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US President Donald Trump points to journalist Jim Acosta from CNN during a postelection press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 7, 2018.

CNN Surrenders to Trump CNN Surrenders to Trump

The corporate media’s commitment to fighting autocracy proves fickle.

Jan 24, 2025 / Column / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump is greeted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on stage during a campaign event at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, on August 23, 2024.

Trump Is Trying to Destroy Public Health in America Trump Is Trying to Destroy Public Health in America

The administration has forced crucial scientific activity to grind to a halt. It’s an act of national suicide.

Jan 24, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Demonstrators march on the 60th anniversary of the March On Washington and Martin Luther King Jr's historic

Keep Going: Our Mission Has Not Changed Keep Going: Our Mission Has Not Changed

We owe it to our forebears, our families, our communities, and future generations to keep fighting for just causes, writes Nina Turner. We, too, shall overcome.

Jan 24, 2025 / Nina Turner

Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office on January 23, 2025.

Trump’s Attacks on DEI Are a Green Light for the Government to Discriminate Trump’s Attacks on DEI Are a Green Light for the Government to Discriminate

Under the guise of eliminating racial discrimination against white men, the Trump administration is launching a frontal assault on the country’s civil rights infrastructure.

Jan 24, 2025 / Elie Mystal

President Donald Trump and Linda McMahon, now his nominee for education secretary, at Mar-a-Lago in 2019.

Fixing the Student Loan Crisis Starts With Defending the Department of Education Fixing the Student Loan Crisis Starts With Defending the Department of Education

Borrowers stand to lose more than they could ever gain if the department is shut down.

Jan 24, 2025 / StudentNation / Sabrina Cereceres

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally outside the New York Times building on January 18, 2025.

“The New York Times” Refused to Run Our Ad About the Gaza Genocide “The New York Times” Refused to Run Our Ad About the Gaza Genocide

The paper told my organization that we couldn’t use the word “genocide” in a paid ad. So we walked away.

Jan 24, 2025 / Joyce Ajlouny

Should College Football Die?

Should College Football Die? Should College Football Die?

On this episode of Edge of Sports, we're live at Politics & Prose talking about a new book titled The End of College Football.

Jan 23, 2025 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde arrives as US President Donald Trump looks on during the National Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral on January 21, 2025.

The Bishop Who Spoke Truth to Trump Was Doing Her Job The Bishop Who Spoke Truth to Trump Was Doing Her Job

The president may not have approved of Mariann Edgar Budde’s homily at the National Cathedral. But the bishop answered to a higher moral calling.

Jan 23, 2025 / John Nichols

The New Tech Oligarchy

The New Tech Oligarchy The New Tech Oligarchy

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Gaby Del Valle on the billionaires at the inauguration.

Jan 23, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

High-Tech Militarists Are Hijacking the Trump Administration

High-Tech Militarists Are Hijacking the Trump Administration High-Tech Militarists Are Hijacking the Trump Administration

Breathtaking conflicts of interest are lining oligarchs’ pockets with our tax dollars.

Jan 22, 2025 / William D. Hartung

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