans Campaign and Won a Major Election How Democrats Crushed a Despicable Anti-Trans Campaign and Won a Major Election
The supposedly unbeatable Republican mayor of Nebraska’s largest city used the GOP’s anti-LGBTQ+ playbook in her reelection bid. And lost!
May 16, 2025 / John Nichols
Sesame Street Workers Say, “U Is for Union” Sesame Street Workers Say, “U Is for Union”
Amid attacks from the Trump administration, 74 percent of Sesame Street workers vote to unionize to make their workplace “smarter, stronger, and kinder.”
May 15, 2025 / Ella Fanger
In Toxic Detention In Toxic Detention
Investigating the alleged contaminated water crisis at the Northwest Detention Center.
May 15, 2025 / Photo Essay / Rico Moore
This Is the Bruce We’ve Been Waiting For This Is the Bruce We’ve Been Waiting For
Springsteen’s fans knew his politics, but he didn’t always show them off. Now he’s jumped out of the gate to stand against “dangerous times in my home.” Let freedom ring.
May 15, 2025 / Joan Walsh
UCLA Is Now Nearly Unrecognizable as a University UCLA Is Now Nearly Unrecognizable as a University
A police attack on a documentary film screening is just one of the assaults on student freedoms that have turned UCLA into more of a fortress than a place of higher learning.
May 15, 2025 / Grace Kyungwon Hong, Michael Chwe, Thu-huong Nguyen-vo, and Renee Tajima-Pena