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How Can We Reimagine Higher Education in the Age of Climate Change?

Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

wednesday 4

The Nation

Madiba K. Dennie

4 Years After “Dobbs,” How Do We Count the Dead?

Amy Littlefield

wednesday 4

The Nation

Madiba K. Dennie

250 Years of Genocide, Theft, and Displacement

Simon Moya-Smith

wednesday 3

The Nation

Madiba K. Dennie

The Celebration of the Nation's Birth Is Still a Sham

Madiba K. Dennie

wednesday 3

The Nation

Madiba K. Dennie

The Trump DOJ Is Trying to Do Elon Musk a Big Favor

The Trump DOJ Is Trying to Do Elon Musk a Big Favor

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.  It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Since August of...

19.06.2026 7

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

The Delaney Hall Strike Is Exposing a Massive Thirteenth Amendment Crisis

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.  It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. For the past...

08.06.2026 9

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

The Proposed Trump NDA Is Following John Roberts’s Bad Example

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.  It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Last week,...

03.06.2026 10

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

Republicans Sound Like They’re Getting Nervous About Supreme Court Expansion

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.  It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. On Thursday,...

25.05.2026 10

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

There’s an Easy Way to Tell That Trump’s Judicial Nominees Don’t Belong On the Bench

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.  It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. President Donald...

12.05.2026 10

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

There’s an Obvious Reason Why The Republican Justices Sound So Nervous

Persuading the public that a Republican-controlled Court issuing Republican-friendly decisions is not a Republican body has never been more difficult.

08.05.2026 20

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

Neomi Rao Understands What It Means to Be a Trump Judge

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.  It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. For a full year,...

17.04.2026 20

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

The Trump White House Is Very Upset About States That Won’t Do Its Dirty Work

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.  It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Last week, the...

15.04.2026 30

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

The Supreme Court Has Never Heard a Case As Easy As This One

Oral argument in Trump v. Barbara will reveal nothing new about the Fourteenth Amendment. It will reveal how gone this Court really is.

31.03.2026 30

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

John Roberts Is Hanging District Court Judges Out to Dry

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Chief Justice John...

20.03.2026 50

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

Federal Judges Are Slowly Realizing They Can Treat Trump Like Anyone Else

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Last week,...

10.03.2026 40

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

Republican-Appointed Texas Judge Endorses ‘Vote Harvesting’ Conspiracy Amid Primaries

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Last Tuesday, early...

23.02.2026 200

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

The Originalists Are Getting the Birthright Citizenship Case Spectacularly Wrong

30.01.2026 50

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

The Supreme Court’s ‘History and Tradition’ Test Has Now Run Into America’s History and Tradition of Anti-Black Racism

21.01.2026 40

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

John Roberts Thinks 2025 Was a Banner Year for the Constitution

07.01.2026 70

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce

The administration is unveiling new policies that together make it harder for people of color to challenge illegal discrimination at work.

19.12.2025 40

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

Trump Has Never Been Clearer About What an Immigration Judge’s Real Job Is

05.12.2025 50

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

Judges Are Finding Ways to Deal With the Supreme Court’s Disastrous Shadow Docket

20.11.2025 30

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

Louisiana v Callais: The Republicans Justices Are Getting Ready to Finish Off the Voting Rights Act

14.10.2025 30

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

No One Is Sure If It’s Illegal to Accept a $50,000 Bribe Stuffed In a Cava Bag, Thanks to the Supreme Court

24.09.2025 30

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

Nancy Mace Can Thank John Roberts for Keeping Her Congressional Seat Safe

19.09.2025 30

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

Conservative Justices Declare Racial Profiling Just Fine If Trump Asks For It

09.09.2025 30

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie

The Legal System Should Not Give Trump the Benefit of the Doubt

31.07.2025 20

Talking Points Memo

Madiba K. Dennie