The Student Debt Cancellation Movement Is About to Face Its Toughest Fight Yet The Student Debt Cancellation Movement Is About to Face Its Toughest Fight Yet
On February 28, advocates for student debt relief will rally outside the Supreme Court as the oral arguments for Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education. v. Brown begin.
Feb 27, 2023 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams and Cody Hounanian
It’s Time to Call Out the DeSantis Deflection It’s Time to Call Out the DeSantis Deflection
The question isn’t whether the College Board’s AP Black History course is “woke” but whether we're awake enough to call DeSantis’s bluff.
Feb 27, 2023 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Welcome to the New Age of McCarthyism Welcome to the New Age of McCarthyism
Strangely enough, all too little has changed since since the last one.
Feb 24, 2023 / Tom Engelhardt
Who’s Afraid of Tommie Smith? Who’s Afraid of Tommie Smith?
An Alabama school district kept Derrick Barnes, author of a book about Tommie Smith, from speaking. But the community is fighting back.
Feb 23, 2023 / Dave Zirin
I Signed the “New York Times” Open Letter. I Have More to Say. I Signed the “New York Times” Open Letter. I Have More to Say.
The Times is not alone in its obscene coverage of transgender people.
Feb 23, 2023 / Hanna Phifer
The Supreme Court Just Heard 2 Cases That Could Break the Internet The Supreme Court Just Heard 2 Cases That Could Break the Internet
At the heart of the cases is whether social media companies like YouTube and Twitter should be held accountable for their users’ posts.
Feb 23, 2023 / Elie Mystal
Ralph Nader Remembers Michael Pertschuk Ralph Nader Remembers Michael Pertschuk
Mike was called the “101st Senator”—his life and work offer invaluable lessons for today’s progressive movements and electeds.
Feb 23, 2023 / Ralph Nader
The Supreme Court Needs to Rein In the Surveillance State The Supreme Court Needs to Rein In the Surveillance State
If new technologies lead us toward a surveillance state, it will be in part because the courts failed to check the power of the executive branch.
Feb 23, 2023 / Patrick C. Toomey
Progressives Score a Major Win in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Primary Progressives Score a Major Win in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Primary
In a race that will determine the balance of power on a key court, liberal candidates just won a combined 54 percent of the vote.
Feb 22, 2023 / John Nichols
Crazy Like a Fox (Satire Alert) Crazy Like a Fox (Satire Alert)
How Roger Ailes made Fox News the place to find subjective objectivity.
Feb 22, 2023 / Richard Lingeman and Marvin Kitman