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Will the president use his remaining time in office to make good on his promise? He still can—if he wants to.

It’s Still Not Too Late for Biden to Deliver Debt Relief It’s Still Not Too Late for Biden to Deliver Debt Relief

Four years after hearing the president promise bold action on student debt, most borrowers are still no better off, and many—especially defrauded debtors—are measurably worse off....

Dec 13, 2024 / Astra Taylor

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Yale Students Voted to Divest, but What’s Next is Unclear Yale Students Voted to Divest, but What’s Next is Unclear

The referendum calls on the school to divest its $41 billion endowment from military weapons manufacturing firms, yet the power to do so is in the hands of the board of trustees.

Dec 13, 2024 / StudentNation / Maggie Grether

Rahsaan

Prison Journalism Is Having a Renaissance. Rahsaan Thomas Is One of Its Champions. Prison Journalism Is Having a Renaissance. Rahsaan Thomas Is One of Its Champions.

Thomas and his colleagues at Empowerment Avenue are subverting the established narrative that prisoners are only subjects or sources, never authors of their own experience.

Dec 13, 2024 / Piper French

It’s Been a Tough Year. Let’s Help Each Other Out.

It’s Been a Tough Year. Let’s Help Each Other Out. It’s Been a Tough Year. Let’s Help Each Other Out.

There may be a dark shadow hanging over this year’s holiday season, but there are still ways to give to those in need.

Dec 13, 2024 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Pay Wall

Pay Wall Pay Wall

High prices.

Dec 12, 2024 / OppArt / Lalo Alcaraz

Try Your Imperial Highness

Try Your Imperial Highness Try Your Imperial Highness

Now do it for him.

Dec 12, 2024 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing.

Luigi Mangione Is America Whether We Like It or Not Luigi Mangione Is America Whether We Like It or Not

While very few Americans would sincerely advocate killing insurance executives, tens of millions have likely joked that they want to. There’s a clear reason why.

Dec 12, 2024 / Natalie Shure

Celebrations erupted around Syria and crowds ransacked President Bashar al-Assad's luxurious home on December 8 after Islamist-led rebels swept into Damascus and declared that he had fled the country, in a spectacular end to five decades of Baath party rule.

Celebrations in Syria May Be Premature Celebrations in Syria May Be Premature

The speed of the Assad dictatorship's collapse stunned even the opposition. But the result is a power vacuum that Israel and Turkey have already moved to occupy.

Dec 12, 2024 / Séamus Malekafzali

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamie Raskin

Democrats Are Overdue for New Leadership Democrats Are Overdue for New Leadership

To mount an opposition under the coming Trump administration, the party needs new ideas—not the same establishment clinging to power.

Dec 12, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

Workers in red “Fight for $15” T-shirts standing next to each other with locked arms, in front of a banner reading “Whatever It Takes.”

Why Democrats Are Losing Americans Without a College Degree—and How to Win Them Back Why Democrats Are Losing Americans Without a College Degree—and How to Win Them Back

Voters intuitively know that the economy has not worked well for most of us for decades. Democrats must offer them a transformative vision, and stick to it for as long as it takes...

Dec 12, 2024 / Neil Kraus and Jon Shelton

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