Trump Could Soon Strip Student Loan Forgiveness From Millions of Borrowers Trump Could Soon Strip Student Loan Forgiveness From Millions of Borrowers
Changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program could deem organizations and governments “ineligible employers” if they don’t align themselves with the president’s agenda.
Sep 10, 2025 / StudentNation / Ángel Rentería
What Was the Cracker Barrel Skirmish Really About? (Hint: Distracting From Real Crises Facing the Heartland.) What Was the Cracker Barrel Skirmish Really About? (Hint: Distracting From Real Crises Facing the Heartland.)
Trump is repaying rural voters’ loyalty by shafting them.
Sep 9, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why the Media Allows MAGA to Cover Up Their Lies With More Lies Why the Media Allows MAGA to Cover Up Their Lies With More Lies
The MAGA movement can “walk back” outrageous statements, and the press hardly asks a follow-up.
Sep 9, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Old, Wealthy Democrats Are Sabotaging Their Own Party Old, Wealthy Democrats Are Sabotaging Their Own Party
The problem of gerontocracy includes the donor class.
Sep 5, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Sisterhood Could Be Powerful Sisterhood Could Be Powerful
The victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell’s sex-trafficking scheme are increasingly banding together—and could wind up outing more famous Epstein customers on their own....
Sep 3, 2025 / Joan Walsh
Stephen Miller Calls Democrats a “Domestic Extremist Organization” Stephen Miller Calls Democrats a “Domestic Extremist Organization”
Congressional Democrats should demand that he retract his grotesque claims or resign.
Sep 3, 2025 / Anthony Barnett
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
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
Trump Wants to Make Art Into a Tool of the State Trump Wants to Make Art Into a Tool of the State
In ordering a review of the Smithsonian, the White House wants to use its power to remake our culture—or to reinvigorate a strain in the culture that has been dormant for a long t...
Aug 22, 2025 / Barry Schwabsky