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Harry S. Truman looks over a campaign poster urging people to register to vote.

How the Truman Scholarship Became the Right’s Latest Battleground How the Truman Scholarship Became the Right’s Latest Battleground

As Republican pressure on education mounts, the fight over the scholarship reveals a broader effort to turn public service into a test of political loyalty.

Jul 11, 2025 / StudentNation / Thai Loyd

Former US president Donald Trump during a campaign event at Alro Steel in Potterville, Michigan, on August 29, 2024.

The Trump Administration Is Airbrushing History The Trump Administration Is Airbrushing History

It’s hard not to see a straight line between Stalin’s version of photoshopping and the purge of the Pentagon archives in 2025.

Jul 10, 2025 / Arnold Isaacs

US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat from Rhode Island, speaks during an interview on Capitol Hill on July 8, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Has the Climate Movement Been Too Polite? This Senator Thinks So. Has the Climate Movement Been Too Polite? This Senator Thinks So.

US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse called on Democrats to stop enabling the fossil fuel industry’s “malevolent propaganda operation.”

Jul 10, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

Stand Up!

Stand Up! Stand Up!

Defend our democracy.

Jul 10, 2025 / OppArt / India Tresselt

Donald Trump signs the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act into law during an Independence Day military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2025, in Washington, DC.

When GDP Goes Up and Democracy Goes Down When GDP Goes Up and Democracy Goes Down

America is being hollowed out by an extractive economy.

Jul 10, 2025 / Corbin Trent

Members of the International Association of Machinists walking the picket line on Friday, May 23, 2025. In Thornhill v. Alabama, the court held that picketing is an “indispensable” right.

Remembering Labor’s Constitutional Rights Remembering Labor’s Constitutional Rights

The Constitution, properly interpreted, protects workers. But the Trump administration isn’t going to enforce those protections unless labor fights for them.

Jul 10, 2025 / Jennifer Abruzzo and Jay Swanson

A sign warning of measles is posted on a glass door as a patients wait in the family medicine wing of at the Texas Tech Physicians of the Permian Basin Monday, February 24, 2025, in Odessa, Texas.

America Is Sliding Into the Abyss America Is Sliding Into the Abyss

Our science and health infrastructure lies in tatters. Once-dead viruses are roaring back to life. Many people will die. In other words, we’ve reached the point of no return.

Jul 10, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Justin Sun, head of the Tron crypto exchange (L) talks with World Liberty Financial cofounder Zach Witkoff (C) and Eric Trump of the Trump Organization at a May crypto conference in Dubai

Does Trump’s Biggest Crypto Backer Really Exist? Does Trump’s Biggest Crypto Backer Really Exist?

The strange saga of a shadowy UAE company’s $100 million investment in World Liberty Financial, the Trump-aligned crypto trader

Jul 10, 2025 / Jacob Silverman

Palestinians walk toward the aid distribution point in the Netzarim Corridor in Gaza.

The Impossible Geography of Survival in Gaza The Impossible Geography of Survival in Gaza

Israel has created “green zones” and “red zones” to distinguish between safe and dangerous areas. There’s little difference.

Jul 9, 2025 / Mohamed Solaimane

Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, May 5, 2017

Billy Hart’s Life in Rhythm Billy Hart’s Life in Rhythm

The legendary jazz drummer played with Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, and Stan Getz. His new memoir tells all—and lays out his own philosophy.

Jul 9, 2025 / Billy Hart

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