Law

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The Formerly Incarcerated Are Becoming Opioid-Overdose First Responders The Formerly Incarcerated Are Becoming Opioid-Overdose First Responders

By putting naloxone into the hands of people just released from state prisons, New York hopes to curb this terrible crisis.

Apr 3, 2018 / Michelle Chen

How the #NeverAgain Movement Is Disrupting Gun Politics

How the #NeverAgain Movement Is Disrupting Gun Politics How the #NeverAgain Movement Is Disrupting Gun Politics

The gun-control movement has never been able to talk about race—until now.

Apr 3, 2018 / Feature / George Zornick

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We Are All Implicated in the Gun Industry We Are All Implicated in the Gun Industry

Since the industrial revolution, arms manufacturing has been central to our economy—changing that won’t be easy.

Apr 2, 2018 / Priya Satia

‘A Border Control Official Sexually Abused Me’

‘A Border Control Official Sexually Abused Me’ ‘A Border Control Official Sexually Abused Me’

Aura Hernández fled to the US seeking safety. Instead, she encountered threats, harassment, and assault.

Apr 2, 2018 / Feature / Laura Gottesdiener, Malav Kanuga, and Cinthya Santos Briones

Wheel of Misfortune

Wheel of Misfortune Wheel of Misfortune

Stop playing with children’s lives.

Apr 2, 2018 / OppArt / Melanie Oliva

BLM Sacramento

Sacramento Is Seething Over the Police Killing of Stephon Clark Sacramento Is Seething Over the Police Killing of Stephon Clark

His fate has sent a collective shudder of horror through the city’s African-American community.

Mar 30, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky

The Parkland Students Are Showing My Generation a Path Forward

The Parkland Students Are Showing My Generation a Path Forward The Parkland Students Are Showing My Generation a Path Forward

If Emma González can face the world with her questions, so can I.

Mar 30, 2018 / StudentNation / Sophia Steinberg

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Letters From the April 23, 2018, Issue Letters From the April 23, 2018, Issue

Enlighten us!… The renewable solution… Let them feel our fear…

Mar 29, 2018 / Our Readers

What to Do About the Police?

What to Do About the Police? What to Do About the Police?

Two new books examine the austerity policies and administrative overreach behind the expansion of local law enforcement.

Mar 29, 2018 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim

Robert Mueller

If Trump Fires Mueller, He Just Might Get Away With It If Trump Fires Mueller, He Just Might Get Away With It

The country has become increasingly polarized on Russiagate—and Republicans have more to fear from their Trump-supporting base than from Democratic challengers.

Mar 29, 2018 / Bob Dreyfuss

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