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A photo of Tyre Nichols is positioned prior to a press conference on January 27, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee.

You Cannot Stop Us From Proclaiming “I, Too, Am America” You Cannot Stop Us From Proclaiming “I, Too, Am America”

Watching Tyre Nichols sent home too soon, by the mean and the murderous.

Feb 3, 2023 / Maya Wiley

Josh Hawley holding pencil in front of microphone

The GOP’s Phony Class War The GOP’s Phony Class War

Racist resentment plus plutocratic economics don’t equal a “working-class party.”

Feb 3, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Georgia SWAT team dressed in fatigues

Deadly Violence Against Protesters Is the New Normal Deadly Violence Against Protesters Is the New Normal

Our over-militarized police force makes de-escalation unthinkable and violence inevitable—and, in the case of the "Cop City" shooting, lethal.

Feb 3, 2023 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Ketamine Clinic

Can Psychedelics Solve the Youth Mental Health Crisis? Can Psychedelics Solve the Youth Mental Health Crisis?

Nearly two-thirds of young adults report having either depression or anxiety. In California, Connecticut, Illinois, and other states, lawmakers are considering their options for ps...

Feb 3, 2023 / StudentNation / Isaac Lozano

What We Can Do Right Now to Stop Anti-Asian Violence

What We Can Do Right Now to Stop Anti-Asian Violence What We Can Do Right Now to Stop Anti-Asian Violence

Recent massacres have made anti-Asian violence seem more entrenched than ever. But there are concrete steps we can take right now to make our communities safer.

Feb 2, 2023 / Promise Li

Immigration Reform Protest

For Mixed-Status Students, Immigration Reform Is the Only Hope For Mixed-Status Students, Immigration Reform Is the Only Hope

More than 22 million people in the US are in mixed-status households, where at least one undocumented person lives with citizens or lawful temporary immigrants.

Feb 2, 2023 / StudentNation / Yamila Martinez

What the Charges Against the Cops Who Killed Tyre Nichols Really Mean

What the Charges Against the Cops Who Killed Tyre Nichols Really Mean What the Charges Against the Cops Who Killed Tyre Nichols Really Mean

Prosecutors chose from multiple potential charges to land on second-degree murder for the five officers who killed Nichols.

Feb 2, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Leigh Goodmark

Leigh Goodmark on “Imperfect Victims” and the Need for Abolition Feminism Leigh Goodmark on “Imperfect Victims” and the Need for Abolition Feminism

A conversation with lawyer and advocate Leigh Goodmark on her new book about the criminalization of survivors and the promise of abolition feminism.

Feb 2, 2023 / Q&A / Victoria Law

Having More Women on the Federal Courts Is Long Overdue

Having More Women on the Federal Courts Is Long Overdue Having More Women on the Federal Courts Is Long Overdue

In a well-functioning democracy, representation matters not only in the legislative and executive branches of government but also in the courts.

Feb 1, 2023 / Michele Goodwin

Cops Lynched Tyre Nichols Because They Knew They Could

Cops Lynched Tyre Nichols Because They Knew They Could Cops Lynched Tyre Nichols Because They Knew They Could

All police, regardless of race or background, are employed to uphold a system conceived by white people, for white people, that operates to oppress Black people.

Jan 31, 2023 / Elie Mystal

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