Donald Trump Owns Zero Tolerance Donald Trump Owns Zero Tolerance
But both Democrats and Republicans have criminalized immigration.
Jun 20, 2018 / The Nation
No More Blank Checks for War No More Blank Checks for War
With Trump in the White House, Congress must reassert its role in governing the use of military force.
Jun 20, 2018 / Feature / Rep. Barbara Lee
Kirstjen Nielsen, Enough With the Lies! Kirstjen Nielsen, Enough With the Lies!
The Homeland Security secretary’s cavalcade of lies has helped fuel interest in a national day of resistance to Trump’s family-separation policy.
Jun 19, 2018 / Joan Walsh
We All Need to Fight to End the Separation of Immigrant Families We All Need to Fight to End the Separation of Immigrant Families
In just five weeks, federal immigration authorities separated more than 2,300 children from their parents.
Jun 19, 2018 / NationAction
How Scapegoating Immigrants Hurts All Workers How Scapegoating Immigrants Hurts All Workers
ICE raided a New Bedford factory in 2007, but the jobs that opened up for other workers didn’t last long.
Jun 19, 2018 / George Goehl
Congress Must Act to Stop US Involvement in the Yemen War Congress Must Act to Stop US Involvement in the Yemen War
By partnering with conservatives to rein in presidential overreach, progressive advocates for peace are laying the groundwork for a sea change in US foreign policy.
Jun 18, 2018 / Feature / Rep. Ro Khanna
What It’s Like Inside a Border Patrol Facility Where Families Are Being Separated What It’s Like Inside a Border Patrol Facility Where Families Are Being Separated
The Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy has overwhelmed Ursula, where children sleep in cages, the lights never go off, and detainees are brought in 24 hours a day.
Jun 18, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter
Gun Conversation Gun Conversation
Across the US people are talking about guns from both sides of the shooting range.
Jun 18, 2018 / OppArt / Isabella Bannerman
How a Rape Trial in Spain Ignited a Feminist Movement How a Rape Trial in Spain Ignited a Feminist Movement
Women are pushing to change the country’s narrow rape law, which requires proof that an assailant used “violence or intimidation” and often leads to a lesser sentence.
Jun 14, 2018 / Meaghan Beatley
In Trump’s ‘Madness,’ A Chance for Peace in Korea: Bruce Cumings In Trump’s ‘Madness,’ A Chance for Peace in Korea: Bruce Cumings
Plus Ahilan Arulanantham on Trump’s family separation policy, and Harold Meyerson on the Democrats’ chances in November.
Jun 14, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener