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People attend a rally on August 28, 2025, at Pasadena Auto Wash, where six employees were detained in an immigration raid last weekend.

The Terror and Cruelty of Trump’s Deportation Machine The Terror and Cruelty of Trump’s Deportation Machine

The administration’s immigration policies have gone from awful to monstrous, culminating with this weekend’s move to send roughly 600 unaccompanied children back to Guatemala...

Sep 1, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How to Fight Trump’s Occupation

The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How to Fight Trump’s Occupation The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How to Fight Trump’s Occupation

With only their cell phones, medical kits, and the confidence to assert their rights, volunteer night patrols follow and record the armed troops who have taken over the capital.

Aug 29, 2025 / Dave Zirin and Chuck Modiano

Profiles in Courage

Profiles in Courage Profiles in Courage

Hans and Franz.

Aug 29, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Organizations and individuals gathered outside the Supreme Court as it heard arguments for Rucho v. Common Cause, a landmark gerrymandering case.

How Democrats Flubbed the Gerrymandering Arms Race How Democrats Flubbed the Gerrymandering Arms Race

New York State is a case study in Democrats’ failure to understand the evolving political landscape.

Aug 29, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Rob Bonta, attorney general of California.

He’s Sued Trump 39 Times—and He Keeps Winning He’s Sued Trump 39 Times—and He Keeps Winning

Rob Bonta, California’s attorney general, is using the courts to rein in Trump and, for now, it’s mostly working.

Aug 29, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

Powerful Art in the Smithsonian Censored by the White House

Powerful Art in the Smithsonian Censored by the White House Powerful Art in the Smithsonian Censored by the White House

Freedom of expression is a cornerstone of democracy, and any attempt to suppress it must be resisted. This artwork by Felipe Galindo Feggo, published widely, has been singled out o...

Aug 28, 2025 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Activists burn American flags on July 4, 2020.

Flag Burning Is Constitutional—but the Supreme Court May Burn That Too Flag Burning Is Constitutional—but the Supreme Court May Burn That Too

Trump’s flag-burning order is totally preposterous—and a total setup.

Aug 27, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Donald Trump visits the US Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility on August 21, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump’s Occupation Could Cost Billions Trump’s Occupation Could Cost Billions

And DC residents will be footing much of the bill.

Aug 26, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Kilmar Ábrego García and his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, stand surrounded by a crowd of supporters.

The Bravery of Kilmar Ábrego García vs. the Barbarism of Donald Trump The Bravery of Kilmar Ábrego García vs. the Barbarism of Donald Trump

The husband, father, and union worker from Maryland is risking indefinite incarceration in Uganda to stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves.

Aug 25, 2025 / Dave Zirin

John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Trump, arrives home, as the FBI searches his house August 22, 2025 in Bethesda, Maryland.

Even John Bolton Doesn’t Deserve This Even John Bolton Doesn’t Deserve This

Trump’s former national security adviser is a very hateable figure. But he still needs defending from the president’s lawlessness.

Aug 25, 2025 / Jeet Heer

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