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- Cover Story
Trump’s Targets
He promised revenge. Here’s who’s first on his list—and how they’re fighting back.
Removing Immigrants
“If I get deported, it will be the end of me.”
Raiding Communities
“ICE officers were just trying to pick them off.”
Attacking LGBTQ people
“She just needed to get out of Texas.”
Quashing the Press
“A lot of the guardrails are down.”
Crushing Student Protests
“I didn’t think it was this insane.”
Silencing Whistleblowers
“We are back in the days of the Red Scare.”
Undermining Science
“The collapsed ethics were profound.”
Ending Reproductive Rights
“The worst can happen.”
- FEATURES
The Unflinching Courage of Taylor Cadle
The police said she lied about being raped. Then she hit record.
Civil War
The legal industry’s monopoly on advice ensures only the rich can afford a lawyer. Now, an unlikely coalition is fighting to change that—and it just might succeed.
Prison Break
There are many programs trying to reduce recidivism. This one works.
- OUTFRONT
The Plot Against Birthright Citizenship
It’s time to take the rhetoric about “anchor babies” seriously.
Power of the Purse
Trump’s unprecedented billionaire Cabinet
Will Congress Ever “Liberate” Methadone?
Drug user activists are teaming up with doctors and legislators to upend a degrading clinic system.
- MIXED MEDIA
Poet of the People
aja monet is reviving the Black Arts Movement’s tradition of pairing poetry with live music—and drawing in Gen Z.
Entitlements
DOGE reboots austerity for the era of Big Tech.
- FOOD + HEALTH
Virtuous Cycle
The market in telling women to bring back “natural” birth control
Losing the Farm
How RFK Jr.’s healthy-foods movement swallowed up some of the Democratic base
