Is Every Sentence a Life Sentence? Is Every Sentence a Life Sentence?
Around 1.3 million Americans are currently incarcerated, and they will continue to be punished long after their release.
May 23, 2022 / StudentNation / Dylan Cohen and Dexter Peters
Insurrectionist Doug Mastriano Should Be Barred From the Pennsylvania Ballot Insurrectionist Doug Mastriano Should Be Barred From the Pennsylvania Ballot
Details of Mastriano’s involvement with the coup attempt are overwhelming—and disqualify him under the 14th Amendment, argue constitutional lawyers.
May 23, 2022 / John Nichols
George W. Bush Stumbles Into a Moment of Truth George W. Bush Stumbles Into a Moment of Truth
The former president’s gaffe reminds us that his launching of a criminal war still demands justice.
May 20, 2022 / Jeet Heer
“We Are Not Terrified. We Are Tenacious.” “We Are Not Terrified. We Are Tenacious.”
Life against death in Buffalo.
May 20, 2022 / JoAnn Wypijewski
There’s No Place for Bystanders in the Coming Abortion Battle There’s No Place for Bystanders in the Coming Abortion Battle
Sixty years ago, it seemed remarkably clear how crucial it was that men stop leaving women to face this nightmare essentially alone—and it still does.
May 20, 2022 / Robert Lipsyte
If These Walls Could Talk If These Walls Could Talk
Women’s right to choose is under attack again.
May 19, 2022 / OppArt / Holly Ballard Martz
The Disastrous History of Rikers The Disastrous History of Rikers
How a failed agenda of jail reform produced one of the country's most infamous penal colonies.
May 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kay Gabriel
Time to End the West’s Xenophobic Double Standard on Refugees Time to End the West’s Xenophobic Double Standard on Refugees
Racism lowers the floor for how all people are treated. But it’s not too late to change.
May 18, 2022 / Khury Petersen-Smith and Azadeh Shahshahani