What Happened When the EU Moved Its Fight to Stop Migration to Niger What Happened When the EU Moved Its Fight to Stop Migration to Niger
Overnight, an EU-backed law criminalized the main source of income in the city of Agadez. It didn’t stop migration, but it wrecked the economy.
Jul 5, 2019 / Rémi Carayol
Defending the Right of Radical Dissent Is the Highest Expression of Patriotism Defending the Right of Radical Dissent Is the Highest Expression of Patriotism
A new book by David Maraniss captures the spirit of the Independence Day far more truly than Trump’s parade.
Jul 3, 2019 / John Nichols
The US Is Making a Mockery of Its Asylum Obligations The US Is Making a Mockery of Its Asylum Obligations
Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy sends asylum seekers into dangerous border towns where they struggle to keep safe.
Jul 3, 2019 / John Washington
Namwali Serpell’s Postcolonial Epic Namwali Serpell’s Postcolonial Epic
The Old Drift tells the multigenerational story of Zambia coming into being.
Jul 2, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Nawal Arjini
Letters From the July 15-22, 2019, Issue Letters From the July 15-22, 2019, Issue
Cruel and inhuman… A worthy education plan…
Jul 2, 2019 / Our Readers
Masking the Truth Masking the Truth
U.S. policy towards immigrants is criminal.
Jul 2, 2019 / OppArt / Brian Stauffer
Franklin Bynum Is a Texas Judge Who Wants to Abolish Prisons Franklin Bynum Is a Texas Judge Who Wants to Abolish Prisons
This week on Next Left, meet a judge who believes our incarceration complex is “not a defensible system.”
Jul 2, 2019 / Podcast / John Nichols
A Police Shooting Gives the Lie to Buttigieg’s Campaign Narrative A Police Shooting Gives the Lie to Buttigieg’s Campaign Narrative
Black voters are wary of Mayor Pete, for good reasons.
Jul 1, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Trump Is Dumping Asylum Seekers on American Streets—but Solidarity Activists Are Fighting Back Trump Is Dumping Asylum Seekers on American Streets—but Solidarity Activists Are Fighting Back
“It’s a humanitarian issue. We will not allow an atrocity to occur in our community.”
Jul 1, 2019 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky