Blocked Parking Spots, Broken Sidewalks, and Boulders: How Common Spaces Fail People With Disabilities Blocked Parking Spots, Broken Sidewalks, and Boulders: How Common Spaces Fail People With Disabilities
The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed to ensure that we all had access to public spaces, but the implementation has not always lived up to the law.
Jan 31, 2020 / Photo Essay / Elizabeth Guffey
Confirmed: Elliott Abrams’s Defense of Mass Murder Was Based on Lies Confirmed: Elliott Abrams’s Defense of Mass Murder Was Based on Lies
The reporters who covered the El Mozote massacre were right all along.
Jan 30, 2020 / Eric Alterman
The Republicans Have Now Begun the Trolling Phase of the Impeachment Trial The Republicans Have Now Begun the Trolling Phase of the Impeachment Trial
The strategy will almost certainly help them win the impeachment battle—but may well sink them in the larger war.
Jan 30, 2020 / Elie Mystal
What Does It Mean to Be a Climate Refugee? What Does It Mean to Be a Climate Refugee?
A recent ruling opens the door to new types of protected status.
Jan 30, 2020 / Column / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Donald Trump’s ‘Defense’ Would Make the President a King Donald Trump’s ‘Defense’ Would Make the President a King
The argument against impeachment by Trump’s team proposes a super-presidency—an unlimited and fully imperial leader—that could rarely if ever be checked and balanced.
Jan 29, 2020 / John Nichols
Tennessee’s Chemical Castration Bill Shows Local Republicans Have One Thing on Their Minds Tennessee’s Chemical Castration Bill Shows Local Republicans Have One Thing on Their Minds
“It's a return, if you will, to the dark ages,” one civil rights advocate says.
Jan 29, 2020 / Jennifer Bernstein
Take Action Now: End Gun Violence Take Action Now: End Gun Violence
Tell Congress we need background checks, support gun control in your state, and fight to end abortion bans.
Jan 28, 2020 / NationAction
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