How Donald Trump Dismantled a Worker Protection Agency With One Late-Night E-Mail How Donald Trump Dismantled a Worker Protection Agency With One Late-Night E-Mail
By firing Gwynne Wilcox, Trump is hoping the Supreme Court will overrule 90 years of legal precedent and give him the authority to fire members of independent boards.
Feb 19, 2025 / Lynn Rhinehart
Francesca Albanese Wants to Put an End to Israel’s Impunity Francesca Albanese Wants to Put an End to Israel’s Impunity
A conversation with the UN special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories on the plain facts of Israel’s war crimes.
Feb 19, 2025 / Nadine Talaat
David Cole on How the Courts Can Stop Trump David Cole on How the Courts Can Stop Trump
The former national legal director of the ACLU analyzes recent efforts to block the president’s executive orders.
Feb 18, 2025 / Q&A / Jon Wiener
Trump’s Mafia Shakedown Might Destroy NATO—if We’re Lucky Trump’s Mafia Shakedown Might Destroy NATO—if We’re Lucky
America’s greedy gangster president is forcing European elites to finally reckon with the high price of protection.
Feb 17, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Trump’s Guantánamo Plan Will Be a Costly, Morally Bankrupt Fiasco Trump’s Guantánamo Plan Will Be a Costly, Morally Bankrupt Fiasco
The US government has begun to shuttle immigrants from the United States to Gitmo, post photos of them in shackles, and lock them away.
Feb 17, 2025 / Jeffrey S. Kahn
Will Academia Survive the Criminalization of Dissent? Will Academia Survive the Criminalization of Dissent?
Professors are experiencing an overwhelming sense of fear and disillusionment amid the crackdown of pro-Palestine protests. “I don’t know anybody who’s not scared right now.”
Feb 17, 2025 / StudentNation / Lucy Tobier
What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like
Harm reduction advocates are implementing solidarity-based strategies for curbing drug overdoses in Minneapolis.
Feb 17, 2025 / Photo Essay / Tim Evans
How Democrats Can Fight Back How Democrats Can Fight Back
Jamie Raskin lays out the legal strategy to oppose Trump but says, “We’re not going to sue our way out of a political crisis”—Democrats need a political organizing strategy.
Feb 14, 2025 / Q&A / Chris Lehmann