The Rev. William Barber II’s “Hands Off” Rally Speech: “We Cannot and Must Not Bow” The Rev. William Barber II’s “Hands Off” Rally Speech: “We Cannot and Must Not Bow”
“We cannot be at ease in America. History is pushing us; the present is demanding us; the future is calling us.”
Apr 8, 2025 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
Agnes Callard and the Examined Life Agnes Callard and the Examined Life
In her new book, Callard makes the case that we should all live more philosophically but where does politics fit in?
Apr 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Olúfémi O. Táíwò
Trump Is Loomering His Own Administration Trump Is Loomering His Own Administration
The ongoing internal witch hunt led by the far-right provocateur is a sign of a GOP crack-up.
Apr 7, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Why Universities Must Start Litigating—and How Why Universities Must Start Litigating—and How
The litigation would afford schools a high-profile venue in which to detail the Trump administration’s lawlessness and aggression.
Apr 7, 2025 / David Pozen, Ryan Doerfler, and Samuel Bagenstos
A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy
The president’s tariff war is also a constitutional crisis.
Apr 4, 2025 / Jeet Heer
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
You Don’t Get Trump Without Gaza You Don’t Get Trump Without Gaza
Fascism doesn’t just appear. It must be invited in—and the bipartisan repression of the anti-genocide movement did just that.
Apr 3, 2025 / Ben Ehrenreich
Black MAGA Supporters Have Made Their Peace With Racists Black MAGA Supporters Have Made Their Peace With Racists
The silence of Black MAGA supporters in the face of Trump’s and Vance’s bigotry during the campaign has carried over to the second Trump era.
Apr 2, 2025 / Clarence Lusane
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