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Donald Trump speaks during the “Winning the AI Race” summit on July 23, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Why Countries Must Fight for Digital Sovereignty Why Countries Must Fight for Digital Sovereignty

On Tech Won’t Save Us, Cecilia Rikap warns against overdependence on US tech companies.

Aug 21, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

Unhealthy Head of Health

Unhealthy Head of Health Unhealthy Head of Health

RFK Jr. dismantles vaccination programs.

Aug 20, 2025 / OppArt / David Small

Workers prepare turkeys to be chilled in Orefield, Pennsylvania.

Eating Meat While Deporting Those Who Produce It Eating Meat While Deporting Those Who Produce It

The people who do the dirty work of killing and processing animals hold up our food system. Trump is putting them in danger.

Aug 20, 2025 / Alice Driver

Controversial former NYT columnist Bari Weiss walks backstage at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel.

I Went to the “Free Press” Party for Under-30s. All I Got Was Ennui.  I Went to the “Free Press” Party for Under-30s. All I Got Was Ennui. 

At Bari Weiss’s “Cheers to the Republic” mixer, I met anti-vaxxers, was recruited for a trip to Israel, and heard the word “heterodox” more than I would have liked to.

Aug 19, 2025 / Sophie Hurwitz

Immigrant shackled and detained outside Union Station in Washington, DC

Monuments to Migration and Labor Monuments to Migration and Labor

In the face of escalating ICE raids, how can we honor and give voice to immigrant laborers?

Aug 19, 2025 / Ánh Adams and Andy Urban

North Valley Hospital in Montana

Montana Doesn’t Need Any More Rural Ghost Towns, but That’s What Republicans Voted For Montana Doesn’t Need Any More Rural Ghost Towns, but That’s What Republicans Voted For

Across the country, rural hospitals will close, and the empty towns will mirror the quiet halls where doctors and nurses once rushed to heal.

Aug 19, 2025 / Steve Bullock

Glenn Loury

Self-Censorship, With Glenn Loury Self-Censorship, With Glenn Loury

On this episode of American Prestige.

Aug 19, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Stacey Abrams discusses her new novel on stage during

They’re Not Just Coming for DEI. They’re Coming for Democracy. They’re Not Just Coming for DEI. They’re Coming for Democracy.

Destroying DEI has a clear motive: to stop Americans from seeking common cause.

Aug 19, 2025 / Stacey Abrams

Members of the National Guard walk on the National Mall on August 14, 2025, in Washington, DC, following President Donald Trump’s deployment of federal forces and takeover of the city’s police department.

Is Trump’s DC Military Deployment the Start of a Slow-Motion Civil War? Is Trump’s DC Military Deployment the Start of a Slow-Motion Civil War?

Anything is possible in the coming days and weeks, but it’s difficult not to feel like we are veering toward escalating violence.

Aug 18, 2025 / Joan Walsh

An effigy of President Donald Trump is lowered outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol.

On the Power of Small Acts of Noncompliance On the Power of Small Acts of Noncompliance

At a moment when large-scale resistance can feel futile,
there are other ways to oppose, engage, and fight back.

Aug 18, 2025 / Column / Elie Mystal

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