Society

Otay Mesa Immigrant Detention

How the Trump Administration Is Normalizing Immigrant Internment Camps How the Trump Administration Is Normalizing Immigrant Internment Camps

If the Muslim ban is any guide, an idea that was once considered insane will soon become acceptable.

Jul 20, 2018 / Column / Laila Lalami

Bruce Fein

Constitutional Lawyer Bruce Fein on the Effort to Stop ‘Presidential Wars’ Constitutional Lawyer Bruce Fein on the Effort to Stop ‘Presidential Wars’

He’s proposing legislation that could halt extrajudicial US military intervention.

Jul 19, 2018 / James Carden

Courtroom sketch of 9/11 defendants

How Government Secrecy on Torture Has Stymied the 9/11 Terror Prosecution How Government Secrecy on Torture Has Stymied the 9/11 Terror Prosecution

This case is the last front in the long-running battle over the Bush-era torture regime.

Jul 19, 2018 / Lisa Hajjar

Medicare for all at Trump Tower

House Progressives Go Big on Medicare for All House Progressives Go Big on Medicare for All

A new congressional caucus recognizes that “health care is a right” politics will defeat Trumpism.

Jul 19, 2018 / John Nichols

Meet the Community Scientists Shaping the New Environmental Resistance

Meet the Community Scientists Shaping the New Environmental Resistance Meet the Community Scientists Shaping the New Environmental Resistance

The fight for data democracy in Trump’s America is revolutionizing the way communities and scientists build inclusive and wide-reaching coalitions.

Jul 19, 2018 / Emmalina Glinskis

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

ignore this…

Jul 19, 2018 / Peter Kuper

Journalism in the Age of Trump: What’s Missing and What Matters

Journalism in the Age of Trump: What’s Missing and What Matters Journalism in the Age of Trump: What’s Missing and What Matters

Has the preoccupation with the president pushed aside other urgent stories?

Jul 19, 2018 / Feature / Michael Massing

Trump and Putin Football

Trump and Putin: Separating the Surreal From the Sensible—Katrina vanden Heuvel Trump and Putin: Separating the Surreal From the Sensible—Katrina vanden Heuvel

Plus John Nichols on Kavanaugh and Adam Winkler on the Supreme Court and corporate “rights.”

Jul 19, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Beto O'Rourke at Texas Democratic Conventions

Beto O’Rourke Understands How Impeachment Works—and That’s Why He Supports Impeaching Trump Beto O’Rourke Understands How Impeachment Works—and That’s Why He Supports Impeaching Trump

A top Democratic contender recognizes that the House has a constitutional duty to hold the president to account.

Jul 18, 2018 / John Nichols

Seymour Hersh with The Dark Side of Camelot

Seymour Hersh Against the World Seymour Hersh Against the World

Our most valuable living investigative reporter disdained those who cozied up to power.

Jul 18, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman

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