![Some day all this will be mine: Trump swears in Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Trump-w-RFK.jpeg)
Donald Trump Is Stealing the Kennedy Brand Donald Trump Is Stealing the Kennedy Brand
Does the Kennedy name stand for liberalism—or oligarchy?
Feb 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer
![Florida resident Ann Richter holds antisemitic flyers she found on her lawn.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Antisemitism-Example-gty.jpg)
Some Inconvenient Truths About Antisemitism and the Left Some Inconvenient Truths About Antisemitism and the Left
By ceding the space on antisemitism—responding when we are accused of it, but not taking up the fight against it as our cause—we’ve created a strategic opportunity for the right.
Feb 14, 2025 / Rachel Shabi
![Donald Trump stepping out onto a stage while holding a red MAGA hat.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/GettyImages-614884530-1.jpg)
Pay Less Attention to That Man in Front of the Curtain Pay Less Attention to That Man in Front of the Curtain
Musk’s machinations and Trump’s daily outrages are meant to be mesmerizing—and paralyzing. But there are plenty of ways to fight back effectively—starting with not panicking.
Feb 13, 2025 / Zephyr Teachout
![The Rev. Ryan Brown and Mary “Ma Mary” Hill show their signed union cards on September 2, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/amazon-organizing-union-vote.jpg)
How Amazon Is Taking Its Union-Busting to New Heights How Amazon Is Taking Its Union-Busting to New Heights
Organizers describe fear tactics, amped-up security, and daily town halls as workers vote on whether to unionize.
Feb 13, 2025 / Ella Fanger
![CUNY students and faculty rally at City College before testifying at a board of trustees meeting on February 10.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CUNY-Student-Government-Palestine-.jpg)
CUNY Is Investigating Student Government Leaders for Boycotting Israel CUNY Is Investigating Student Government Leaders for Boycotting Israel
Three members of CUNY Graduate Center’s student government face an anti-discrimination investigation for a resolution endorsing the demands of last year’s Gaza Solidarity Encampme...
Feb 13, 2025 / StudentNation / Luca GoldMansour
![A man protests Trump’s effort to strangle the Affordable Care Act in 2017.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Trumpcare-protest-getty.jpg)
The Battle to Protect Healthcare Will Define the Second Trump Era The Battle to Protect Healthcare Will Define the Second Trump Era
Behind the language of “spending offsets” lies a stark reality: over $3 trillion in cuts that would reshape Americans’ access to healthcare.
Feb 12, 2025 / Pat Dennis
![Linda McMahon and Donald Trump listens during the inaugural meeting of the President’s National Council for the American Worker in 2018.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Donald-Trump-Linda-McMahon.jpg)
Trump’s Education Pick Bankrolled Efforts to Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Trump’s Education Pick Bankrolled Efforts to Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Linda McMahon’s foundation has donated millions to groups that advocated for DEI programs, lauded affirmative action, and criticized Donald Trump.
Feb 12, 2025 / StudentNation / Owen Dahlkamp
![Primary Suffragists, Secondary Recognition.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2-11-25_FEAT1440.jpg)
Primary Suffragists, Secondary Recognition. Primary Suffragists, Secondary Recognition.
Black leaders: Sarah Redmond Parker, Mary Ann Shadd Cary, Charlotte “Lottie” Rollin, Ida B. Wells, Sojourner Truth, Hallie Quinn Brown, and Mary Church Terrell.
Feb 11, 2025 / OppArt / Patricia Anderson Turner
![Trump Is Outdoing Himself](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/new-trump-getty.jpg)
Trump Is Outdoing Himself Trump Is Outdoing Himself
In the malignity of his intent and the scale of his graft, the second term is significantly worse. But it’s also his last.
Feb 11, 2025 / D.D. Guttenplan
![Demonstrators protest federal layoffs and demand the termination of Elon Musk from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/musk-protestor.jpeg)
The Democrats’ Choice: Fight Trump’s Oligarchy or Keep Groveling to Billionaire Donors The Democrats’ Choice: Fight Trump’s Oligarchy or Keep Groveling to Billionaire Donors
Elon Musk’s power grab is finally energizing a resistance. But it’s already being undermined by the party elite’s dependency on Silicon Valley.
Feb 10, 2025 / Jeet Heer