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Letters From the January 15-22, 2018, Issue Letters From the January 15-22, 2018, Issue

The long con…

Dec 28, 2017 / Our Readers and Richard Kreitner

No Sexism

No Sexism No Sexism

Break the silence, smash sexism.

Dec 28, 2017 / OppArt / Alessandra Mondolfi

Stewart ICE detention

Why Numbers Alone Obscure the Real Deportation Story Why Numbers Alone Obscure the Real Deportation Story

The total number of deportations is down under Trump, but don’t confuse that with leniency.

Dec 28, 2017 / Julianne Hing

Donald Trump and Billy Bush on the set of Access Hollywood

The Misogynist Within The Misogynist Within

Sexual harassment expresses power dynamics from which all men benefit.

Dec 28, 2017 / Column / Kai Wright

Ring In the Dangerous

Ring In the Dangerous Ring In the Dangerous

Record gun sales, not a gift for the New Year.

Dec 26, 2017 / OppArt / Edel Rodriguez

All They Want for Christmas Is a Limit on Solitary Confinement

All They Want for Christmas Is a Limit on Solitary Confinement All They Want for Christmas Is a Limit on Solitary Confinement

Prison-reform advocates send New York Governor Andrew Cuomo a Christmas card, asking him to spend a day alone in a cell.

Dec 22, 2017 / Victoria Law

Robert Mueller

Democrats Need to Make Clear that Firing Mueller Triggers Impeachment Democrats Need to Make Clear that Firing Mueller Triggers Impeachment

When a president creates a constitutional crisis, there is only one remedy.

Dec 22, 2017 / John Nichols

Tangier Island, Virginia

The Whiteness of Trump’s Working-Class Supporters: Gary Younge The Whiteness of Trump’s Working-Class Supporters: Gary Younge

A black man travels through White America.

Dec 22, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Angola prison

‘We’re Basically Guessing on These Cases’: Louisiana’s Disastrous Resentencing Hearings ‘We’re Basically Guessing on These Cases’: Louisiana’s Disastrous Resentencing Hearings

SCOTUS has required the reconsideration of hundreds of sentences that put kids in prison for life.

Dec 22, 2017 / Jessica Pishko

Russia Today

The Abyss Between Russian and US Media Just Got Wider The Abyss Between Russian and US Media Just Got Wider

Hasty decisions made on both sides of the Atlantic are causing irreparable damage to journalism as a whole.

Dec 22, 2017 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

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