Showdown in Afrin: Turkey’s Attack on Syria’s Kurds Threatens That Country’s Most Democratic, Pluralist Force Showdown in Afrin: Turkey’s Attack on Syria’s Kurds Threatens That Country’s Most Democratic, Pluralist Force
The Kurds have said they will fight to the death before they give up an inch of Afrin.
Jan 26, 2018 / Meredith Tax
Democrats Don’t Grasp the Dreamers’ Sense of Emergency Democrats Don’t Grasp the Dreamers’ Sense of Emergency
Immigrant communities are demanding that Dems mount a fight that’s commensurate with what they rightly see as an existential threat.
Jan 26, 2018 / Joshua Holland
The 4 Most Shocking Proposals in the White House Immigration Plan The 4 Most Shocking Proposals in the White House Immigration Plan
Trump’s proposed DACA deal attacks bedrock principles of the immigration system.
Jan 26, 2018 / Julianne Hing
VIDEO: Ursula K. Le Guin on Listening to the Unheard Voices VIDEO: Ursula K. Le Guin on Listening to the Unheard Voices
The late author on climate change, the definition of progress, and how “the future in science fiction is just a metaphor for now.”
Jan 26, 2018 / The Nation
The New Trump Immigration Plan Is Anti-American The New Trump Immigration Plan Is Anti-American
Hardliners like John Kelly and Stephen Miller are setting the agenda—and their goal is an end to America as a nation of immigrants.
Jan 26, 2018 / Joan Walsh
The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Obsession With Crimes Committed by Immigrants The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Obsession With Crimes Committed by Immigrants
The report put out this month by the Justice Department and Homeland Security paints a misleading picture of immigrants and crime.
Jan 26, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Trump Dreams Animated (Excerpt #2) Trump Dreams Animated (Excerpt #2)
These are based on actual dreams people shared with the artist about Trump.
Jan 26, 2018 / OppArt / Ruth Lingford
Margins and the Mainstream at the New Museum’s ‘Trigger’ Margins and the Mainstream at the New Museum’s ‘Trigger’
As something that confutes the distinction between fact and fiction, gender is fundamentally congruent with art and aesthetics.
Jan 26, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Glenn Simpson Has Given Us a Russiagate Road Map Glenn Simpson Has Given Us a Russiagate Road Map
His House testimony points to Trump’s alleged ties to Russian and Italian mafias, money laundering, and shady real-estate deals.
Jan 26, 2018 / Bob Dreyfuss
When Is It OK to Comment on a Woman’s Appearance? When Is It OK to Comment on a Woman’s Appearance?
Another reader asks how one can in good conscience bring a child into this sad world.
Jan 26, 2018 / Liza Featherstone