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May 14, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Lovia Gyarkye
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
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
Antisemitism and Free Speech—Plus, Farewell to Musk Antisemitism and Free Speech—Plus, Farewell to Musk
On this episode of Start Making Sense, David Cole explains why universities must resist Elise Stefanik, and David Nasaw comments on the end of the White House bromance.
May 14, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
The Road to DOGE Was Paved With Pyramid Schemes The Road to DOGE Was Paved With Pyramid Schemes
The second Trump administration has been compared to the Mafia, feudal empires, and the petro-states of the Persian Gulf—but an even more relevant analogy may be Nutrilite.
May 14, 2025 / Bridget Read
Is Criticism Really in Crisis? Is Criticism Really in Crisis?
Andrea Long Chu and the politics of critical life.
May 14, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano
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
Jean-Luc Mélenchon Explains How His Party Took Down a Right-Wing Government Jean-Luc Mélenchon Explains How His Party Took Down a Right-Wing Government
The head of the left-wing France Insoumise wants to break his country out of a binary contest between the neoliberal center and a rising far right.
May 14, 2025 / Q&A / David Broder
The Careerism That Enabled Biden’s Reelection Run Still Poisons the Democratic Party The Careerism That Enabled Biden’s Reelection Run Still Poisons the Democratic Party
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s new book Original Sin reveals top White House aides lying to journalists and trying to gaslight the public about Biden’s decline.
May 13, 2025 / Norman Solomon