Community Colleges at the Crossroads Community Colleges at the Crossroads
Class and an American reckoning.
Nov 3, 2025 / Keenan Norris
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
Federal Whistleblowers Sound an Alarm Over Civil Rights at HUD Federal Whistleblowers Sound an Alarm Over Civil Rights at HUD
Two of the federal workers who filed an emergency complaint about the Department of Housing and Urban Development speak out about the Trump administration’s actions.
Oct 31, 2025 / Q&A / Laura Flanders
Texas Republicans Are Doubling Down on Banning Capital Gains Taxes Texas Republicans Are Doubling Down on Banning Capital Gains Taxes
If passed, the constitutional amendment would lock out a potential source of future state funding and disproportionately benefit wealthy households.
Oct 31, 2025 / StudentNation / Aina Marzia
Trump Is Forcing Millions to Make Cruel Choices Trump Is Forcing Millions to Make Cruel Choices
Do you go to your asylum check-in and risk capture by ICE? Without SNAP, what will you give up to feed your kids? How will you pay for healthcare?
Oct 31, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
Mike Johnson’s House Is Fox News With a Gavel Mike Johnson’s House Is Fox News With a Gavel
The House speaker admits that his legislative chamber no longer matters. That’s the outcome of a series of deliberate leadership decisions to ensure its powerlessness.
Oct 30, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Why Trump Is Allowing Food Stamp Funding to Run Out Why Trump Is Allowing Food Stamp Funding to Run Out
I warned that Trump and congressional Republicans could use a shutdown to deny SNAP benefits, but was told there was no way our political system would allow that to occur.
Oct 30, 2025 / Joel Berg
Can Trump’s War Be Prevented? Can Trump’s War Be Prevented?
A congressional war powers resolution could bring pressure and is the best hope for averting another disastrous war.
Oct 30, 2025 / Mark Weisbrot
“We’re Asking the Voters to Have a Say”: Inside California’s Redistricting Fight “We’re Asking the Voters to Have a Say”: Inside California’s Redistricting Fight
Proposition 50 is an opportunity to “restore fairness in our democratic process,” according to organizers, by countering gerrymandering in other states.
Oct 30, 2025 / StudentNation / Zoya Alam, Rani Chor, and Amara McEvoy