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Laura Loomer, a right-wing pundit and supporter of former president Donald Trump, outside the United States Federal Courthouse where Trump is scheduled to be arraigned later in the day on June 13, 2023, in Miami, Florida.

Trump Is Loomering His Own Administration  Trump Is Loomering His Own Administration 

The ongoing internal witch hunt led by the far-right provocateur is a sign of a GOP crack-up.

Apr 7, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Columbia University faculty members gather in Manhattan to protest the university's concessions to President Donald Trump's administration on March 24, 2025.

Why Universities Must Start Litigating—and How Why Universities Must Start Litigating—and How

The litigation would afford schools a high-profile venue in which to detail the Trump administration’s lawlessness and aggression.

Apr 7, 2025 / David Pozen, Ryan Doerfler, and Samuel Bagenstos

Two cutouts of US President Donald Trump and a cutout of White House 'border czar' Tom Homan stand alongside photos of former US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris behind bars at a

Trump Has Created a Legal Nightmare Trump Has Created a Legal Nightmare

The president is using obscure statutes in shocking ways as part of his anti-immigrant witch hunt.

Apr 7, 2025 / Gaby Del Valle

Shanette Williams at the Abortion in America conference in February.

Abortion Bans Upended Their Lives—Now They’re Fighting Back, One Story at a Time Abortion Bans Upended Their Lives—Now They’re Fighting Back, One Story at a Time

Across the country, abortion storytellers are putting the struggle for reproductive freedom into powerful new words.

Apr 7, 2025 / Feature / Regina Mahone

President Donald Trump holds a reciprocal tariffs poster during a tariff announcement in the White House on April 2, 2025.

A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy

The president’s tariff war is also a constitutional crisis.

Apr 4, 2025 / Jeet Heer

The flags of all EU member states fly outside the European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium, on November 20, 2024.

Is Europe the Last Champion of Liberal Democracy? Is Europe the Last Champion of Liberal Democracy?

At the moment, unfortunately, it seems more likely that Europe will be the last powerful holdout in a world entering a new political Dark Age.

Apr 4, 2025 / John Feffer

Loot Hauley

Loot Hauley Loot Hauley

Not disappeared.

Apr 4, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts clasps the arm of a smiling Rachel Robinson while dressed in the team's colors. Robinson stands in front of the golf cart she rode in with her son as part of Jackie Robinson Day festivities.

The Dodgers Are Planning to Visit the White House. It’s a Disgrace. The Dodgers Are Planning to Visit the White House. It’s a Disgrace.

To meet with Trump now is to defile the memory of Dodgers great Jackie Robinson and to humiliate many of the team’s own players.

Apr 4, 2025 / Dave Zirin

A demonstrator holds a sign in front of the US Supreme Court as the Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic case is heard on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.

This Supreme Court Case Is About More Than “Defunding” Planned Parenthood This Supreme Court Case Is About More Than “Defunding” Planned Parenthood

If South Carolina succeeds, there will be almost no check on states that discriminate against healthcare providers for any reason.

Apr 3, 2025 / Rachel Rebouché

Katrina vanden Heuvel Resumes Editorship of “The Nation”

Katrina vanden Heuvel Resumes Editorship of “The Nation” Katrina vanden Heuvel Resumes Editorship of “The Nation”

D.D. Guttenplan, Nation editor from 2019 to 2025, returns to his reporting roots as special correspondent and host of a new Nation podcast.

Apr 3, 2025 / Press Room

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