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A father and his son await tutorship by immigration lawyers in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, April 27, 2018.

Support Asylum Seekers From the Migrant Caravan Vilified by Trump Support Asylum Seekers From the Migrant Caravan Vilified by Trump

You can also join a campaign to expose the Wall Street companies profiting off of the immigrant detention industry.

May 1, 2018 / NationAction

Bernie Sanders Puerto Rico

There Is an Alternative to Brutal Austerity in Puerto Rico There Is an Alternative to Brutal Austerity in Puerto Rico

Bernie Sanders has proposed a Marshall Plan for the islands, instead of an inhumane and antidemocratic oversight board.

May 1, 2018 / John Nichols

May Day

Remembering Nate Smith, Pittsburgh’s Prizefighting Labor Activist Remembering Nate Smith, Pittsburgh’s Prizefighting Labor Activist

For May Day, we look back at the work of Nate Smith, whose organizing broke down racial barriers in Pittsburgh’s trade unions.

May 1, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

Trump

Could an Army of Accountants Bring Down Trump? Could an Army of Accountants Bring Down Trump?

In the end, the bean counters might just save us.

May 1, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon

US Marines in Afghanistan

America Just Has One War—That It Keeps Losing America Just Has One War—That It Keeps Losing

Why can’t the best military in the world win?

May 1, 2018 / Arnold Isaacs

BLM Sacramento

The ‘People’s Pulitzers’ Salute Those Who Give Voice to the Powerless The ‘People’s Pulitzers’ Salute Those Who Give Voice to the Powerless

The remarkable work of this year’s Hillman Prize winners is a timely reminder of the indispensable role of the free press in sustaining a democracy.

May 1, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A Tapestry of Responses to Trump’s Wall

A Tapestry of Responses to Trump’s Wall A Tapestry of Responses to Trump’s Wall

Textile artists in Mexico create responses to the barriers they face.

May 1, 2018 / OppArt / Marietta Bernstorff, Juana Martinez Olivera, Leonila Aragon Grijalva, Rebecca Martinez Santos, and Jennifer Grijalva Martinez

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos

Betsy DeVos Is Facing Backlash for Her Plan to Push School Vouchers on Military Families Betsy DeVos Is Facing Backlash for Her Plan to Push School Vouchers on Military Families

The secretary of education’s latest school-privatization scheme is not going well.

May 1, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Disheartened Trump Can’t Get ‘Fox & Friends’ to Hear What He’s Saying Disheartened Trump Can’t Get ‘Fox & Friends’ to Hear What He’s Saying

It’s sad!

May 1, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

A Press Corps Full of Aunt Lydias

A Press Corps Full of Aunt Lydias A Press Corps Full of Aunt Lydias

Why are so many journalists defending Sarah Huckabee Sanders?

Apr 30, 2018 / Katha Pollitt

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