DACA Stays, Even As the Federal Government Pursues DREAMers DACA Stays, Even As the Federal Government Pursues DREAMers
Trump will not revoke Obama’s protections for immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. But his administration is still going after some of them.
Jun 16, 2017 / Julianne Hing
The Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline Is Not Over. Here’s How You Can Join The Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline Is Not Over. Here’s How You Can Join
The water protectors and their allies have been taking aim at the project in a way that the companies behind it are sure to notice: by hitting them in their pocketbooks.
Jun 16, 2017 / Skanda Kadirgamar
Trump Is Appointing Racist Fake-News Purveyors to the Federal Bench Trump Is Appointing Racist Fake-News Purveyors to the Federal Bench
A radical transformation of the judiciary is underway.
Jun 16, 2017 / George Zornick
Systemic Racism Couldn’t Care Less About Your Respectability Politics Systemic Racism Couldn’t Care Less About Your Respectability Politics
What could not save Philando Castile, Jordan Edwards or Richard Collins III is the same thing that I have been told would save me, a young black college student: respectability.
Jun 16, 2017 / StudentNation / Shekinah Mondoua
The British Ruling Class Is in Full Panic Mode The British Ruling Class Is in Full Panic Mode
Paul Mason on Jeremy Corbyn’s triumph in the UK elections.
Jun 16, 2017 / Jon Wiener
Asking for a Friend: How Can a Working-Class Person Like Me Change the Democrats? Asking for a Friend: How Can a Working-Class Person Like Me Change the Democrats?
And another reader is struggling with Trump-induced anxiety.
Jun 16, 2017 / Liza Featherstone
Infighting Is Good for the Democratic Party Infighting Is Good for the Democratic Party
Given recent failures, isn’t it time to debate ideas and strategy?
Jun 15, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
Republican Legislators Want You to Think Confederate Monuments Aren’t Political Republican Legislators Want You to Think Confederate Monuments Aren’t Political
Under the guise of historical preservation, Southern states have passed laws preventing the removal of Confederate symbols.
Jun 15, 2017 / Jonathan S. Blake
A Progressive Electoral Wave Is Sweeping the Country A Progressive Electoral Wave Is Sweeping the Country
The Trump-obsessed big media are mostly ignoring it, but Bernie-inspired activists are winning across the country—including in districts that went for Trump in 2016.
Jun 15, 2017 / Feature / John Nichols
Betsy DeVos Moves to Help For-Profit Schools Defraud Students Betsy DeVos Moves to Help For-Profit Schools Defraud Students
The Education Department just froze two key protections for students.
Jun 15, 2017 / StudentNation / David Dayen