Why Did ICE Arrest This North Carolina Family? They Were Home. Why Did ICE Arrest This North Carolina Family? They Were Home.
Two family members have been released, but 20-year-old Allison Bustillo-Chinchilla has been held at Georgia’s infamous Stewart Detention Center since February.
Aug 22, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky
Trump’s War on Higher Ed Comes to the Bargaining Table Trump’s War on Higher Ed Comes to the Bargaining Table
As two of the nation’s largest private graduate student unions fight for new contracts, their members have been among the most vulnerable to the president’s attacks on universitie...
Aug 21, 2025 / StudentNation / Amann Mahajan
Unhealthy Head of Health Unhealthy Head of Health
RFK Jr. dismantles vaccination programs.
Aug 20, 2025 / OppArt / David Small
Eating Meat While Deporting Those Who Produce It Eating Meat While Deporting Those Who Produce It
The people who do the dirty work of killing and processing animals hold up our food system. Trump is putting them in danger.
Aug 20, 2025 / Alice Driver
I Went to the “Free Press” Party for Under-30s. All I Got Was Ennui. I Went to the “Free Press” Party for Under-30s. All I Got Was Ennui.
At Bari Weiss’s “Cheers to the Republic” mixer, I met anti-vaxxers, was recruited for a trip to Israel, and heard the word “heterodox” more than I would have liked to.
Aug 19, 2025 / Sophie Hurwitz
Montana Doesn’t Need Any More Rural Ghost Towns, but That’s What Republicans Voted For Montana Doesn’t Need Any More Rural Ghost Towns, but That’s What Republicans Voted For
Across the country, rural hospitals will close, and the empty towns will mirror the quiet halls where doctors and nurses once rushed to heal.
Aug 19, 2025 / Steve Bullock
Monuments to Migration and Labor Monuments to Migration and Labor
In the face of escalating ICE raids, how can we honor and give voice to immigrant laborers?
Aug 19, 2025 / Ánh Adams and Andy Urban
They’re Not Just Coming for DEI. They’re Coming for Democracy. They’re Not Just Coming for DEI. They’re Coming for Democracy.
Destroying DEI has a clear motive: to stop Americans from seeking common cause.
Aug 19, 2025 / Stacey Abrams
Is Trump’s DC Military Deployment the Start of a Slow-Motion Civil War? Is Trump’s DC Military Deployment the Start of a Slow-Motion Civil War?
Anything is possible in the coming days and weeks, but it’s difficult not to feel like we are veering toward escalating violence.
Aug 18, 2025 / Joan Walsh
On the Power of Small Acts of Noncompliance On the Power of Small Acts of Noncompliance
At a moment when large-scale resistance can feel futile, there are other ways to oppose, engage, and fight back.
Aug 18, 2025 / Column / Elie Mystal