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Former US President Donald Trump departs after speaking to the press after attending the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization in New York State Supreme Court, in New York City on January 11, 2024.

The Only Way Trump Stays on the Ballot Is if the Supreme Court Rejects the Constitution The Only Way Trump Stays on the Ballot Is if the Supreme Court Rejects the Constitution

It’s simple: Amendment 14, Section 3 bars Trump from the ballot. The question today is whether the justices will accept this reality.

Feb 8, 2024 / John Nichols

Palestinians and dual nationality holders fleeing from Gaza arrive on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on December 5, 2023

“I Have Left, but I’m Still There”: The Last Gaza Diary “I Have Left, but I’m Still There”: The Last Gaza Diary

After 84 days, Atef Abu Saif left Gaza. Here, he reflects on what he endured.

Feb 8, 2024 / Atef Abu Saif

A university gate is seen destroyed in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Jan. 29, 2024.

Israel’s Cultural Genocide Is Destroying Gaza’s Very Memory Israel’s Cultural Genocide Is Destroying Gaza’s Very Memory

Israel has attacked universities, mosques, heritage sites, libraries, and more. The goal is simple: to eradicate the past, present, and future of Palestine.

Feb 8, 2024 / Ahmad Ibsais

Unexploded Ordnance in Laos Continues to Maim and Kill People

Unexploded Ordnance in Laos Continues to Maim and Kill People Unexploded Ordnance in Laos Continues to Maim and Kill People

The USA dropped over 266 million bombs in Laos from 1964 to 1973. Over 80 million failed to explode and continue to kill and maim people to this day. Photos taken at the Cooperativ...

Feb 7, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

A man holds a placard reading

It’s the 2024 Election Season. Where’s the Climate Story? It’s the 2024 Election Season. Where’s the Climate Story?

Despite the threats to all of humanity, news outlets around the world are largely sidelining the climate conversation

Feb 7, 2024 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

Beth Lewis, Executive Director of Save Our Schools Arizona, speaks out against income tax cuts and election law changes passed by the Arizona Legislature in Phoenix, Arizona on September 28, 2017.

In Red States, the Bill for School Voucher Bait-and-Switch Is Coming Due In Red States, the Bill for School Voucher Bait-and-Switch Is Coming Due

For GOP lawmakers who view public education as a quasi-socialist project, the gaping hole in state budgets left by subsidizing private school tuition is a feature, not a bug.

Feb 7, 2024 / Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider

Donald Trump, on stage, points in front of a large sign reading

Jeff Merkley on a Cease-Fire In Gaza, and Sean Wilentz on Disqualifying Trump Jeff Merkley on a Cease-Fire In Gaza, and Sean Wilentz on Disqualifying Trump

On this episode of Start Making Sense, the progressive senator from Oregon talks politics, and the Princeton historian explains the 14th Amendment.

Feb 7, 2024 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Pier Paolo Pasolini at a demonstration in Rome, 1970.

In the Streets of Rome With Pier Paolo Pasolini In the Streets of Rome With Pier Paolo Pasolini

His bracing debut novel, Boys Alive, documents the hard and loose lives of vagabonds in the Italian capital’s underbelly.

Feb 7, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Jack Hanson

Children in Rafah.

“The List of My Lost Beloveds Grows Unbearably Long”: Another Month In Gaza “The List of My Lost Beloveds Grows Unbearably Long”: Another Month In Gaza

More excerpts from the diaries of writer Atef Abu Saif.

Feb 7, 2024 / Atef Abu Saif

UAW President Shawn Fain speaks to the media in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Monday, December 18, 2023.

The UAW Is Organizing the South The UAW Is Organizing the South

The union announced that more than half the workers at a VW plant in Tennessee have signed union cards. And it’s vowing that this is only the beginning.

Feb 7, 2024 / John Nichols

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