My Houseguest Was a Brocialist Jerk. How Should I Respond? My Houseguest Was a Brocialist Jerk. How Should I Respond?
Another reader asks if it’s helpful to offer to be a personal suicide hotline.
Jul 20, 2018 / Liza Featherstone
How the Trump Administration Is Normalizing Immigrant Internment Camps How the Trump Administration Is Normalizing Immigrant Internment Camps
If the Muslim ban is any guide, an idea that was once considered insane will soon become acceptable.
Jul 20, 2018 / Column / Laila Lalami
Constitutional Lawyer Bruce Fein on the Effort to Stop ‘Presidential Wars’ Constitutional Lawyer Bruce Fein on the Effort to Stop ‘Presidential Wars’
He’s proposing legislation that could halt extrajudicial US military intervention.
Jul 19, 2018 / James Carden
How Government Secrecy on Torture Has Stymied the 9/11 Terror Prosecution How Government Secrecy on Torture Has Stymied the 9/11 Terror Prosecution
This case is the last front in the long-running battle over the Bush-era torture regime.
Jul 19, 2018 / Lisa Hajjar
In Trump’s America, the Middle East Remains an Afterthought In Trump’s America, the Middle East Remains an Afterthought
And yet US foreign policy is far from innocent in the disasters playing out in Syria, Yemen, and elsewhere.
Jul 19, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon
House Progressives Go Big on Medicare for All House Progressives Go Big on Medicare for All
A new congressional caucus recognizes that “health care is a right” politics will defeat Trumpism.
Jul 19, 2018 / John Nichols
The Rise and Fall of Kanye and Drake The Rise and Fall of Kanye and Drake
The genres that West and Drake once defined are now the domain of a new generation of musicians.
Jul 19, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen
The Worst Way to Pay for Family Leave The Worst Way to Pay for Family Leave
A plan for paid family leave put forward by Marco Rubio and Ivanka Trump would steal from the elderly.
Jul 19, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Meet the Community Scientists Shaping the New Environmental Resistance Meet the Community Scientists Shaping the New Environmental Resistance
The fight for data democracy in Trump’s America is revolutionizing the way communities and scientists build inclusive and wide-reaching coalitions.
Jul 19, 2018 / Emmalina Glinskis
Fashion’s Cycle Fashion’s Cycle
after Rana Plaza To be born is to risk the ghost of a factory collapse to try it on in intervals in front of the mirror. I loved the baby doll dress like no other. I can see it. I…
Jul 19, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Rosa Alcala