The Trump Administration’s Education Agenda: A Tragedy in 2 Acts The Trump Administration’s Education Agenda: A Tragedy in 2 Acts
The Trump administration’s funding cuts and attacks on public education are just the beginning.
May 29, 2025 / Jack Schneider and Jennifer C. Berkshire
McCarthyism 2.0: Reflections on Testifying in the House Antisemitism Hearings McCarthyism 2.0: Reflections on Testifying in the House Antisemitism Hearings
I soon realized that neither the law nor the facts matter to the Committee on Education’s Republican inquisitors.
May 28, 2025 / David Cole
Who Will Protect Judges From Trump’s Incitement? Who Will Protect Judges From Trump’s Incitement?
A threatened judiciary cannot rely on cops controlled by the White House.
May 26, 2025 / Jeet Heer
The Democratic Party Is Literally Dying The Democratic Party Is Literally Dying
The dead hand of gerontocracy is also a symptom of ideological malaise.
May 23, 2025 / Jeet Heer
HUD and ICE Collude to Target Mixed-Status Families HUD and ICE Collude to Target Mixed-Status Families
In a move that will have major impact in New York, California, and Texas, the two agencies recently agreed to work together in ways that threaten thousands of Americans.
May 23, 2025 / Eileen Markey
They F’ed Around With Philly DA Larry Krasner... and Found Out They F’ed Around With Philly DA Larry Krasner... and Found Out
Philadelphia’s progressive DA stood up to Trump, and to compromising Democrats. He just won his reelection primary by a 2–1 margin.
May 23, 2025 / John Nichols
A Huge Democratic Victory in Omaha Offers a Lesson for the Party A Huge Democratic Victory in Omaha Offers a Lesson for the Party
The Nebraska city swung by 43 points to elect John Ewing Jr. Democrats should study the model he embraced.
May 22, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Democrats Are Overperforming in 2025 Thanks to Trump and a Fresh Focus on Grassroots Organizing Democrats Are Overperforming in 2025 Thanks to Trump and a Fresh Focus on Grassroots Organizing
More than 16,000 volunteers are already in the field, creating what DNC chair Ken Martin describes as an unprecedented organizing infrastructure for a non-presidential year.
May 20, 2025 / John Nichols
Trump’s “Golden Age” Means No End to Palestinian Slaughter Trump’s “Golden Age” Means No End to Palestinian Slaughter
The president’s much-touted foreign policy shake-up is blighted by continued support for genocide.
May 19, 2025 / Jeet Heer
The Biden Scandal Goes Well Beyond the Aging Cover-Up The Biden Scandal Goes Well Beyond the Aging Cover-Up
The former president’s stubbornness and narcissism led to disastrous Trump victory.
May 16, 2025 / Jeet Heer