Society

Jeff Sessions

Memo Restoring Use of Private Prisons Is Good News for One Company Memo Restoring Use of Private Prisons Is Good News for One Company

There is an obvious trail from Jeff Sessions to a major contractor.

Feb 24, 2017 / David Dayen

Why Keith Ellison Matters

Why Keith Ellison Matters Why Keith Ellison Matters

He recognizes the need for a big-picture approach to political challenges that includes a “Right to Vote Amendment” to the U.S. Constitution.

Feb 24, 2017 / John Nichols

Planned Parenthood Funding Cut

We Can Fight Trump’s Cuts to Essential Government Programs We Can Fight Trump’s Cuts to Essential Government Programs

His budget agenda has everything do with right-wing ideology and nothing to do with fiscal responsibility.

Feb 24, 2017 / William D. Hartung

Trump in Iowa

Alternative Explanations for Trump’s Outrageous Statements Alternative Explanations for Trump’s Outrageous Statements

The standard line is that he’s simply a pathological liar and braggart. But maybe he has the gift of macro vision.

Feb 24, 2017 / Calvin Trillin

Health care worker with a stethoscope

Patients Treated by Women Doctors Fare Better Than Those Treated by Men Patients Treated by Women Doctors Fare Better Than Those Treated by Men

So why are women doctors still paid less than their male counterparts?

Feb 24, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Trump Admits That His Deportation Agenda Is a ‘Military Operation’

Trump Admits That His Deportation Agenda Is a ‘Military Operation’ Trump Admits That His Deportation Agenda Is a ‘Military Operation’

The only way to achieve a mass-deportation agenda of the scope Trump desires is to turn a person’s very existence into a crime—and his latest memorandums spell out how.

Feb 24, 2017 / Julianne Hing

Triangle Fire Commemoration

Striking on International Women’s Day Is Not a Privilege Striking on International Women’s Day Is Not a Privilege

The most vulnerable women have been striking all year long.

Feb 24, 2017 / Magally A. Miranda Alcazar and Kate D. Griffiths

How to Topple a Dictator

How to Topple a Dictator How to Topple a Dictator

An interview with Erica Chenoweth, a leading scholar of authoritarian regimes.

Feb 24, 2017 / Waleed Shahid

Can Feminism Be Too Inclusive?

Can Feminism Be Too Inclusive? Can Feminism Be Too Inclusive?

Yes—but it needs to be popular to become a mass movement.

Feb 24, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt

David Brooks

It’s Time for David Brooks to Reckon With David Brooks It’s Time for David Brooks to Reckon With David Brooks

The New York Times columnist once worshipped at the altar of American “greatness,” too.

Feb 23, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich

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