Recovering From a “Gut Punch”: Black Women Fired by Trump and Musk Work to Overcome Shame and Self-Blame Recovering From a “Gut Punch”: Black Women Fired by Trump and Musk Work to Overcome Shame and Self-Blame
Black women working for the federal government did what they were supposed to do. Yet their achievements could not protect them from the political winds.
Oct 8, 2026 / Lottie Joiner
The Conservative Organization Building a New Young Elite The Conservative Organization Building a New Young Elite
From pro-life summits to Palantir résumé drops, the David Network is discreetly building a pipeline for conservative college students.
Oct 8, 2026 / StudentNation / Ethan Sun
Democrats Have a Bill Maher Problem Democrats Have a Bill Maher Problem
Establishment Democrats obsessing over Hasan Piker’s every move seem to have no issue talking to Maher, despite his decades of open bigotry.
Oct 8, 2026 / Luca GoldMansour
How Elizabeth Warren’s Stop Wall Street Looting Act Would Rein In the Private-Equity Vampire How Elizabeth Warren’s Stop Wall Street Looting Act Would Rein In the Private-Equity Vampire
Let’s build an economy where patients, renters, and even youth hockey teams are given priority over investor profits.
Oct 8, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Is Not an Anniversary This Is Not an Anniversary
Does remembering the date of October 7 make it easier to name?
Oct 7, 2026 / Mohammed R. Mhawish
Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabian Oil Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabian Oil
Houthi attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure heighten regional tensions and push up oil prices.
Oct 7, 2026 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo
The Unseen Toll: Depression, Anxiety Plague Black Women a Year After Being Fired by DOGE The Unseen Toll: Depression, Anxiety Plague Black Women a Year After Being Fired by DOGE
Trump’s federal workforce cuts dismantled a job pipeline for Washington, DC’s Black community and gutted the well-being of the women who hold up that community.
Oct 7, 2026 / Lottie Joiner
Red Vienna Is Still Alive Red Vienna Is Still Alive
The Austrian capital chose not to privatize the commons, and it shows.
Oct 7, 2026 / Kate Wagner
Yale’s Protest Tradition Is Back Yale’s Protest Tradition Is Back
For the first time in more than 50 years, Yale students gathered around an iconic sculpture to protest their university and their government.
Oct 7, 2026 / StudentNation / Zachary Clifton
Are Europe and Russia Slow-Walking to World War III? Are Europe and Russia Slow-Walking to World War III?
Dangerous rhetoric has been escalating on both sides for some time now.
Oct 7, 2026 / Stephen Crowley