After an Agreement to Divest From Israel, What’s Next for Trinity College Dublin? After an Agreement to Divest From Israel, What’s Next for Trinity College Dublin?
The school’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment ended in just five days. But the path to divestment began before the encampment—and stretches far beyond.
Sep 5, 2024 / StudentNation / Aaron Boehmer
Unionizing the Video Game Industry Unionizing the Video Game Industry
On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Taylor Welling and Kathryn Friesen discuss the emergent labor movement within video game developers, and their own contributions to it.
Sep 5, 2024 / Podcast / Paris Marx
Is Trump Building an Army of Modern Blackshirts? Is Trump Building an Army of Modern Blackshirts?
The proliferation of pro-Trump militia groups across the country eerily echoes the rise of Hitler’s SA and Mussolini’s squadristi.
Sep 5, 2024 / Bob Dreyfuss
Audre Lorde Has More to Tell Us Than a Handful of Quotes Audre Lorde Has More to Tell Us Than a Handful of Quotes
A conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, one of the world's foremost experts on the Black feminist writer, on her biography Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde...
Sep 5, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Marian Jones
The Most Cowardly Republicans of All Are Quietly Hoping Trump Loses The Most Cowardly Republicans of All Are Quietly Hoping Trump Loses
The real problem with the Trump-loses scenario is that it relies on rejection by actual voters. And getting the MAGA faithful to turn their backs on him is likely a lost cause.
Sep 4, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Meet the MAGA Zealots Who Are Gunning to Become Their State’s Top Prosecutors Meet the MAGA Zealots Who Are Gunning to Become Their State’s Top Prosecutors
The Republican Attorney Generals Association is working overtime to install authoritarian AGs across the country.
Sep 4, 2024 / Feature / Elie Mystal
With Kamala Harris and Usha Vance, Indian Americans Are Enjoying a Moment in the Spotlight With Kamala Harris and Usha Vance, Indian Americans Are Enjoying a Moment in the Spotlight
Yet as both JD Vance and Kamala Harris struggle to introduce their South Asian families to the wider culture, America’s “Passage to India” remains beset by racism and backlash.
Florida as Abortion Ground Zero, Plus Rachel Kushner on “Creation Lake” Florida as Abortion Ground Zero, Plus Rachel Kushner on “Creation Lake”
On this episode of Start Making Sense, Amy Littlefield reports on the battle for reproductive rights, and Rachel Kushner talks about her new novel.
Sep 4, 2024 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
Transportation Should Be a Bigger Issue in the 2024 Election Transportation Should Be a Bigger Issue in the 2024 Election
As November approaches, the safety, accessibility, and equity of active transit users has, so far, been a footnote at best.
Sep 4, 2024 / StudentNation / Grace Gurvey
The Perfect Storm Threatening Abortion Access The Perfect Storm Threatening Abortion Access
Funding cuts from pro-choice groups are affecting abortion access at the same time that clinics are seeing more patients in need of expensive procedures not covered by insurance.
Sep 3, 2024 / Susan Rinkunas