Smoke and Mirrors: The Right's Latest Attacks Against Trans People Smoke and Mirrors: The Right's Latest Attacks Against Trans People
The MAGA movement is redoubling its attacks on trans healthcare in an attempt to win votes this November.
Oct 16, 2026 / Joanna Wuest
When Government Fails, Working People Pick Up the Slack When Government Fails, Working People Pick Up the Slack
This is happening in every working-class and poor community across the country.
Oct 15, 2026 / Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
Anthropic Wants You to Be Kind to Claude Anthropic Wants You to Be Kind to Claude
…even as AI courts serial real-world disasters, defaces the environment with data centers, and is not about to return your empathy in kind.
Oct 13, 2026 / David Futrelle
How the Skydance Merger Will Remake Hollywood and the News Business How the Skydance Merger Will Remake Hollywood and the News Business
The Ellison family’s $110 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery means more top-down control, and less room for dissent.
Oct 8, 2026 / Ben Schwartz
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
Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders—2 Sharply Different Views of America’s Role in the World Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders—2 Sharply Different Views of America’s Role in the World
One is an imperial gangster; the other seeks to create a world “not based on greed but based on justice, on decency.”
Oct 5, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trump Is Using Your Taxpayer Money to Pay for Illegal Election Propaganda Trump Is Using Your Taxpayer Money to Pay for Illegal Election Propaganda
But as brazen and authoritarian as these ad spots are, they seem likely to backfire.
Sep 29, 2026 / Chris Lehmann
How Trump’s Crackdown on Speech Has Damaged the Student Press How Trump’s Crackdown on Speech Has Damaged the Student Press
I serve as editor in chief and president of The Stanford Daily. Our newsroom has keenly felt the effects of Trump’s campus crackdown, which is why we sued the federal government.
Sep 24, 2026 / StudentNation / George Porteous
A Premature Farewell to the Ignominious Speaker Mike Johnson A Premature Farewell to the Ignominious Speaker Mike Johnson
If Democrats win the House in the midterms, as expected, Mike Johnson won’t hold the gavel in any meaningful way again.
Sep 24, 2026 / Joan Walsh
The AfD’s Rise Isn’t Just About East Germany The AfD’s Rise Isn’t Just About East Germany
The Alternative für Deutschland has a stable national poll lead, including in the former West Germany. Its rise owes to much more than Eastern grievances.
Sep 23, 2026 / David Broder