Wrecking Freedom of Expression Wrecking Freedom of Expression
The Trump administration has announced plans to audit exhibitions at eight Smithsonian museums. Among the works labeled “objectionable” is an artwork by cartoonist Felipe Galindo F...
Sep 15, 2025 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo
What the Photoshop Panic Should Have Taught Us About AI What the Photoshop Panic Should Have Taught Us About AI
In 2004, a doctored political image caused outrage and confusion. Twenty years later, why hasn’t visual literacy improved?
Sep 15, 2025 / Morgan Barrie
Vanderbilt Uses “Institutional Neutrality” to Protect Against Trump. But Is It Truly Neutral? Vanderbilt Uses “Institutional Neutrality” to Protect Against Trump. But Is It Truly Neutral?
The university has largely complied to the government’s efforts to reshape higher education as critics on campus question the role of neutrality altogether.
Sep 15, 2025 / StudentNation / Arman Amin
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division.
Sep 12, 2025 / Elizabeth Spiers
How to Canonize a White Supremacist How to Canonize a White Supremacist
On the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk, the certain blowback, and this country’s raging gun problem.
Sep 12, 2025 / Elie Mystal
The GOP’s Bloated Pentagon Budget Is Indefensible The GOP’s Bloated Pentagon Budget Is Indefensible
The House just approved $892.6 billion in military spending—continuing the march toward $1 trillion defense budgets.
Sep 12, 2025 / John Nichols
Where Are the Epstein Files?? Where Are the Epstein Files??
Trump wants to bury his history.
Sep 12, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Trump Is Expanding His Masked Thugocracy Trump Is Expanding His Masked Thugocracy
Federal agents are essentially acting as paramilitaries to fulfill the administration’s violent fantasies. After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, they will be empowered.
Sep 12, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
How DSA Built Zohran Mamdani’s Electoral Machine How DSA Built Zohran Mamdani’s Electoral Machine
The unsung hero of Mamdani’s campaign is its field operation. It may make him mayor of New York City.
Sep 12, 2025 / Feature / Hadas Thier
Let’s Not Forget Who Charlie Kirk Really Was Let’s Not Forget Who Charlie Kirk Really Was
The right-wing influencer did not deserve to die, and we shouldn’t forget the many despicable things he said and did.
Sep 11, 2025 / Joan Walsh