Beware of Big Philanthropy’s New Enthusiasm for Criminal Justice Reform Beware of Big Philanthropy’s New Enthusiasm for Criminal Justice Reform
Wealthy donors across the political spectrum are zeroing in on our jails and prisons as the latest locus of privatization.
Mar 16, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Why Are Schools Still Accepting NRA Money? Why Are Schools Still Accepting NRA Money?
NRA Foundation grants to youth programs like Eddie Eagle help explain why guns are so popular in the US.
Mar 16, 2018 / StudentNation / Sophie Kasakove
Why Gina Haspel, the Queen of Torture, Was Able to Rise to the Top of the CIA Why Gina Haspel, the Queen of Torture, Was Able to Rise to the Top of the CIA
Obama’s decision not to pursue accountability has given Bush administration criminals golden-shield powers.
Mar 16, 2018 / Lisa Hajjar
Human Rights Are Not Enough Human Rights Are Not Enough
We must also embrace the fight against economic inequality.
Mar 16, 2018 / Feature / Samuel Moyn
This Supreme Court Case Could Make Corporate Giants Even More Powerful This Supreme Court Case Could Make Corporate Giants Even More Powerful
A decision in Ohio v. American Express could undermine our ability to curtail monopoly power.
Mar 16, 2018 / Mike Konczal
The Pentagon Wants You to Go Shopping While the Experts Go to War The Pentagon Wants You to Go Shopping While the Experts Go to War
Americans are in the dark about the near-global warfare being waged in their name.
Mar 15, 2018 / William J. Astore
These Farmworkers Know How to End Sexual Harassment in the Fields. Will Wendy’s Listen? These Farmworkers Know How to End Sexual Harassment in the Fields. Will Wendy’s Listen?
Members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers are fasting to pressure Wendy’s to join a breakthrough fair-food program that’s raised wages and made workplace harassment obsolete.
Mar 15, 2018 / Rinku Sen
Letters From the April 9, 2018, Issue Letters From the April 9, 2018, Issue
Octopus’s garden… Is trust-busting enough?… Old justice made new… A nation of ignorance…
Mar 15, 2018 / Our Readers
It Has Been 210 Days Since Amanda Morales Last Saw the Sun It Has Been 210 Days Since Amanda Morales Last Saw the Sun
For the undocumented mother of three, taking sanctuary in a church seemed the best way to keep her family together.
Mar 15, 2018 / Feature / Cinthya Santos Briones, Laura Gottesdiener, and Malav Kanuga
For Trump, Cruelty Is the Point For Trump, Cruelty Is the Point
The White House’s immigration policies are designed to maximize suffering.
Mar 15, 2018 / Feature / Julianne Hing