Trump Threatens to Withhold New York’s Education Funding Unless Racist Mascoting Returns Trump Threatens to Withhold New York’s Education Funding Unless Racist Mascoting Returns
After pocketing billions from minstrelsy, Linda McMahon wants to force New York schools to bring it back.
Jun 3, 2025 / Dave Zirin
President Trump Is Demolishing America’s Global Soft Power President Trump Is Demolishing America’s Global Soft Power
Trump’s sharp cuts to humanitarian aid will ensure that the United States’ soft power crumbles, doing lasting damage to its international standing.
Jun 3, 2025 / Alfred McCoy
Art Is How We Remember What Power Wants Us to Forget Art Is How We Remember What Power Wants Us to Forget
At the steps of the Statue of Liberty on Sunday, I organized more than 50 people to turn our grief into a collective demand: Free the 238 men unlawfully disappeared into CECOT.
Jun 2, 2025 / Paola Mendoza
Elon Musk’s Real Drug Problem Is Much Worse Than You Think Elon Musk’s Real Drug Problem Is Much Worse Than You Think
What happens when you mix ketamine, ecstasy, and mushrooms with far-right ideology? Spoiler: The results aren’t pretty.
Jun 2, 2025 / Jeet Heer
The Human Rights Crisis We’re Ignoring In Our Jails The Human Rights Crisis We’re Ignoring In Our Jails
Pregnant people are undergoing constant horrors at the hands of the carceral state, and the laws we’ve passed aren’t helping enough.
Jun 2, 2025 / Ira Memaj
My Kindergarten Class Taught Me What’s Really at Stake in “Mahmoud v. Taylor” My Kindergarten Class Taught Me What’s Really at Stake in “Mahmoud v. Taylor”
As the Supreme Court debates this case, I am reminded of the students I taught over two decades ago who gave me an invaluable lesson about what representation really means to them...
Jun 2, 2025 / George Theoharis
Famine in Gaza Famine in Gaza
People in Gaza are starving, sick, and dying as the aid blockade continues.
Jun 2, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
The Week That Proved Trump Is Far From Invincible The Week That Proved Trump Is Far From Invincible
Politics / May 30, 2025 The Week That Proved Trump Is Far From Invincible Court rulings this week suggest Trump’s lawless actions will not go unnoticed. Sasha Abramsky Share Co…
May 30, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky
What the Hell Do This Week’s Whiplash Tariff Rulings Actually Mean? What the Hell Do This Week’s Whiplash Tariff Rulings Actually Mean?
While the courts continue to debate the legality of Trump’s sweeping tariffs, the law remains clear: They are unconstitutional.
May 30, 2025 / Elie Mystal
