How the Rich and Powerful Destroyed Free Speech How the Rich and Powerful Destroyed Free Speech
And how we get it back.
May 16, 2025 / Eric Reinhart
Why Texas Universities’ Drag Bans Backfired Why Texas Universities’ Drag Bans Backfired
The University of Texas and Texas A&M systems attempted to ban university-sponsored drag performances—but not without dissent from students and local organizers.
May 16, 2025 / StudentNation / Aaron Boehmer
Sesame Street Workers Say, “U Is for Union” Sesame Street Workers Say, “U Is for Union”
Amid attacks from the Trump administration, 74 percent of Sesame Street workers vote to unionize to make their workplace “smarter, stronger, and kinder.”
May 15, 2025 / Ella Fanger
In Toxic Detention In Toxic Detention
Investigating the alleged contaminated water crisis at the Northwest Detention Center.
May 15, 2025 / Photo Essay / Rico Moore
This Is the Bruce We’ve Been Waiting For This Is the Bruce We’ve Been Waiting For
Springsteen’s fans knew his politics, but he didn’t always show them off. Now he’s jumped out of the gate to stand against “dangerous times in my home.” Let freedom ring.
May 15, 2025 / Joan Walsh
UCLA Is Now Nearly Unrecognizable as a University UCLA Is Now Nearly Unrecognizable as a University
A police attack on a documentary film screening is just one of the assaults on student freedoms that have turned UCLA into more of a fortress than a place of higher learning.
May 15, 2025 / Grace Kyungwon Hong, Michael Chwe, Thu-huong Nguyen-vo, and Renee Tajima-Pena
The Late Pete Rose Is Finally Welcome in Baseball’s Moral Slophouse The Late Pete Rose Is Finally Welcome in Baseball’s Moral Slophouse
Joe Jackson and Pete Rose will no longer be banned from the Baseball Hall of Fame. The decision is likely rooted in the sport’s surrender to the gambling-addiction economy.
May 14, 2025 / Dave Zirin
The Right Is Trying to Make the N-Word OK Again The Right Is Trying to Make the N-Word OK Again
Conservatives don’t just want white dominance. They want to be able to abuse Black people in the worst ways possible—and get rewarded for it.
May 14, 2025 / Kali Holloway
Gaza Is the Front Line in the Fight for Press Freedom Gaza Is the Front Line in the Fight for Press Freedom
The global press corps must stop looking at Gaza as someone else’s crisis—and start demanding justice.
May 14, 2025 / Mohammed R. Mhawish