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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accompanied by National Institutes of Health Director Jayanta Bhattacharya (L), and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary (R), speaks during a news conference at the Health and Human Services Department on April 22, 2025, in Washington, DC.

The Unqualified Hacks Hijacking Our Public Health The Unqualified Hacks Hijacking Our Public Health

Crucial decisions—like rules around Covid vaccinations—are being made by a cabal of ill-equipped bros.

May 30, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Activists outside the office of US Representative Jeff Hurd (R-CO) in response to proposed cuts to Medicaid, on May 21, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Republicans’ “Big Beautiful” Medicaid Cuts Spur Rural Organizing Innovation Republicans’ “Big Beautiful” Medicaid Cuts Spur Rural Organizing Innovation

Taking away healthcare coverage isn’t just “morally wrong and politically suicidal,” in Senator Josh Hawley’s apt phrase. It’s also putting pressure on rural members of Congress.

May 30, 2025 / Erica Etelson

Early In-Person Voting Starts In Virginia

Democrats Still Can’t Figure Out What Happened in 2024 Democrats Still Can’t Figure Out What Happened in 2024

A new analysis of voting patterns in the last election suggests that the party is woefully unprepared for the path forward.

May 29, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Starving Gaza

Starving Gaza Starving Gaza

Netanyahu escalates the destruction of a people.

May 29, 2025 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

Charlie Rangel in Harlem in 1970.

How Charlie Rangel Defied His Party to Save New York From the Reactionary Right How Charlie Rangel Defied His Party to Save New York From the Reactionary Right

The late congressman’s upending of New York politics by choosing progressivism over partisanship offers a lesson for today.

May 29, 2025 / John Nichols

A person sits at a desk that has a taped sign that reads,

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

Ellie Wilmarth in a lab at St. Mary's College of Maryland.

So Much for Saving the Planet. Climate Careers Evaporate for the Class of 2025. So Much for Saving the Planet. Climate Careers Evaporate for the Class of 2025.

The Trump administration is disrupting career paths for new graduates hoping to work in climate and sustainability, international aid, public service, and the sciences

May 29, 2025 / Lawrence Lanahan

Statue

Statue Statue

Of tyranny.

May 28, 2025 / OppArt / Lalo Alcaraz

Wendy Raymond, president of Haverford College; Robert Manuel, president of DePaul University; David Cole, a professor at Georgetown Law and former legal director of the ACLU; and Jeffrey Armstrong, president of California Polytechnic State University testify during a hearing before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on May 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on “Beyond The Ivy League: Stopping the Spread of Antisemitism on American Campuses.”

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

President Donald Trump gestures on stage as he tours the Al Udeid Air Base on May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar.

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

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