Jacob Heilbrunn joins the editors to weigh in on potential military escalation, political divides, and economic fallout from Trump’s strikes on Iran.
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Listen, MAGA: Presidents Rarely Defy the Courts
Trump and his MAGA allies may point to Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, and others, but if he balks at judicial orders, he’ll be an outlier.
Posted inHigher Education
Student Loan Debt: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It
Student Loan Debt: From Educational Opportunity to Generational Grievance: The history of student loan debt shows how noble programs and soaring tuition have often left too many students underwater. Fortunately, there are ways to fix the problem.
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What Trump Is Doing to Latinos Is Literally Out of Cheech & Chong
The video of an American wrongly accused of being an undocumented immigrant echoes the music video for Born in East L.A.
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What the Anti-Trump Protests Mean for Democracy
As the Trump parade looms, will the No Kings demonstrations make a difference?
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Defund the Left: Trump’s Cultural Warfare Explained
Previous Republican presidents tried to defund the left but Trump turned it into a Maoist purge.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump’s Deportation Frenzy Echoes the Fugitive Slave Hunts of the 1850s
A legal scholar explains why the federal government is now committed to treating immigrants almost precisely as the antebellum South treated slaves.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump Tariffs Under Legal Fire: What You Need to Know
Are Trump’s Tariffs Even Legal? As a little-known trade court rules against the president, all eyes turn to the Supreme Court and how it will navigate its own Major Questions Doctrine.
Posted inHealth Care
The GOP’s Medicaid “Waste, Fraud, and Abuse” Lie
When it comes to health insurance, the One Big Beautiful Bill is one big bait-and-switch.
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Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Work
Republicans are eager to impose these tests, but the data show that such requirements hurt hospitals, drive up insurance costs, and put people out of work. Here’s why.
