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Politics / October 16, 2025 The ruling, when it comes, will be disastrous for Black voters and for Democrats. Ad Policy A woman held a US flag outside the Supreme Court as the court weighed the future of the Voting Rights Act on October 15, 2025.(Eric Lee / Bloomberg via Getty Images) The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Louisiana v. Callais, a case about whether Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act prevents white people from overrepresenting themselves in Congress. Oral arguments can sometimes sound like the justices are deliberating great and technical points of law, but…

The admiral overseeing U.S. Southern Command is leaving as the Pentagon continues its attacks on small boats in the waters off Venezuela, claiming they are being used by drug traffickers. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The head of U.S. Southern Command, who oversees all military activity in the Caribbean and South America, is stepping down after just a year in the post. His retirement was announced by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth this week on social media. NPR’s Quil Lawrence reports.QUIL LAWRENCE, BYLINE: Secretary Hegseth announced that Admiral Alvin Holsey would retire after 37 years in the military and praised what he…

Activism / October 16, 2025 The unconstitutional targeting of constituencies Trump dislikes calls for coordinated acts of resistance. Ad Policy Protesters march against the Trump administration in downtown Chicago following an ICE raid on an apartment building.(Scott Olson/Getty Images) Shortly after the first government shutdown since 2019 began earlier this month, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought announced that he was freezing $8 billion in infrastructure projects exclusively in states that voted for Kamala Harris. The projects that Vought consigned to funding purgatory included a multibillion-dollar renovation and expansion of the Hudson Tunnel from New Jersey to New…

Thousands gather to protest the Missouri legislature’s efforts to redraw congressional maps to favor the GOP and amend the initiative petition process on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, at the state Capitol in Jefferson City. Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption toggle caption Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radio KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lately, on any given day, you’ll find Leann Villaluz knocking on doors around Kansas City to get people to sign a petition that would let voters decide the fate of the state’s new congressional map. “There’s a sense of resentment, even to regular voters who aren’t as involved,”…

Activism / October 17, 2025 More millions will show up for this and future demonstrations if collective joy, humor, satire, and nonviolent action prevail. Ad Policy Demonstrators at a “No Kings” Trump protest at the Vermont State House in Montpelier, Vermont, as part of nationwide No Kings protest day on June 14, 2025.(John Lazenby / Getty Images) Saturday’s No Kings! demonstrations are tomorrow and I will be at the San Francisco march, screaming my head off. As Barbara Ehrenreich said, it feels good to get together with other people and yell! So c’mon, everybody, show up, and do the same—if…

Members of the Texas National Guard stand guard at an army reserve training facility on October 7, 2025 in Elwood, Illinois. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow it to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois after lower courts blocked the deployment. As legal challenges to President Trump’s push to send military troops to Democratic-led cities make their way through several courts, the administration’s appeal to the high court marks the first time the justices have been asked to weigh in on the issue. In the appeal filed…

Politics / October 17, 2025 In a post-shame era, racist slurs and Nazism can be shrugged off. Ad Policy Donald Trump speaks with JD Vance in the Cabinet Room at the White House on October 14, 2025.(Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images) If Donald Trump is a transformative president, it is due to his behavior more than his ideology. In policy terms, Trump has governed like a typical right-wing Republican, and the component parts of MAGA-ism all have deep roots in American history: racism, nativism, nationalism, unchained capitalism, military adventurism, and even authoritarianism. What makes Trump distinct, and increasingly has reshaped…

George Santos leaves the U.S. Capitol after his fellow members of Congress voted to expel him from the House of Representatives on December 01, 2023. The New York Republican was later sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to range of federal charges, but President Trump has now commuted his sentence. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he commuted the prison term of George Santos, the disgraced New York Republican who was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for a litany of crimes after he was expelled from…

Politics / October 17, 2025 In this week’s Elie v. US, The Nation’s justice correspondent connects the dots between the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Case and Trump’s whites-only refugee policy. Ad Policy Donald Trump smiles during an announcement in the Oval Office on October 16, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images) This is a preview of Nation Justice Correspondent Elie Mystal’s new weekly newsletter. Click here to receive this newsletter in your inbox each Friday. The New York Times reports that the Trump administration is considering proposals to radically reshape the US refugee system, denying entry to Black and…

The federal government has been shut down for more than two weeks. Mehmet Eser/AFP via Getty hide caption toggle caption Mehmet Eser/AFP via Getty Unions representing federal employees say the Trump administration is planning to conduct mass firings at the Interior Department despite a court order temporarily blocking layoffs during the shutdown. The disclosure came amid a legal fight between the administration and two federal employee unions — the American Federation of Government Employees and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees — which sued to block what they call “politically driven RIFs,” or reductions in force. In…