How Trump's cuts to public media threaten the first Native American station
On October 1, 2025, public radio stations lost all of their federal funding -- and for Black and Native American community stations, the cuts hit hard. Case in point, KYUK in Bethel, Alaska, which was...
15 Nov 202517min
Tribal colleges are a unique resource — and they're under threat
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College has classes on everything from Native American studies to gardening to equine sciences to the Hidatsa language. Like other tribal colleges and universities (aka TCUs), it...
12 Nov 202531min
The hidden history of demonizing SNAP recipients
Around 42 million people in the United States get SNAP benefits each month to cover basic needs like eggs, bread, and infant formula. Because of the government shutdown, most of those benefits have la...
8 Nov 202535min
Freedom of speech has never been for everyone
Fights over free speech have taken up a lot of space in the zeitgeist lately. People on both the left and right claim to be the defenders of free speech, while pointing fingers at the other side for c...
5 Nov 202539min
How Zohran Mamdani is scrambling establishment Democrat's brains
Zohran Mamdani has become one of the most popular and polarizing politicians in the last year. How did the New York City mayoral candidate go from a relatively unknown Democratic Socialist to becoming...
1 Nov 202520min
How Elon Musk and JD Vance plan to 'save civilization' with more babies
What do conservatives like JD Vance and tech executives like Elon Musk have in common? They, like other pronatalists, want to “save civilization” by having more American babies. But it wasn’t that lon...
29 Okt 202537min
Unpacking the Trump administration's immigration raid in Chicago
After midnight on September 30th, helicopters hovered above a large Chicago apartment building, and heavily armored agents rappelled from the choppers onto the roof. What unfolded became a spectacle t...
25 Okt 202517min
Racist slurs, naughty words, and how dictionary editors define them
How do we define slurs like the N-word? Whether it’s heated debates about racist or ableist slurs, arguments about gender, or even new kinds of profanity, dictionary editors have been at the center of...
22 Okt 202536min
