Worse Than McCarthyism: Universities in the Age of Trump Worse Than McCarthyism: Universities in the Age of Trump
The target then was the nonexistent threat of Communist teachers; today, it’s the supposed radicalism of the academy and its alleged failure to fight antisemitism.
Apr 3, 2025 / Ellen Schrecker
How Trump Is Outsourcing His Mass Deportation Agenda How Trump Is Outsourcing His Mass Deportation Agenda
The government is enlisting—or coercing—other countries into joining its efforts to purge immigrants from the United States.
Apr 2, 2025 / Felipe de la Hoz
The US Is Now in the Human-Trafficking Business The US Is Now in the Human-Trafficking Business
The Trump administration spent $6 million to knowingly disappear hundreds of people into a foreign prison where they are being made to work, without pay, in torturous conditions. ...
Apr 1, 2025 / Andrew Kornfeld and Esul Burton
The World’s Richest Man Wants Wisconsin to Give Up on Democracy The World’s Richest Man Wants Wisconsin to Give Up on Democracy
Elon Musk is spending tens of millions of dollars to block free and fair elections in the battleground state.
Apr 1, 2025 / John Nichols
Trump Is Exploiting the Paranoid Fantasies that Drove the War on Terror Trump Is Exploiting the Paranoid Fantasies that Drove the War on Terror
The antidemocratic policies put in place after 9/11 have come home to roost.
Apr 1, 2025 / Karen J. Greenberg
In the Le Pen Verdict, the French Far Right Sees a Political Declaration of War In the Le Pen Verdict, the French Far Right Sees a Political Declaration of War
A French court rules to bar Marine Le Pen from seeking office for five years.
Apr 1, 2025 / Harrison Stetler
Will You Put Your Body On the Line to Defend and Support Your Neighbors? Will You Put Your Body On the Line to Defend and Support Your Neighbors?
A new Solidarity Pledge organized by civil rights and social justice organizations invites people to stand up for immigrant communities.
Apr 1, 2025 / Theo Oshiro, Andrew Friedman, and Greisa Martinez Rosas
With ICE Out of Control, How Can the US Cohost the 2026 World Cup? With ICE Out of Control, How Can the US Cohost the 2026 World Cup?
The country has proven itself incapable of not abducting and imprisoning people entering it—boycotting US matches avoids putting teams, their families, and fans in danger.
Mar 31, 2025 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin
Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again
The administration’s targeting of international students is a return to a disgraced tradition of xenophobic anti-intellectualism.
Mar 31, 2025 / Jeet Heer
The Hopes and Struggles of Thousands of Migrants The Hopes and Struggles of Thousands of Migrants
Walled off from the American dream.
Mar 31, 2025 / OppArt / Hormigas Bordadoras