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immigration raid

Rejecting proposals to tighten borders, a network of grassroots groups calls for reform based on “human, labor and civil rights for all.”

To be decent, an immigration reform bill must set out a path to citizenship that isn’t paved with broken glass.

Whatever reform passes in Washington, poverty in the global South will continue to drive migration.

Torture and Taboo: On Elaine Scarry

How the work of a literary critic became the proxy for our preoccupation with the horrors of torture.

SlutWalk protest

Rape culture exists because we don't believe it does. Here's how to empower men and women to change the status quo.

Broward Detention Facility

While Washington debates a grand immigration resolution, some activists are putting their bodies on the line to free those in detention today.

Marijuana

After election day victories in Colorado and Washington, marijuana legalization activists are gearing up for more.

Democrats like Joe Biden were responsible for some of the worst laws behind mass incarceration. Whatever our response to gun violence, a new war on crime is not the answer.

We Are Undocumented America: Fighting for Immigration Reform in 2013

Against the backdrop of record deportations, undocumented activists outline what it would take to make immigration reform both comprehensive and meaningful.

Barack Obama

There are many measures the president could take to restore civil liberties—if he wanted to.

Blogs

Why finding yourself in the sights of the Guardian journalist and those who love him can be such a frustrating thing.

June 18, 2013

The High Court defended voting rights yesterday—striking down part of an Arizona proposition that nevertheless leaves undocumented immigrants vulnerable to deportation. 

June 18, 2013

We're okay until someone's forced to put their face in a rat cage.

June 18, 2013

Justice Scalia authors an unexpected victory for voting rights today.

June 17, 2013

The Nation has kept an eye on the intelligence community every step of the way.

June 15, 2013

The Guardian journalist still insists he didn’t make any mistakes on the PRISM story. A technologist explains why he’s still wrong.

June 14, 2013

Remembering the disturbing details of US diplomacy revealed through Wikileaks.

June 13, 2013

Bradley Manning’s leak was as difficult as microwaving popcorn. What does this mean?

June 13, 2013

Seventy House GOP members are poised to put John Boehner—and immigration reform—in an incredibly tough position. 

June 13, 2013

For many students, college is synonymous with debt and financial stress—and it shouldn’t have to be.

June 13, 2013