Society

Kavanaugh Pointing

Senators Have a Duty to Reject Kavanaugh’s Threat to Equal Justice Under the Law Senators Have a Duty to Reject Kavanaugh’s Threat to Equal Justice Under the Law

Justice John Paul Stevens spoke an essential truth when he said that the furiously partisan nominee has proven himself to be unfit.

Oct 5, 2018 / John Nichols

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If Kavanaugh Is Confirmed, We Need to Mobilize Like Never Before If Kavanaugh Is Confirmed, We Need to Mobilize Like Never Before

His record indicates that he would stonewall movements against poverty, militarism, and racism for a generation.

Oct 5, 2018 / Phyllis Bennis and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Trump’s Immigration Policy ‘Fever Dream’

Trump’s Immigration Policy ‘Fever Dream’ Trump’s Immigration Policy ‘Fever Dream’

Child detention, reduced asylum, a pointless wall: What unites these hateful policies?

Oct 5, 2018 / John Washington

Could the Trump Administration Succeed in Detaining Child Migrants Indefinitely?

Could the Trump Administration Succeed in Detaining Child Migrants Indefinitely? Could the Trump Administration Succeed in Detaining Child Migrants Indefinitely?

In seeking to overturn the Flores Agreement, the administration is undoing two decades of precedent.

Oct 5, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Climate Emily Annette

This Landmark Trial of Climate Activists Puts the Political System Itself on Trial This Landmark Trial of Climate Activists Puts the Political System Itself on Trial

In a Minnesota courtroom, the Valve Turners are using the “necessity defense” in their shutdown of the tar-sands pipeline.

Oct 5, 2018 / Wen Stephenson

Planet Earth Is Doomed. How Do I Go On?

Planet Earth Is Doomed. How Do I Go On? Planet Earth Is Doomed. How Do I Go On?

Another reader asks how to respond to an alt-right wedding invitation.

Oct 5, 2018 / Liza Featherstone

Mitch McConnell press conference

Mitch McConnell Is Killing the Senate Mitch McConnell Is Killing the Senate

Six things he’s done to turn it into a weak arm of Trump’s White House.

Oct 4, 2018 / John Nichols

Trump Saudi Arms Deal

How Much It Costs to Buy US Foreign Policy How Much It Costs to Buy US Foreign Policy

Everything—even support for human-rights atrocities—has a price.

Oct 4, 2018 / Benjamin Freeman

HIV Epidemic Scott County

Mike Pence Is Still to Blame for an HIV Outbreak in Indiana—but for New Reasons Mike Pence Is Still to Blame for an HIV Outbreak in Indiana—but for New Reasons

The avoidable Scott County epidemic may reveal a terrifying future for public health in America.

Oct 4, 2018 / Steven W. Thrasher

The German Century

The German Century The German Century

A new book documents the ordinary lives of Germans caught in a country and century marked by regime change, economic catastrophe, and war.

Oct 4, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans

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