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The Manafort Sentence Is a Lesson in White Privilege

But the solution isn’t to inflate sentences for wealthy white men—it’s to reduce sentences for poor people of color.

Elie Mystal

Criminal Justice

Prison Gerrymandering Distorts Our Democracy in the Worst Ways

Congressman Mark Pocan just got the House to approve an end to Census counts that distort representation at local and state levels.

John Nichols
Immigration Policy

ICE Is Terrorizing Iraqi-American Communities

The immigration-enforcement agency has launched a deportation campaign involving coercion, “demonstrably false” court declarations, and outright lies.

Chris Gelardi
Higher Education

The Unmaking of a College: Notes From Inside the Hampshire Runaway Train

If Hampshire goes under, the arts and the liberal arts as inspiration to lives of critical inquiry and social engagement will have been dealt another serious blow.

Margaret Cerullo
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Politics

The Democratic Party Attacks on Ilhan Omar Are a Travesty

I’m Jewish and have worked against anti-Semitism for decades. I was sitting a few feet from Omar at Busboys & Poets and I heard nothing—nothing—that smacked of anti-Semitism, overt or coded or otherwise.

Phyllis Bennis

A CFPB Official Who Quit in Protest Will Testify About the Bureau’s ‘Incompetence’

Seth Frotman has tough words for CFPB’s political leadership, and big ideas on how to solve the student-debt crisis. 

George Zornick

The Real Value of Michael Cohen’s Testimony

The president’s former personal counsel opened up entire vistas of potential reckoning for Trump and his associates. But the most important venue for accountability remains the US Congress.

John Nichols

Culture

Toward a Global History of the Communist Party

A. James McAdams’s new history examines the tensions between the communist party as an institution and as an ideal.

Tony Wood

The Unmaking of American Work

More than any technology, what the gig-economy companies share is the strategy of shifting costs to workers.

Malcolm Harris

Susan Orlean’s Tale of Arson and Unfulfilled Dreams

The Library Book is more than a work of true crime; it is a study of Los Angeles and the burning ambition of the people who flock to it.

Jennifer Wilson

world

Media, Mass Murder, and the Law: A Q&A With Maria Ressa

The founder of Rappler tells The Nation about her fight to keep independent journalism alive in the Philippines.

Noah Flora

Democratic Hawks Helped Scuttle the Hanoi Summit on Korea

They, along with National Security Adviser John Bolton, have been cynical about the Trump-Kim talks and the inter-Korean peace process from the beginning.

Tim Shorrock

Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Is Illegal Under International Law

And a new lawsuit is holding the government accountable.

Michelle Chen

Watch and Listen

Listen: Will the Baseball Caps on Major League Heads Be Union Made?

Eireann Dolan and Sean Doolittle join the show to talk about their push to keep caps union made.

March 4, 2019

View: Is New York City’s Public Housing Ready for the Next Storm?

More than six years after Superstorm Sandy, and in an age of increasing climate uncertainty, the city’s public housing facilities are still dangerously vulnerable.

January 29, 2019

View: Portraits From the Exodus

Members of the migrant caravans, stranded in Tijuana, explain why they traveled thousands of miles from their homes.

December 14, 2018

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