Prison Gerrymandering Distorts Our Democracy in the Worst Ways Prison Gerrymandering Distorts Our Democracy in the Worst Ways
Congressman Mark Pocan just got the House to approve an end to Census counts that distort representation at local and state levels.
Mar 8, 2019 / John Nichols
How AMLO Is Taking on Mexico’s Billion-Dollar Gasoline Thieves How AMLO Is Taking on Mexico’s Billion-Dollar Gasoline Thieves
For years, the country’s war on illicit activity has only encouraged more violence. Its new president has a plan to change that.
Mar 8, 2019 / Kurt Hackbarth and Colin Mooers
The Unmaking of a College: Notes From Inside the Hampshire Runaway Train The Unmaking of a College: Notes From Inside the Hampshire Runaway Train
If Hampshire goes under, the arts and the liberal arts as inspiration to lives of critical inquiry and social engagement will have been dealt another serious blow.
Mar 8, 2019 / Margaret Cerullo
What if Workers Owned Their Workplaces? What if Workers Owned Their Workplaces?
The cooperative movement is showing that worker-owned businesses can not only survive, but thrive.
Mar 8, 2019 / Michelle Chen
What to Celebrate—and Mourn—This International Women’s Day What to Celebrate—and Mourn—This International Women’s Day
Over the last year, women’s rights took one step back, and two steps forward.
Mar 8, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
In Memoriam: Mike Oliver In Memoriam: Mike Oliver
The British sociologist revolutionized the field of disability studies.
Mar 8, 2019 / Ravi Malhotra
Immigrant Advocates Just Got JPMorgan Chase to Stop Financing Private Prisons Immigrant Advocates Just Got JPMorgan Chase to Stop Financing Private Prisons
Next up? All the other major banks financing private detention centers.
Mar 8, 2019 / Javier H. Valdés and Ana María Archila
ICE Is Terrorizing Iraqi-American Communities ICE Is Terrorizing Iraqi-American Communities
The immigration-enforcement agency has launched a deportation campaign involving coercion, “demonstrably false” court declarations, and outright lies.
Mar 8, 2019 / Chris Gelardi
Russian Women Against Militarism: Act II Russian Women Against Militarism: Act II
Feminists are once again on the front lines of a generations-old struggle for peace.
Mar 8, 2019 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
Keep Your Hands Off Our Bodies! Keep Your Hands Off Our Bodies!
Or be in the hands of the law.
Mar 8, 2019 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo