Fortress America Is Crumbling Fortress America Is Crumbling
Trump’s inept one-man diplomacy is wrecking US foreign policy.
Jan 16, 2018 / Alfred McCoy
Defending the Family: The Need for Legal Representation in Child-Welfare Proceedings Defending the Family: The Need for Legal Representation in Child-Welfare Proceedings
More than half of Mississippi parents who walk into family court don’t have a lawyer.
Jan 16, 2018 / Rachel Blustain
Florida’s Prison Laborers Are Going On Strike Florida’s Prison Laborers Are Going On Strike
Demanding fair pay for their work and an end to brutal conditions, the inmates are putting pressure on the Florida prison system’s bottom line.
Jan 15, 2018 / John Washington
Without Haiti, the United States Would, in Fact, Be a Shithole Without Haiti, the United States Would, in Fact, Be a Shithole
And some other things about the country that Donald Trump doesn’t know and doesn’t care to know.
Jan 12, 2018 / Amy Wilentz
Meet the First 2018 Candidate to Run on a Federal Jobs Guarantee Meet the First 2018 Candidate to Run on a Federal Jobs Guarantee
And he’s doing it in deep-red rural Georgia.
Jan 12, 2018 / David Dayen
How to End the Silence Around Sexual-Harassment Settlements How to End the Silence Around Sexual-Harassment Settlements
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, lawmakers are floating bills to ban confidentiality in workplace sexual harassment settlements. But advocates are divided over whether that woul...
Jan 12, 2018 / Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Nothing Would Be More Tragic Than to Turn Back Now Nothing Would Be More Tragic Than to Turn Back Now
This Martin Luther King Day, we should remember that when we stand up and fight back, the seemingly indomitable giants of white supremacy can come down.
Jan 12, 2018 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
3 Reasons Why Republicans Will Let the Rich Abuse the Tax Code 3 Reasons Why Republicans Will Let the Rich Abuse the Tax Code
The GOP tax bill creates a vast and easy game for accountants to play.
Jan 12, 2018 / Mike Konczal
Inequality Is Everywhere, but Not Inevitable Inequality Is Everywhere, but Not Inevitable
Wherever you live in the world, beware: You’ve been robbed.
Jan 11, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Poverty Is Eliminated! Poverty Is Eliminated!
You can’t really be poor unless you literally have nothing.
Jan 11, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow