- A Movement Moment?
- Racism U.: From Bob Jones to MAGA
- Trump Cuts and Weather Disasters
- Rude Awakenings in Trumpland...
- ...But What About the Libs?
- Students, Teachers and ICE
- Hot Girls for Zohran
- DEI or GTFO
- Reactionary Nihilism
- Francis’s Mic Drop
By Mark Engler and Paul Engler
Waging Nonviolence
History tells us that, even as authoritarians deploy “shock and awe” campaigns, they consistently underestimate the ability of movements to break out in opposition. And it has demonstrated that civil resistance — in the form of mass protest, strikes, boycotts and creative noncompliance — can have profound effects in turning public opinion.
Racism U.: From Bob Jones to MAGA
By Rick Pidcock
Baptist News Global
The resurrected right’s argument against Harvard as this: “You won’t let us segregate our churches and schools? You won’t let us tell Black people they’re not allowed here in our school? Fine, we’re going to work for 70 years and we will elect a narcissistic monster that will finally tell schools like Harvard, ‘You’re being too diverse.’”
Trump Cuts and Weather Disasters
By Matt Simon
Grist
The Trump administration’s slashing of jobs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is coming at a dangerous time, experts say, as the agency generates a stream of data essential to creating hurricane forecasting models. Forecasters are predicting an above-average season this year because the Atlantic is already several degrees Fahrenheit warmer than usual.
Rude Awakenings in Trumpland...
By Brittany Wong
Huffpost
Two days after I celebrated Trump taking office in 2025, he cut my position within the federal government. I am a 21-year federal employee who took a position last year at the VA. We were deemed to be DEI. Trump eliminated all DEI offices within the federal government. We were to be reassigned, but Elon Musk and DOGE cancelled those reassignment plans.
We are seeing a truly extraordinary transformation, something like the awakening of the mainstream conservatives alongside the continuing surrender of the mainstream liberals.
By Alejandra Gonzalez Rizo and Daniela Silva
Teen Vogue
We’ve had to adapt beyond our teaching roles to become protectors of our students. Over the past few weeks, we have led training for our school staff and students and helped families fill out preparedness packets so that they have a written plan for navigating the worst possible scenarios. At every turn, we have worked to get our people and communities organized.
By Alaina Demopoulos
The Guardian
Zohran Mamdani is the 33-year-old democratic socialist and state assemblyman from Queens who is running for New York City mayor. This week, a social media account called “Hot Girls 4 Zohran” dropped on X and Instagram to give away free Mamdani swag. It’s a tongue-in-cheek way for voters to self-identify and convince others to do so too.
By Zack Linly
Newsone
There are states where officials seem to be aware of the game the Trump administration is playing: lying about what DEI is, repeating the lies as often as possible, and then using them to justify official policy, much like Republicans have done with critical race theory, affirmative action, election security, and the ubiquitous thing they call “woke.”
Katherine Stewart and Christopher Ketcham
The Baffler
Think of it as owning the libs with an AR-15 while bowing to Mammon and smashing what remains of the welfare state. With his second term underway, Trump is making swift progress implementing this vision of what journalist Katherine Stewart calls “reactionary nihilism.”
By Tom Sykes
The Daily Beast
It was an entirely fitting final set piece from one of the few world leaders who had the courage—and political immunity—to stand up to and criticize, often in blistering terms, both presidencies of Donald Trump, explicitly calling his migration policies a “disgrace” and “not Christian.”
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