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Information Sign About Voting in Spanish

Vote Aquí? Limited-English-Proficiency Voters Could Help Determine Congress Vote Aquí? Limited-English-Proficiency Voters Could Help Determine Congress

A joint Investigative Fund–Nation exposé shows that language accommodation for voting (or the lack thereof) could swing 20 congressional elections.

Nov 5, 2018 / Richard Salame

Maryland Jordan McNair

Student Groups Push ‘Justice for Jordan’ Forward at the University of Maryland Student Groups Push ‘Justice for Jordan’ Forward at the University of Maryland

Students are not letting the death of football player Jordan McNair be forgotten, even following the dismissing of head football coach D.J. Durkin. 

Nov 3, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Migrant Caravan

Why the Refugee Caravan Is So Big—and What We Need to Do About It Why the Refugee Caravan Is So Big—and What We Need to Do About It

“Central America just couldn’t take it anymore.”

Nov 2, 2018 / Laura Carlsen

Central Americans seeking asylum status

An Open Letter to Active Duty Soldiers: Don’t Deploy to the Southern US Border An Open Letter to Active Duty Soldiers: Don’t Deploy to the Southern US Border

The migrants in the Central American caravan are not your enemies.

Nov 2, 2018 / Rory Fanning and Spenser Rapone

Is Peddling Hate a Losing Campaign Strategy?

Is Peddling Hate a Losing Campaign Strategy? Is Peddling Hate a Losing Campaign Strategy?

“Most Americans don’t hate Muslims.”

Nov 2, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Bernie Sanders: ‘Trump Is Somebody Who Clearly Does Not Respect Democracy’

Bernie Sanders: ‘Trump Is Somebody Who Clearly Does Not Respect Democracy’ Bernie Sanders: ‘Trump Is Somebody Who Clearly Does Not Respect Democracy’

The senator explains why Democrats must challenge right-wing extremism.

Nov 2, 2018 / John Nichols

Afghanistan helicopter takes off

David Hendrickson: We Need a ‘New Internationalism’ David Hendrickson: We Need a ‘New Internationalism’

The author and professor in conversation.

Nov 2, 2018 / Patrick Lawrence

Marriott Strike

How Marriott Fuels Racial Inequality How Marriott Fuels Racial Inequality

Predatory lending and predatory-employment practices are squeezing workers of color at the world’s largest hotel company.

Nov 2, 2018 / Amy Traub

The Public’s Mobile Unit Restores the Mission of Theater

The Public’s Mobile Unit Restores the Mission of Theater The Public’s Mobile Unit Restores the Mission of Theater

A Midwestern tour of Sweat, staged in community spaces, invites its audience into the play.

Nov 2, 2018 / Elizabeth Pochoda

Daryl Metcalfe

This Pennsylvania Legislator Is an Open White Supremacist—and He’s Up for Reelection This Pennsylvania Legislator Is an Open White Supremacist—and He’s Up for Reelection

Can November’s blue wave wash away Butler County’s foremost bigot, State Representative Daryl Metcalfe?

Nov 2, 2018 / Adam Eichen

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