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They’re Powerful Enough to Resist, But Are Caving to Trump
Andrew Perez, Rolling Stone
When fascism reared its head in America, much of civil society chose to debase itself and accommodate it, rather than fight back.
Aug 16, 2025, 2:00 PM
Trump Administration Halted Lawsuits Targeting Civil Rights Abuses Of Prisoners And Mentally Ill People
Corey G. Johnson, Techdirt
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The Trump administration has halted litigation aimed at stopping civil rights abuses of prisoners in Louisiana and mentally ill people living in South Carolina gro…
Aug 13, 2025, 10:00 PM
DOJ accuses George Washington University of indifference to anti-Semitism
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Trump administration claims GWU failed to address or remedy anti-Semitic abuses despite student and faculty complaints.
Aug 12, 2025, 5:05 PM
We Asked Pete Hegseth if Women Should Have the Right to Vote. The Answer Was Unsettling.
Molly Olmstead, Slate Magazine
We really, really didn't expect this.
Aug 12, 2025, 4:41 PM
Seventh Circuit Shuts Down Indiana’s Unconstitutional Police Buffer Zone Law
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Although the Supreme Court has yet to say so itself (and probably won’t any time soon, given its current composition), it’s generally accepted that citizens have the right to film public officials performing their public duties. Law enforcement officers, howe…
Aug 12, 2025, 2:53 AM
American neo-Nazis love the Trump era. “[Trump] awakened a lot of people...
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
American neo-Nazis love the Trump era. “[Trump] awakened a lot of people to the issues we’ve been raising for years. H
Aug 11, 2025, 2:13 PM
Trump escalates his racist attacks on Black Americans
Chauncey DeVega, Salon
Failure to connect his comments to our worsening democratic crisis is an act of complicity
Aug 9, 2025, 10:45 AM
Sex is getting scrubbed from the internet, but a billionaire can sell you AI nudes
Adi Robertson, The Verge
In the fascinating new reality of the internet, teen girls can't learn about periods on Reddit and indie artists can't sell smutty games on Itch.io, but a military contractor will make you nonconsensual deepfakes of Taylor Swift taking her top off for $30 a m…
Aug 8, 2025, 6:22 PM
Trump seeking $1-billion fine from UCLA over antisemitism allegations
Jaweed Kaleem, Michael Wilner, Yahoo Entertainment
The Trump administration has proposed the University of California pay more than $1 billion to settle antisemitism charges and restore frozen grant funding...
Aug 8, 2025, 5:54 PM
GOP Texas map has Austin residents sharing district with rural Texans 300 miles away
Fritz Farrow, Oren Oppenheim, ABC News
It would "suppress the votes of Black and brown Austinites," one Democrat said.
Aug 8, 2025, 9:35 AM
"Trying To Talk To Them Is Hopeless" — Parents, Siblings, Friends, And Loved Ones Of MAGA Supporters Shared The Moment Their Relationships Broke Apart
Alexa Lisitza, Buzzfeed
What was the "final straw" that made you cut someone off because of their political beliefs?View Entire Post ›
Aug 7, 2025, 11:02 PM
Hegseth Threatens Another Civil War to Defend ‘Proud’ Confederate History
Liam Archacki, Daily Beast
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has vowed not to back down from celebrating America’s “proud” Confederate history. “We recognize our history,” Hegseth told...
Aug 7, 2025, 10:24 PM
Jailed by Trump’s ICE, Children’s Hospital Chaplain Was Thrown Into ‘Solitary’
Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone
Ayman Soliman is locally renowned for helping the families of dying kids. Now, friends say he’s been "tortured" in isolation as the Trump administration tries to deport him
Aug 7, 2025, 8:38 PM
Korean American researcher held at airport for weeks over decade-old weed conviction
Ryan General, NextShark
A 40-year-old scientist and legal permanent resident has been detained by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at San Francisco International Airport since...
Aug 6, 2025, 3:30 PM
60 years later, Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters face new threats
Hansi Lo Wang, NPR
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.
Aug 6, 2025, 9:00 AM
‘Hail Satan’ But For Break Rooms, As Trump Issues Guidance For Religious Freedom In Workplaces
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Trump — perhaps more than other presidents — often feels compelled to present his religious bona fides. Of course, he naturally has none. But as often as evangelical figureheads proclaim him to be (their) God’s personal pick for POTUS, even Donald Trump occas…
Aug 5, 2025, 2:58 AM
‘King of the Hill’ Just Hit Joe Rogan-Types Below the Belt
Keegan Kelly, Cracked.com
According to the masculinity grifters of ‘King of the Hill,’ inner strength doesn’t come from the lower body
Aug 4, 2025, 12:00 PM
States sue Trump administration after more hospitals stop treating transgender youth
Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR
A coalition of 16 states and D.C. argue in the lawsuit that the Trump administration is trying to effectuate a national ban on gender-affirming care for youth by intimidating hospitals and doctors.
Aug 1, 2025, 11:28 PM
The Columbia deal with Trump is a blueprint. All of higher ed should fear what comes next.
Nicole Narea, Vox
One by one, elite universities are signing away some of their autonomy to the Trump administration after it has accused them of civil rights violations and withheld federal funding. The University of Pennsylvania banned transgender women from participating in…
Jul 31, 2025, 9:21 PM
The Contradictory Revolution
David S. Reynolds, The New York Review of Books
Historians have long grappled with “the American Paradox” of American Revolutionary leaders who fought for their own liberty while denying it to enslaved Black people.
Jul 31, 2025, 12:00 PM
To See How America Unraveled, Go Back Five Years
Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic
What the summer of 2020 wrought
Jul 30, 2025, 11:00 AM
UCLA reaches $6 million settlement with Jewish students over campus protests
The Associated Press, NPR
The settlement comes after Jewish students and a professor argued their civil rights were violated when pro-Palestinian protesters blocked access to campus buildings during 2024 demonstrations.
Jul 30, 2025, 5:16 AM
Los Angeles County seeks ordinance preventing law enforcement from concealing their identities
CHRISTOPHER WEBER, Yahoo Entertainment
Los Angeles County leaders want to prohibit law enforcement officers from concealing their identities while on duty, a response to recent immigration raids...
Jul 29, 2025, 10:13 PM
After firing chaplains for speaking out, Ohio hospital CEO warns others to keep quiet
Marty Schladen, Ohiocapitaljournal.com
In the middle of a national firestorm, the top executive of a venerable Ohio hospital last Thursday told employees that “misinformation and lack of context...
Jul 29, 2025, 8:55 AM