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The new FIFA Club World Cup trophy during a swearing in ceremony in the Oval Office on March 28, 2025.

With ICE Out of Control, How Can the US Cohost the 2026 World Cup? With ICE Out of Control, How Can the US Cohost the 2026 World Cup?

The country has proven itself incapable of not abducting and imprisoning people entering it—boycotting US matches avoids putting teams, their families, and fans in danger.

Mar 31, 2025 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin

Protesters demonstrate against Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiatives during a nationwide “Tesla Takedown” rally outside a Tesla dealership on March 29, 2025, in Pasadena, California.

My Weekend of Anti-Trump, Anti-Musk “Defiance” My Weekend of Anti-Trump, Anti-Musk “Defiance”

I went to a #TeslaTakedown in New York and signed on to a Zoom “Resistance Lab” training. Here’s what I saw.

Mar 31, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Fossil Fuel Companies Are Silencing Us All

Fossil Fuel Companies Are Silencing Us All Fossil Fuel Companies Are Silencing Us All

The verdict of Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace has disturbing implications for freedom of speech.

Mar 31, 2025 / Betsy Apple

A screenshot of a story about Kentucky Republicans overriding a ban on conversion therapy.

How Trump Could Help Conversion Therapy Make a Comeback How Trump Could Help Conversion Therapy Make a Comeback

Trump's anti-queer terror campaign is providing the perfect environment for the dangerous practice to spread.

Mar 31, 2025 / Adam M. Rhodes

A student walks past the Rotunda, under renovation, on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville.

Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again

The administration’s targeting of international students is a return to a disgraced tradition of xenophobic anti-intellectualism.

Mar 31, 2025 / Jeet Heer

The Hopes and Struggles of Thousands of Migrants

The Hopes and Struggles of Thousands of Migrants The Hopes and Struggles of Thousands of Migrants

Walled off from the American dream.

Mar 31, 2025 / OppArt / Hormigas Bordadoras

A displaced Palestinian woman holds her child while sitting in front of her tent on the first day of Eid al-Fitr in Gaza City, on March 30, 2025.

A Mother’s Plea From Gaza to the People of the World A Mother’s Plea From Gaza to the People of the World

As Ramadan comes to an end, a mother prays that she can safely break her fast with their children, with sufficient food and clean water, without fear of being torn to pieces by bo...

Mar 31, 2025 / Mariam Alfarra

A National Womens Soccer League match at Red Bull Arena on June 8, 2024.

Is the Sports Draft Obsolete? Is the Sports Draft Obsolete?

With the players association’s new collective bargaining agreement, the National Women’s Soccer League became the first major league in American sports to abolish the college draf...

Mar 31, 2025 / StudentNation / Takashi Williams

The Life and Death of Conspiracy Cinema

The Life and Death of Conspiracy Cinema The Life and Death of Conspiracy Cinema

Why did Hollywood lose interest in making paranoid thrillers like The Parallax View and Three Days of the Condor? Was it a change in the culture? Or a change in the marketplace?

Mar 31, 2025 / Books & the Arts / T. M. Brown

Elon Musk during a March 24, 2025 meeting at the White House.

Wisconsin’s AG Sues Over Musk’s Scheme to Distribute Checks Before a State Supreme Court Vote Wisconsin’s AG Sues Over Musk’s Scheme to Distribute Checks Before a State Supreme Court Vote

On the eve of a crucial election, Musk stirred huge controversy with the promise of $1 million payments to backers of his crusade against “activist judges.”

Mar 28, 2025 / John Nichols

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