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President-elect Donald Trump rings the opening bell on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange on December 12, 2024, in New York City.

Donald Trump Is Crashing the Economy, but Wall Street Is Afraid to Speak Out Donald Trump Is Crashing the Economy, but Wall Street Is Afraid to Speak Out

Everyone knows Trump is messing up, but fear and greed prevent resistance.

Mar 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Jeff Bezos, founder and executive chairman of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, speaks during the New York Times’s annual DealBook summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 4, 2024, in New York City.

Can the Free Press Be Saved? Can the Free Press Be Saved?

It will take a new movement of responsible readers and benefactors to protect independent media.

Mar 14, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

South African farmer Tewie Wessels addresses a group of white South Africans supporting US President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk during a demonstration in Pretoria, on February 15, 2025.

Why Trump Is Threatened by South Africa Why Trump Is Threatened by South Africa

The country’s Constitution gives its citizens more than a right to the pursuit of happiness. But attempts to redeem that commitment to justice have enraged American reactionaries....

Mar 14, 2025 / Susan Neiman

Cole Ramsey holds a transgender pride flag in front of the Ohio Statehouse on June 24, 2021, to protest the passing of legislation against trans women playing sports in high school and college.

“I’m Terrified”: Trans-Feminine Athletes in Their Own Words “I’m Terrified”: Trans-Feminine Athletes in Their Own Words

In part two of a series, trans women athletes describe what it’s like to compete in the Trump era.

Mar 14, 2025 / Dave Zirin

Police officers remove members of Act-Up, who have staged a sit-in inside the hallway of the New York State Capitol in Albany.

We Need to Turn Our Outrage Way Up We Need to Turn Our Outrage Way Up

This is no time to sit idly by. People’s lives are at stake. We have to put our bodies on the line.

Mar 13, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Supporters of Mahmoud Khalil rally at Foley Square in Manhattan on March 12, 2025.

Columbia Is Betraying Its Students. We Must Change Course. Columbia Is Betraying Its Students. We Must Change Course.

The administration is choosing complicity over courage in the case of Mahmoud Khalil. It’s time for the faculty to demand a new path.

Mar 13, 2025 / Bruce Robbins

The Trans Cult Who Believes AI Will Either Save Us—or Kill Us All

The Trans Cult Who Believes AI Will Either Save Us—or Kill Us All The Trans Cult Who Believes AI Will Either Save Us—or Kill Us All

What the Zizians, a trans vegan cult allegedly behind multiple murders, can teach us about radicalization and our tech-addled politics.

Mar 13, 2025 / Grace Byron

Columbia University Mahmoud Khalil Protest

Mahmoud Khalil’s Detainment Won’t Stop the Pro-Palestine Student Movement Mahmoud Khalil’s Detainment Won’t Stop the Pro-Palestine Student Movement

The reverberations of Khalil’s arrest are being felt beyond Columbia University’s campus.

Mar 12, 2025 / StudentNation / Lara-Nour Walton

Protesters demonstrate in lower Manhattan in support of Mahmoud Khalil on March 10, 2025.

We Are Asking the Wrong Questions About Mahmoud Khalil’s Arrest We Are Asking the Wrong Questions About Mahmoud Khalil’s Arrest

The only relevant question is not “How can the government do this?” It is “How can we who oppose this fascist regime stop it?”

Mar 12, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Making Enemies With the World

Making Enemies With the World Making Enemies With the World

Trump’s anti-immigrant position is devastating lives.

Mar 12, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

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