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Police officers get into position as pro-Palestinian students demonstrate on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, on May 1, 2024.

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

Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose reacts to a reporter’s question on March 22, 1989, prior to the Reds’ against the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Late Pete Rose Is Finally Welcome in Baseball’s Moral Slophouse The Late Pete Rose Is Finally Welcome in Baseball’s Moral Slophouse

Joe Jackson and Pete Rose will no longer be banned from the Baseball Hall of Fame. The decision is likely rooted in the sport’s surrender to the gambling-addiction economy.

May 14, 2025 / Dave Zirin

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The Right Is Trying to Make the N-Word OK Again The Right Is Trying to Make the N-Word OK Again

Conservatives don’t just want white dominance. They want to be able to abuse Black people in the worst ways possible—and get rewarded for it.

May 14, 2025 / Kali Holloway

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May 14, 2025 / OppArt / Alex Fine

Journalists, holding banners, gather for a demonstration to draw attention to the journalists, who lost their lives in Israeli attacks, during

Gaza Is the Front Line in the Fight for Press Freedom Gaza Is the Front Line in the Fight for Press Freedom

The global press corps must stop looking at Gaza as someone else’s crisis—and start demanding justice.

May 14, 2025 / Mohammed R. Mhawish

Police officers and cars block off a freeway.

Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Loudmouth Immigration Policy Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Loudmouth Immigration Policy

As a candidate he promised a “massive” crackdown. But since taking office his actions, though designed to be as frightening as possible, have fallen far short of that.

May 14, 2025 / Ray Suarez

Pro-Palestinian protesters rally at the City University of New York Graduate Center.

Journalism Schools Are Facing Dual Pressures Under Trump Journalism Schools Are Facing Dual Pressures Under Trump

The administration’s attacks on both news outlets and universities can place journalism schools—and their students—at an alarming intersection.

May 14, 2025 / StudentNation / Mohamad Rimawi

Protesters, activists, and local politicians gather in Lower Manhattan to denounce the arrest yesterday of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka for allegedly trespassing at an ICE facility in New Jersey.

Mayor Ras Baraka Talks to “The Nation” Mayor Ras Baraka Talks to “The Nation”

On his arrest, the private prison company GEO, and why he believes we’re heading into authoritarianism—but democracy will prevail.

May 13, 2025 / Anthony Conwright

Pope Leo XIII, circa 1880.

The Text That May Be Key to How the New Pope Thinks The Text That May Be Key to How the New Pope Thinks

Leo XIV’s namesake penned an encyclical, Rerum Novarum, that critiques both capitalism and socialism.

May 13, 2025 / Jack Hanson

Pope Leo XIV leads his first Regina Caeli prayer from the Central Loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

The New Pope Delivers a Consistent Message on Gaza: Ceasefire! The New Pope Delivers a Consistent Message on Gaza: Ceasefire!

Pope Leo XIV has echoed his predecessor’s urgent call for an end to the assault that has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians.

May 13, 2025 / John Nichols

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