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Musk Offers Voters $100 Each to Support Republican in Wisconsin Judicial Race
As Trump attacks voting rights with an executive order, Musk is virtually bribing voters in a key state election.
Drastic DOGE-Backed Changes Put Social Security Benefits for Millions at Risk
It’s really hard to imagine what their endgame is, other than destroying our Social Security system, says Nancy Altman.
Journalist: Gaza “Much Worse Than Ever Before” as Israel Weighs Broader Invasion
There’s nothing left in Gaza to be destroyed because it’s all already been destroyed, says Abubaker Abed.
“Striking Hard at Civilians”: A Supremacist Ideology Underlies Israeli Policy
Israel must “shed Zionism, just as South Africa abandoned Afrikaner nationalist ideology,” Muhammad Ali Khalidi says.
Pro-Palestinian Cornell Student Momodou Taal Is Targeted Again for Deportation
This is what happens when universities don’t stand by their students: Cornell has placed a target on my back, Taal says.
K-12 Leaders Rejected Weaponization of Antisemitism Claims. Why Won’t Higher Ed?
Columbia has capitulated in what one scholar calls “an ideological battle to shut down any dissent” against Trump.
Project 2025 Lays Out Broader Goal of Trump’s Effort to Dismantle Ed Dept.
The real target is anything that the government does to make the country more equal, says journalist Jennifer Berkshire.
Trump Fuels the Right-Wing Effort to Silence Journalists, Protect the Powerful
Trump’s remarks in 2016 sparked a movement of lawyers devoted to suing and threatening news outlets, says David Enrich.
We Must Burst Our Algorithmic Bubbles and Build Together Across Difference
“We need each other, and interdependence is key to survival for human beings,” says organizer Mariame Kaba.
We’re in a Constitutional Crisis Now as Trump Admin Openly Defies Court Orders
One man’s whim alone is controlling the country and the courts can’t save us, says Elie Mystal of The Nation.