Google Secretly Handed ICE Data About Pro-Palestine Student Activist
Even before immigration authorities began rounding up international students who had spoken out about Israel’s war on Gaza earlier this...
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These 59 Companies Fought the Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill in 2016. In 2025, They’re Silent.
In the weeks after North Carolina’s Republican-led state legislature passed its infamous 2016 “bathroom bill” — banning transgender people from...
Gaza Students Found a Lifeline to U.S. Colleges. Then Trump Shut the Door.
Maryam walked for two hours through the streets of Gaza, reciting verses of protection from the Quran. She was hunting...
Democrats Have a Gerontocracy Problem. The Crypto Industry Is Using That to Its Advantage.
When former congressional staffer Jake Rakov launched a primary bid against his old boss, Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., the race...
What The Intercept Is Reading
Nonfiction “Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty Book,” Adam Kucharski (2025) My summer reading was a little unusual this year,...
The Student Newspaper Suing Marco Rubio Over Targeted Deportations
President Donald Trump has has long considered both the media and higher education as his enemies — which makes college...
Pentagon Document: U.S. Wants to “Suppress Dissenting Arguments” Using AI Propaganda
The United States hopes to use machine learning to create and distribute propaganda overseas in a bid to “influence foreign...
Accepted at Universities, Unable to Get Visas: Inside Trump’s War on International Students
A prominent Indian journalist was notified by the Trump administration this week that his student visa to pursue a master’s...
Body of Antarctic explorer found after 66 years after his disappearance
The British Antarctic Survey announced that the remains of 25-year-old meteorologist Dennis "Tink" Bell were found 66 years after his...
Trump Is Putting Confederate Statues Back Up. Here’s Why They Must Fall Again.
The statue of Confederate Albert Pike, toppled overnight by protesters outside of Judiciary Square one street over from D.C. Police...
How Columbia’s Leadership Refashioned the University in Trump’s Image
Shortly after Columbia University made broad concessions to the Trump administration, the school’s acting president Claire Shipman struck a triumphant...
An Unexpected Path to Hold War Criminals Accountable
Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Capitol to meet with U.S. lawmakers on July 9, 2025, in Washington, D.C.Photo: Samuel Corum/Sipa...
As Gaza Starves, Republicans Take Aim at Another Lifeline. Almost No One Noticed.
As the world watches Gaza starve, Republicans in Congress quietly advanced a new ban on funding a United Nations agency...
U.S. Nonprofits Funnel Millions to Israeli Army Volunteers
American volunteers for the Israeli army have partied with Ben Shapiro in Boca Raton, met with House Republicans Brian Mast...
Executive Lawlessness: Leah Litman on the Supreme Court Enabling Presidential Overreach
During Donald Trump’s first term, the Supreme Court made some effort to check his power. But that era is over....
