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An inmate looks out of his cell in the the Special Management Unit, known as high-max at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, December 1, 2015, in Jackson, Georgia.

“We Shouldn’t Torture People”: The Case Against Solitary Confinement “We Shouldn’t Torture People”: The Case Against Solitary Confinement

A conversation with incarcerated journalist Christopher Blackwell about his new book Ending Isolation.

Sep 19, 2025 / Q&A / Jack Mirkinson

Maxwell’s House

Maxwell’s House Maxwell’s House

Good to the last leak.

Sep 19, 2025 / OppArt / Jack Ohman

The Police State Presidency

The Police State Presidency The Police State Presidency

Trump’s crime wave to break democracy.

Sep 17, 2025 / OppArt / Clay Bennett

President Donald Trump speaks to the press before signing an executive order that aims to end cashless bail, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 25, 2025. Also pictured, from left to right, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Administrator Drug Enforcement Administration Terry Cole, US Attorney General Pam Bondi, Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

Don’t Let Trump’s Henchmen Rewrite History. They’re the Ones Inciting Violence. Don’t Let Trump’s Henchmen Rewrite History. They’re the Ones Inciting Violence.

A brief catalogue of the times Republicans have called for brutal repression makes clear that Trump, not the left, is tearing apart the country.

Sep 17, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

Pushback Over Trump’s DC Military Takeover

Pushback Over Trump’s DC Military Takeover Pushback Over Trump’s DC Military Takeover

The man who threw his sandwich at a National Guardsman became a symbol of resistance.

Sep 16, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Kirkland Discounts

Kirkland Discounts Kirkland Discounts

Freedom sells out cheap.

Sep 15, 2025 / Steve Brodner

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, DC, on Sunday, September 14, 2025.

Trump Has Destroyed Any Hope of National Healing Trump Has Destroyed Any Hope of National Healing

Charlie Kirk’s assassination is a pretext for a concerted attack on Trump’s enemies.

Sep 15, 2025 / Jeet Heer

A makeshift memorial is set up at Turning Point USA headquarters after the shooting death at a Utah college on Wednesday, of Charlie Kirk.

How to Canonize a White Supremacist How to Canonize a White Supremacist

On the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk, the certain blowback, and this country’s raging gun problem.

Sep 12, 2025 / Elie Mystal

A masked ICE agent stalks the corridors on the 12th floor of Lower Manhattan’s immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, New York City on September 8, 2025.

Trump Is Expanding His Masked Thugocracy Trump Is Expanding His Masked Thugocracy

Federal agents are essentially acting as paramilitaries to fulfill the administration’s violent fantasies. After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, they will be empowered.

Sep 12, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

Carol Mason Explains How Abortion Opponents Went From Blockading Clinics to Storming the Capitol

Carol Mason Explains How Abortion Opponents Went From Blockading Clinics to Storming the Capitol Carol Mason Explains How Abortion Opponents Went From Blockading Clinics to Storming the Capitol

A conversation with the author about her new book, From the Clinics to the Capitol: How Opposing Abortion Became Insurrectionary.

Sep 12, 2025 / Amy Littlefield

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