Universities Like Mine Are Providing an Authoritarian Blueprint for Trump Universities Like Mine Are Providing an Authoritarian Blueprint for Trump
The potential next president and his allies are looking at the campus-led crackdown on free speech as a perfect dress rehearsal.
May 9, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves
The GOP Campaign to Sow Chaos at the Ballot Box Has Already Begun The GOP Campaign to Sow Chaos at the Ballot Box Has Already Begun
A new lawsuit filed against the state of Nevada by the Trump team and its friends in the RNC says a lot about how they plan to suppress the vote in November.
May 9, 2024 / Elie Mystal
Is Punishing People for Not Having a Place to Sleep Cruel and Unusual? Is Punishing People for Not Having a Place to Sleep Cruel and Unusual?
With Grants Pass, the Supreme Court appears set to allow cities, counties, and states to criminalize homelessness.
May 9, 2024 / Jeremiah Hayden
Rafah Is in Panic as the Israeli Invasion Begins Rafah Is in Panic as the Israeli Invasion Begins
With Israeli forces entering Gaza’s southernmost city, scenes from the Nakba are being repeated in the strip’s last refuge.
May 8, 2024 / Ruwaida Kamal Amer and Mahmoud Mushtaha
What Biden’s Holocaust Speech Ignored What Biden’s Holocaust Speech Ignored
The president’s ahistorical account of Gaza failed to acknowledge the discomfiting truth that brutalized communities can visit the same traumas on others.
May 8, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Stormy Daniels Takes the Stand Stormy Daniels Takes the Stand
The trial isn’t about Trump’s bad behavior but committing business crimes to win an election. It’s a shame that Daniels’s story is being ruled largely irrelevant in the courtroom.
May 8, 2024 / Joan Walsh
The Right’s Partners in Weaponized Policymaking The Right’s Partners in Weaponized Policymaking
In remarkably short order, Donald Trump has transformed from the face of a hard-right insurgency in the GOP to the caretaker of the party’s future. This change has been anything bu…
May 8, 2024 / Chris Lewis and Toni Aguilar Rosenthal
On Student Protests and Elected Officials On Student Protests and Elected Officials
While we may not agree on everything, we must remain focused on our central goals: saving lives in Gaza, ending weapons funding for Israel, and advancing freedom for Palestinians....
May 8, 2024 / Iman Jodeh
Oregon Revives the Drug War Oregon Revives the Drug War
The state’s landmark decriminalization initiative wasn’t given a real chance.
May 8, 2024 / Lydia Kiesling