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President Donald Trump throws sharpies to the crowd after signing executive orders during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.

David Cole on How the Courts Can Stop Trump David Cole on How the Courts Can Stop Trump

The former national legal director of the ACLU analyzes recent efforts to block the president’s executive orders.

Feb 18, 2025 / Q&A / Jon Wiener

After a North Carolina Election Loss, Amazon Union Organizers Must Think Bigger, Bolder

After a North Carolina Election Loss, Amazon Union Organizers Must Think Bigger, Bolder After a North Carolina Election Loss, Amazon Union Organizers Must Think Bigger, Bolder

Local organizers built a multiracial, multigenerational union with grassroots energy and tenacity. But Amazon is too big to beat through site-by-site organizing and striking.

Feb 17, 2025 / Jonathan Rosenblum

Trump’s Mafia Shakedown Might Destroy NATO—if We’re Lucky

Trump’s Mafia Shakedown Might Destroy NATO—if We’re Lucky Trump’s Mafia Shakedown Might Destroy NATO—if We’re Lucky

America’s greedy gangster president is forcing European elites to finally reckon with the high price of protection.

Feb 17, 2025 / Jeet Heer

The Department of Homeland Security released photos on February 4 of the first flight of migrants to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Trump’s Guantánamo Plan Will Be a Costly, Morally Bankrupt Fiasco Trump’s Guantánamo Plan Will Be a Costly, Morally Bankrupt Fiasco

The US government has begun to shuttle immigrants from the United States to Gitmo, post photos of them in shackles, and lock them away.

Feb 17, 2025 / Jeffrey S. Kahn

Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plans for Gaza

Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plans for Gaza Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plans for Gaza

A monstrous proposal: from the riviera to the sea.

Feb 17, 2025 / OppArt / Emanuele Del Rosso

A supporter of the pro-Palestinian encampment at UC Irvine in May 2024.

Will Academia Survive the Criminalization of Dissent? Will Academia Survive the Criminalization of Dissent?

Professors are experiencing an overwhelming sense of fear and disillusionment amid the crackdown of pro-Palestine protests. “I don’t know anybody who’s not scared right now.”

Feb 17, 2025 / StudentNation / Lucy Tobier

The Sports Doc We’ve Been Waiting for, and the NBA at the All-Star Break

The Sports Doc We’ve Been Waiting for, and the NBA at the All-Star Break The Sports Doc We’ve Been Waiting for, and the NBA at the All-Star Break

On this episode of Edge of Sports, documentarians talk about their important project and Arya talks NBA season.

Feb 17, 2025 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Longtime Southside Harm Reduction Services employee and volunteer Marissa Bonnie displays a syringe used to administer Naloxone, a highly effective overdose reversal drug.

What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like

Harm reduction advocates are implementing solidarity-based strategies for curbing drug overdoses in Minneapolis.

Feb 17, 2025 / Photo Essay / Tim Evans

Adams Family Values

Adams Family Values Adams Family Values

Kennedy Center.

Feb 14, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Jamie Raskin

How Democrats Can Fight Back How Democrats Can Fight Back

Jamie Raskin lays out the legal strategy to oppose Trump but says, “We’re not going to sue our way out of a political crisis”—Democrats need a political organizing strategy.

Feb 14, 2025 / Q&A / Chris Lehmann

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