Society

OMB Director Russell Vought.

Trump Is Destroying Public Health. Democrats Need to Fight Back. Trump Is Destroying Public Health. Democrats Need to Fight Back.

If they win in the midterms, the party must move quickly and aggressively to undo the harm Trump and his cronies have caused.

Sep 25, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

Caitlin Asher shares children with her best friend, Amanda Oelrich, and Amanda’s husband, Chris.

Is Platonic Co-Parenting the Future of the Family? Is Platonic Co-Parenting the Future of the Family?

Disillusioned with the nuclear family and apprehensive of tethering their reproductive futures to the bleak hellscape of modern love, young people are seeking a different way.

Sep 25, 2026 / StudentNation / Samantha Camire

Nuclear disarmament demonstrators in Central Park in New York City on June 12, 1982.

Freeze AI! Freeze AI!

The nuclear freeze movement’s lessons for taming AI.

Sep 25, 2026 / Garrison Lovely

Artificial Skull

Artificial Skull Artificial Skull

Staying ahead.

Sep 24, 2026 / OppArt / Kyle T. Webster

Stanford University

How Trump’s Crackdown on Speech Has Damaged the Student Press How Trump’s Crackdown on Speech Has Damaged the Student Press

I serve as editor in chief and president of The Stanford Daily. Our newsroom has keenly felt the effects of Trump’s campus crackdown, which is why we sued the federal government.

Sep 24, 2026 / StudentNation / George Porteous

A view of the US flag on the field during the national anthem before a game between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on September 20, 2009.

America Without the NFL America Without the NFL

Chuck Klosterman’s Football is a eulogy for the sport on the eve of its decline.

Sep 24, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Zito Madu

Spotify Co-CEOs Alex Norström and Gustav Söderström speak onstage at the Spotify Investor Day 2026.

Treat Spotify Like a Public Utility Treat Spotify Like a Public Utility

Music streaming platforms have way too much control over musicians and music lovers. It’s time to rein them in.

Sep 24, 2026 / Ramsay Eyre

Part of an anti-trans ad against Ohio Senate candidate Sherrod Brown.

Transphobia Isn’t Winning Votes. But It Is Making Our Lives Much Worse. Transphobia Isn’t Winning Votes. But It Is Making Our Lives Much Worse.

Trans people must now live out another election cycle knowing our friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors are being flooded with agitprop designed to dehumanize us.

Sep 24, 2026 / Gillian Branstetter

America Wins

America Wins America Wins

AI dominance.

Sep 23, 2026 / OppArt / Mark Kaplan

Cities as Climate Labs: Inside the U20 Summit

Cities as Climate Labs: Inside the U20 Summit Cities as Climate Labs: Inside the U20 Summit

Mayors at the Urban 20 Summit worked across borders to confront the climate crisis at the local level.

Sep 23, 2026 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

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