Why Is Larry Summers Still Employed? Why Is Larry Summers Still Employed?
The revelations about the economist’s attempts to pressure a woman into a “relationship”—with guidance from Jeffrey Epstein—should finally disqualify him from teaching students.
Nov 19, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Abortion Bans Are Never Just About Abortion Abortion Bans Are Never Just About Abortion
People who very much want to become pregnant could soon find their right to procreate restricted by criminal anti-abortion laws protecting embryos.
Nov 10, 2025 / Kimberly Mutcherson
Democrats Can’t Blame Trans People for Their Own Failures Democrats Can’t Blame Trans People for Their Own Failures
Despite the attempts by so many in the party’s establishment to paint trans rights as a toxic issue, transphobia was soundly rejected across the country this week.
Nov 7, 2025 / Gillian Branstetter
The Democrats’ Legislative Mastermind Nancy Pelosi Announces Retirement The Democrats’ Legislative Mastermind Nancy Pelosi Announces Retirement
She had her flaws, but the 38-year House veteran was the most productive progressive leader of my lifetime.
Nov 7, 2025 / Joan Walsh
Texas’s “Parental Rights” Amendment Will Cement Republicans’ Anti-Educator Agenda Texas’s “Parental Rights” Amendment Will Cement Republicans’ Anti-Educator Agenda
The ballot proposal is the right’s latest move in the culture war on teachers and public schools, embedding parental primacy in the state constitution.
Nov 3, 2025 / StudentNation / Arman Amin
Who’s the Boss? Who’s the Boss?
A bowdlerized biopic of Bruce Springsteen, starring Jeremy Allen White, flattens a musician whose politics and identity are much more complicated.
Oct 31, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Naomi Gordon-Loebl
Even in Oregon, the Fight for Marriage Equality Might Not Be Over Even in Oregon, the Fight for Marriage Equality Might Not Be Over
After the state’s ban on gay marriage was lifted in 2014, advocates took a breath. But more than a decade later, with Obergefell now at risk, there's more work to be done.
Oct 29, 2025 / StudentNation / Charlie Bloomer
The Supreme Court Wants to Convert Your Kids The Supreme Court Wants to Convert Your Kids
During a hearing this week, the court’s theocrats made it clear that they’ll vote to end a ban on conversion therapy for minors.
Oct 9, 2025 / Elie Mystal
The Activists Fighting for Dignity for Incarcerated Pregnant Women The Activists Fighting for Dignity for Incarcerated Pregnant Women
Prison doulas and legislative interventions can be a lifeline for incarcerated pregnant women. But the most important solution is to abolish prison births altogether.
Oct 9, 2025 / Brea Baker