The Trump Team’s Legal Defense Was a Tour de Force of Hypocrisy The Trump Team’s Legal Defense Was a Tour de Force of Hypocrisy
From Ken Starr to Alan Dershowitz, the president’s lawyers spewed illogical arguments that contradicted their own well-known positions.
Jan 28, 2020 / Elie Mystal
American’s Gun Culture American’s Gun Culture
Real-time US gun deaths as of January 6 total 585, with six mass shootings.
Jan 27, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
The Senate GOP Is Getting Desperate The Senate GOP Is Getting Desperate
After slamming House Dems for not working through the courts to get evidence, they refuse to work through the courts to get evidence.
Jan 24, 2020 / Joan Walsh
These Students Are Bringing Transformative Justice to Their Campus These Students Are Bringing Transformative Justice to Their Campus
A first in the country and built from the ground up by students, Brown University’s Transformative Justice Program addresses harm on campus without relying on the punitive legal sy...
Jan 24, 2020 / StudentNation / Mara Dolan
How a Collective of Mothers Flipped the Script on Housing How a Collective of Mothers Flipped the Script on Housing
When the group Moms 4 Housing occupied a vacant house in West Oakland, they were confronting a system designed to exclude them.
Jan 24, 2020 / Jonny Coleman
John Roberts Is Putting His Thumb on the Impeachment Scale John Roberts Is Putting His Thumb on the Impeachment Scale
The chief justice is wielding the little power he has in the impeachment trial in support of the Republican side.
Jan 24, 2020 / Elie Mystal
How Much Did Chesa Boudin’s Election Matter? He Just Eliminated Cash Bail. How Much Did Chesa Boudin’s Election Matter? He Just Eliminated Cash Bail.
The move proves that revolutionary change is possible.
Jan 24, 2020 / John Nichols
‘It’s Like Living in Solitary Confinement, but Out in the World’ ‘It’s Like Living in Solitary Confinement, but Out in the World’
Born in Soviet Ukraine and denied status in Canada and the United States, Karina describes the plight of statelessness—living without being recognized by any country at all.
Jan 23, 2020 / John Washington
Trump Is Shooting the Constitution in the Middle of Pennsylvania Avenue Trump Is Shooting the Constitution in the Middle of Pennsylvania Avenue
A brazen president brags about obstruction of Congress and thwarting the system of checks and balances.
Jan 22, 2020 / John Nichols
The Republicans Have Revealed Their Impeachment Strategy—Lying The Republicans Have Revealed Their Impeachment Strategy—Lying
As the trial enters its second day, can anyone stop Trump’s Senate enablers from dissembling their way to an acquittal?
Jan 22, 2020 / Elie Mystal