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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Thumbs Up

We’re Going to Abolish ICE We’re Going to Abolish ICE

It’s just the beginning, but candidates across the country are starting to step up.

Jun 28, 2018 / Sean McElwee

Buzz Saws

Buzz Saws Buzz Saws

The orange machine cuts in all ways.

Jun 28, 2018 / OppArt / Richard Borge

Cruelty and Confusion in Trump’s Treatment of Migrant Children

Cruelty and Confusion in Trump’s Treatment of Migrant Children Cruelty and Confusion in Trump’s Treatment of Migrant Children

Zoë Carpenter on “zero tolerance,” Eyal Press on drone warriors, and Amy Wilentz on Haiti.

Jun 28, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Janus v. AFSCME unions free speech case

Will ‘Janus’ Prove to Be the Fatal Blow That Unions Have Long Feared? Will ‘Janus’ Prove to Be the Fatal Blow That Unions Have Long Feared?

Or will it inspire the kind of militant unionism that could still resurrect the labor movement? 

Jun 27, 2018 / Gabriel Winant

Census form

When Kids Don’t Count When Kids Don’t Count

The Census already drastically undercounts children. Will “zero tolerance” make it worse?

Jun 27, 2018 / Collier Meyerson

Detainee Immigrants

Here Is Just Some of the Hateful Abuse Immigrants Face in Detention Centers Here Is Just Some of the Hateful Abuse Immigrants Face in Detention Centers

A new report documents a litany of racist, sexist, Islamophobic, homophobic behavior from detention guards.

Jun 27, 2018 / John Washington

Immigrant children separated

How Tech Workers Are Fighting Back Against Collusion With ICE and the Department of Defense How Tech Workers Are Fighting Back Against Collusion With ICE and the Department of Defense

Microsoft and Google are just two of the largest companies that have been unmasked as contracting with harmful government agencies. Who will be next?

Jun 27, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Trump Putin G20

Who’s Afraid of a Trump-Putin Summit? Who’s Afraid of a Trump-Putin Summit?

If it actually occurs, never in the 75-year history of such US-Russian meetings will an American president have had so much opposition and so little support at home.

Jun 27, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Social Movements Could Propel López Obrador to Victory Social Movements Could Propel López Obrador to Victory

Mexico’s upcoming general election may be decided by voters who are fed up with the status quo.

Jun 27, 2018 / Ruth Conniff

Janus protest supreme court

‘Janus’ Was Decided by Conservative Judicial Activists Who Are Legislating From the Bench ‘Janus’ Was Decided by Conservative Judicial Activists Who Are Legislating From the Bench

A judicial assault on unions and Justice Kennedy's retirement confirm that the makeup of the Supreme Court must be a central issue in every 2018 Senate contest.

Jun 27, 2018 / John Nichols

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