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Why Canadians Are Better Than Americans at Protesting Trump Right Now

April 4, 2025

People look on as empty shelves feature with 'Buy Canadian Instead' signs after the top-five U.S. liquor brands were removed from sale at a B.C. Liquor Store.

The DEI Catch-22

March 19, 2025

A color photograph of brick buildings and a green lawn on Columbia University campus in Morningside Heights, New York.

The Supreme Court Foreign-Aid Ruling Is a Bad Sign for Trump

Stephen I. Vladeck

March 5, 2025

Photo of the Supreme Court building

The Opposition Is Already Growing

February 14, 2025

Raised fists, signs, and megaphones in between pillars of a courthouse

Republican Leaders Once Thought January 6 Was ‘Tragic’

Annie Joy Williams and Gisela Salim-Peyer

January 20, 2025

A color photograph of Trump supporters storming the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021.

The Next ‘Stop the Steal’ Movement Is Here

October 28, 2024

An image of a man in a cowboy hat that says "Stop the Steal" on it.

The Danger Is Greater Than in 2020. Be Prepared.

October 15, 2024

"I Voted" stickers, some with an American flag and some with an outline of Michigan

The Israeli Artist Who Offends Everyone

Judith Shulevitz

November 2024 Issue

painting of horrified woman wearing red with white polka dots, clutching living child in her arms while crouching next to tangled pile of dead children in pool of red blood with black background

When a Government’s Brutality Backfires

September 22, 2024

Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh’s national flag as they storm the prime minister’s palace.

Campus Protest Encampments Are Unethical

Conor Friedersdorf

September 16, 2024

A student looks out of a window at an encampment protest.

A Protest That’s Drowning in Its Own Tears

August 12, 2024

Demonstrators gather outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Trump Has a New Plan to Deal With Campus Protests

David A. Graham

May 28, 2024

Jerry Seinfeld’s Speech Was the Real News

Conor Friedersdorf

May 14, 2024

Jerry Seinfeld speaking at a Duke podium

The Problem With America’s Protest Feedback Loop

Jerusalem Demsas

May 10, 2024

A megaphone radiating sound waves

Listen to What They’re Chanting

Judith Shulevitz

May 8, 2024

Protesters chanting

This Is Helicopter Protesting

May 6, 2024

Photograph of a faculty protest at Columbia University in April, with professors holding up signs that say "Hands off our students"

Say Plainly What the Protesters Want

May 6, 2024

An illustration of a protest sign that contains an infinite number of protest signs

SNL Completely Misses the Point of the College Protests

Esther Zuckerman

May 5, 2024

SNL cast members in a sketch on campus protests

What ‘Intifada Revolution’ Looks Like

May 5, 2024

A pro-Palestinian college encampment

Biden’s Patience With Campus Protests Runs Out

David A. Graham

May 2, 2024

Biden speaking in the Roosevelt Room of the White House

The Plot to Wreck the Democratic Convention

April 29, 2024

A photomontage with an image of the disorder outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

The Potential Political Fallout Over Foreign Funding

April 27, 2024

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic

A Prominent Free-Speech Group Is Fighting for Its Life

April 26, 2024

A speech bubble as part of a link chain, set against a red background

Columbia University’s Impossible Position

Conor Friedersdorf

April 26, 2024

A photo of pro-Palestine protesters marching with signs on Columbia University's campus

The Climate Art Vandals Are Embarrassing

October 27, 2022

Illustration of a framed landscape painting with a splash of paint patterned like the Earth

The Importance of Dissent in Wartime

Conor Friedersdorf

October 26, 2022

Rep. Pramila Jayapal speaking into microphones

In Iran, Raw Fury Is in the Air

Robert F. Worth

October 1, 2022

Protests in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini.

The Court’s Liberals Still Have Power

August 17, 2022

An illustration of the Supreme Court building with one pillar tipped over, leaning on all the others.

Free Speech Belongs to Freedom Fighters

May 13, 2022

The American Fantasy of Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’

Molly Jong-Fast

February 16, 2022

Canada’s Trucker Blockades Are a Warning

February 11, 2022

A protest led by truck drivers blocks the streets in Ottowa.

The Second Amendment Has Become a Threat to the First

Diana Palmer and Timothy Zick

October 27, 2021

An illustration of the word "We" from the U.S. Constitution on a blue piece of parchment paper in the crosshairs of a red target

How the Smug Politics of COVID-19 Empowers the Far Right

October 6, 2021

a portrait of a king wearing a golden face mask

My January 6 Nightmare

Conor Friedersdorf

January 6, 2021

A woman wearing a Make America Great Again hat and a mask with a hole.

How Will We Remember the Protests?

Nicole Mo and Myles Poydras

December 31, 2020

Dancers participate in the Dance for George event in Harlem.

Where Nationalism Has No Answers

December 21, 2020

A collage featuring Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demonstrators participating in farmers' protests