Society

Student workers and their supporters at Occidental College as they launch a union campaign to join SEIU Local 721 in 2024.

Under Trump, Student Labor Organizers Face New Challenges Under Trump, Student Labor Organizers Face New Challenges

Anticipating a rollback of recent NLRB precedent, some unions have withdrawn petitions for recognition, looking for other paths to continue their work.

Aug 6, 2025 / StudentNation / Lucy Tobier

An advertisement featuring actress Sydney Sweeney outside an American Eagle store in New York City, on August 4. American Eagle Outfitters Inc. shares surged after US President Donald Trump came out in support of a controversial ad from the company featuring actress Sydney Sweeney.

Why the Right Is So Giddy About Sydney Sweeney’s Blue Jeans Campaign Why the Right Is So Giddy About Sydney Sweeney’s Blue Jeans Campaign

At first, they wanted to claim progressives were delusional for seeing a slide back into white supremacy in the American Eagle ad. Now they’re boasting about it.

Aug 6, 2025 / Joan Walsh

A pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike sits near Judiciary Square on August 5, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump Wants to Make the Confederacy Great Again Trump Wants to Make the Confederacy Great Again

The president is making a big push to rewrite the past in favor of some of America's top historical traitors, racists, and scumbags.

Aug 6, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Magnus Hirschfeld, 1899.

Magnus Hirschfeld’s Forgotten Revolution Magnus Hirschfeld’s Forgotten Revolution

The Weimar physician advocated for a more fluid understanding of sexuality and gender—a pioneering idea that was erased by the rise of Nazism.

Aug 5, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Lizzie Tribone

Roberto Clemente poses for a photo in his Pittsburgh Pirates uniform, outside on a baseball diamond.

What Would Roberto Clemente Do? What Would Roberto Clemente Do?

The right fielder would want the baseball players’ union to fight the Trump administration’s campaign of terror against immigrants and their families.

Aug 4, 2025 / Dave Zirin

The tower at the University of Texas in April 2024 in Austin.

Texas Ended In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants. Students Are Already Feeling the Impact. Texas Ended In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants. Students Are Already Feeling the Impact.

“The message is loud and clear: You’re good enough to pick vegetables or clean hotel rooms, but not to go to college.”

Aug 4, 2025 / StudentNation / Lajward Zahra

Save the Children

Save the Children Save the Children

Backdoor.

Aug 1, 2025 / Steve Brodner

A person dressed in medical scrubs participates in a Pro-Palestine march to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Washington, DC, on April 5, 2025.

It’s Time for Health Workers to Defy the Law—Again It’s Time for Health Workers to Defy the Law—Again

When the government obstructs care, caregivers must go underground.

Aug 1, 2025 / Eric Reinhart

The director of the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, Vishal Prasad (2nd R), speaks to the media in The Hague on July 23, 2025. The world’s highest court on July 23 declared that states have a legal obligation to tackle climate change and that failing to do so was a “wrongful act” that could open the door to reparations.

The World Court Adds Muscle to the Climate Fight The World Court Adds Muscle to the Climate Fight

After a “landmark” ruling from the International Court of Justice, journalists can expect more lawsuits against fossil fuel companies.

Jul 31, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington.

The Rule of Law Is Dead in the US The Rule of Law Is Dead in the US

The rule of law presupposes that there are rules that provide a consistent, repeatable, and knowable set of outcomes. That’s no longer the case.

Jul 30, 2025 / Elie Mystal

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