Texas Is “Hell-Bent” on Preventing Pregnant Patients From Getting Life-Saving Abortion Care Texas Is “Hell-Bent” on Preventing Pregnant Patients From Getting Life-Saving Abortion Care
Hours after a Texas judge ruled in favor of expanding abortion access to patients facing life-threatening complications, the state appealed the decision, blocking it from taking e...
Aug 14, 2023 / Mary Tuma
It’s Time to Abolish Legacy Admissions It’s Time to Abolish Legacy Admissions
In our current system, children of college graduates already have a sizable advantage. But removing legacy and donor preferences is only the first step.
Aug 14, 2023 / StudentNation / Harold Klapper
I Founded Student Activists Against Sexual Assault. A New Lawsuit Could Make My Work Impossible. I Founded Student Activists Against Sexual Assault. A New Lawsuit Could Make My Work Impossible.
A defamation suit against leaders of an anti–sexual assault campus group could allow assailants to weaponize the court system against advocates.
Aug 14, 2023 / Ray Epstein
Please, Please Stop Blaming “Progressives” for Donald Trump’s Fascism Please, Please Stop Blaming “Progressives” for Donald Trump’s Fascism
He’ll attack the prosecutors and judges bringing him to justice for “criminalizing” politics no matter what Democrats say.
Aug 11, 2023 / Joan Walsh
“We Have to Wait. There’s Nothing Else We Can Do.” “We Have to Wait. There’s Nothing Else We Can Do.”
What it was like for the migrants forced to sleep on the street in New York City.
Aug 9, 2023 / Mara Marques Cavallaro
A Venezuelan Family Seeking Asylum A Venezuelan Family Seeking Asylum
US-Mexico border, El Paso, Tex. December 2022.
Aug 9, 2023 / OppArt / Laurie Smith
Inside the Cynical Campaign to Claim That Affirmative Action Hurts Asian Americans Inside the Cynical Campaign to Claim That Affirmative Action Hurts Asian Americans
The architect of the attacks on affirmative action has pitted Asian Americans and Black Americans against each other—letting white folks off the hook.
Aug 9, 2023 / Feature / Kali Holloway
Let Trump Run Let Trump Run
Barring the former President from the ballot—or offering him a plea deal in exchange for dropping out of the race—are both very bad ideas.
Aug 8, 2023 / Bill Lueders
What Might Eugene Debs and Donald Trump Share? What Might Eugene Debs and Donald Trump Share?
Trump, too, may campaign from a prison cell.
Aug 8, 2023 / Richard Lingeman
The Cost of Legalizing Abortion in Haiti The Cost of Legalizing Abortion in Haiti
Legalization may occur in June 2024, but advocates say the new penal code would undermine any actual progress if enacted unconstitutionally.
Aug 8, 2023 / Alma Beauvais