What Is the Deep State? What Is the Deep State?
Even if we assume the concept is valid, surely it’s not useful to think of the competing interests it represents as monolithic.
Feb 17, 2017 / Greg Grandin
Everything Trump Did in His 4th Week That Actually Matters Everything Trump Did in His 4th Week That Actually Matters
It was a bad week for clean water.
Feb 17, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter and George Zornick
When Does Renaming a Building Make Sense? When Does Renaming a Building Make Sense?
At Yale, the decision to rename a college named after an outspoken defender of slavery was not taken lightly.
Feb 17, 2017 / StudentNation / Dasia Moore
Trump’s Labor Pick Has a History of Attacking Voting Rights Trump’s Labor Pick Has a History of Attacking Voting Rights
Alexander Acosta was once accused of undermining the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. Now he could become secretary of labor.
Feb 16, 2017 / John Nichols
Net Neutrality Is in Danger. Tell the FCC Why We Need It Net Neutrality Is in Danger. Tell the FCC Why We Need It
Our new FCC chairman has said that net neutrality’s “days are numbered.”
Feb 16, 2017 / NationAction
New York Courts Are Failing Non-English Speakers New York Courts Are Failing Non-English Speakers
Nearly three-fourths of surveyed legal-aid attorneys reported some of their cases had been adjourned due to lack of language services.
Feb 16, 2017 / Michelle Chen
A People’s Globalism: Notes Toward a New Left Internationalism A People’s Globalism: Notes Toward a New Left Internationalism
Three writers consider the major foreign-policy questions facing the left today.
Feb 16, 2017 / Michael Walzer, Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, and Jedediah Britton-Purdy
The Real Danger in Trump’s Attacks on Judges The Real Danger in Trump’s Attacks on Judges
He’s repeating the right-wing libel of “judicial overreach”—but he’s also challenging the bedrock principle of judicial supremacy on constitutional questions.
Feb 16, 2017 / Bruce Shapiro
Today’s ‘Day Without Immigrants’ Is Giving Trump What He Wants Today’s ‘Day Without Immigrants’ Is Giving Trump What He Wants
Immigrants across the country are showing that America can’t run without immigrants.
Feb 16, 2017 / Julianne Hing
The New Patriotism The New Patriotism
How to find community and sustain a tradition of nonviolence amid Trump chaos.
Feb 16, 2017 / Frida Berrigan