Government

Karoline Leavitt Cheer(mis)leader

Karoline Leavitt Cheer(mis)leader Karoline Leavitt Cheer(mis)leader

Trump’s press secretary’s flaming lies.

Nov 26, 2025 / OppArt / Jeff Gates

A man is detained by CBP officers

How North Carolina Rose Up Against Trump’s Latest Anti-Immigrant Crackdown How North Carolina Rose Up Against Trump’s Latest Anti-Immigrant Crackdown

“Operation Charlotte’s Web” may mobilize North Carolina’s working-class Latino members and allies to shift the political balance of power at the local, state, and national levels....

Nov 25, 2025 / Chris Kromm

Students pass through the Sample Gates at Indiana University in Bloomington.

She Gave a Lecture on White Supremacy. IU Removed Her From the Class. She Gave a Lecture on White Supremacy. IU Removed Her From the Class.

Jessica Adams was barred from teaching a course on social justice for six weeks after showing a graphic that listed MAGA and Columbus Day as forms of “covert white supremacy.”

Nov 25, 2025 / StudentNation / Ella Curlin

President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani after their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025.

Zohran Mamdani’s Pragmatic Socialism Is Paying Off—for Now Zohran Mamdani’s Pragmatic Socialism Is Paying Off—for Now

The incoming mayor has improbably charmed Donald Trump and given himself some political breathing room. But nobody should get too comfortable.

Nov 24, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Alien

Alien Alien

The enemy within.

Nov 24, 2025 / OppArt / Rob Rogers

A child with brown curly hair, seen from the back, holds a teddy bear.

This Is How the Child Welfare System Becomes Less Traumatizing This Is How the Child Welfare System Becomes Less Traumatizing

Wisconsin has shown that it’s cost-effective and completely possible to keep families together by stabilizing their housing. That’s not the only promising development in the field...

Nov 24, 2025 / Bryce Covert

Stanford students and activists outside of the White Memorial Plaza in March 2025.

Stanford Students Sue Over Trump’s Crackdown on Political Speech Stanford Students Sue Over Trump’s Crackdown on Political Speech

Amid the administration’s war on higher education, The Stanford Daily’s lawsuit targets federal statutes that allow deportation and visa revocation based on political speech.

Nov 24, 2025 / StudentNation / Rani Chor

Flying While Brown and Bearded

Flying While Brown and Bearded Flying While Brown and Bearded

The director of the FBI and the mayor of the largest city in America now look like me. When will TSA stop singling us out?

Nov 22, 2025 / Shaan Sachdev

Donald Trump (R) meets with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 21, 2025.

A Socialist in the White House A Socialist in the White House

Zohran Mamdani is certainly not the first democratic socialist to meet with a US president. But his visit with Donald Trump shows the renewal of a historic American movement.

Nov 21, 2025 / John Nichols

President Donald Trump speaks during an official dinner with Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 18, 2025.

Trump’s Imperial Presidency Has Taken a Hit. Will He Recover? Trump’s Imperial Presidency Has Taken a Hit. Will He Recover?

Trump’s defeat over the Epstein files was a rare instance of Congress defying his authoritarianism. But the resistance is still feeble.

Nov 21, 2025 / Jeet Heer

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