Social Justice

Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs a House Republican meeting at the US Capitol on May 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. Trump joined conservative House lawmakers to help push through their budget bill after it advanced through the House Budget Committee on Sunday evening.

How the Constant Noise Distracts From the True Peril of Trump’s Misrule How the Constant Noise Distracts From the True Peril of Trump’s Misrule

His policies are making Americans less safe, less healthy, and more dead.

Aug 4, 2025 / Robert L. Borosage

A person dressed in medical scrubs participates in a Pro-Palestine march to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Washington, DC, on April 5, 2025.

It’s Time for Health Workers to Defy the Law—Again It’s Time for Health Workers to Defy the Law—Again

When the government obstructs care, caregivers must go underground.

Aug 1, 2025 / Eric Reinhart

Ronald Reagan signing the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act.

What We Can Learn About Immigration From an Unlikely Source: Ronald Reagan What We Can Learn About Immigration From an Unlikely Source: Ronald Reagan

Rather than deporting millions of migrants, this Republican president opted for the opposite strategy—legalizing them.

Jul 28, 2025 / Brad Swanson

Zohran Mamdani smiles in front of a microphone with his hand on his chest.

Zohran Mamdani Is Keeping Hope Alive Zohran Mamdani Is Keeping Hope Alive

The doom-obsessed Democratic Party remains as unpopular as ever—but there is another path.

Jul 28, 2025 / Jeet Heer

A community member holds a candle by the “Say Their Names” art installation cemetery with headstones representing Black people killed by police, during a vigil marking the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's death, at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2025.

It Has Never Been Easy to Be Both Black and American It Has Never Been Easy to Be Both Black and American

The administration knows that subduing history as it is doing works to keep people of color in this country disunited and at odds with each other.

Jul 28, 2025 / Keenan Norris

A four-panel comic from Action Comics 8, 1939. Superman destroys slum housing to force the government to build public housing for the poor.

The New Deal and the Popular Front Gave Us Superman The New Deal and the Popular Front Gave Us Superman

The real Man of Steel wasn’t woke, but he was radical.

Jul 25, 2025 / Jeet Heer

A deportation officer holds a young woman’s arm as they walk down a hall of Federal Plaza courthouse.

Punished for Playing by the Rules: the Deliberate Cruelty of Trump’s Deportation Regime Punished for Playing by the Rules: the Deliberate Cruelty of Trump’s Deportation Regime

Migrants who show up for their court dates now routinely face arrest by ICE. But failing to appear triggers a deportation order.

Jul 24, 2025 / Eileen Markey

President Biden and Kamala Harris stand next to each other at the White House.

The Democratic Party Remains Committed to Learning Nothing From Its 2024 Defeat The Democratic Party Remains Committed to Learning Nothing From Its 2024 Defeat

The Democratic National Committee’s forthcoming “autopsy” is a cover-up to protect the failed leaders who twice lost to Trump.

Jul 21, 2025 / Jeet Heer

A group of pro-Palestinians holds a press conference and rally in front of the City University of New York.

CUNY’s Repression of Pro-Palestine Students Continues in Front of Congress CUNY’s Repression of Pro-Palestine Students Continues in Front of Congress

By placating House Republicans during a hearing on antisemitism, CUNY’s Chancellor left students and faculty to fend for themselves.

Jul 21, 2025 / StudentNation / Luca GoldMansour

A woman in a dark coat walks by a Dollar General store in New York City

This Viral Speech Shows How We Win Back Rural America This Viral Speech Shows How We Win Back Rural America

Voters aren’t tuning out because they don’t care. They’re tuning out because they’ve been exhausted by fake choices, sold out by both parties, and tired of inauthenticity.

Jul 18, 2025 / Kaniela Ing

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