ICE Plans to Reopen the Very Same Private Prison the Feds Just Closed ICE Plans to Reopen the Very Same Private Prison the Feds Just Closed
Advocates cheered when the Justice Department began shuttering its private prisons. But immigration officials saw an opportunity.
Oct 27, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler
The United States of Anxiety, Episode 6: Drugs, Gang Violence, and Other Suburban Problems The United States of Anxiety, Episode 6: Drugs, Gang Violence, and Other Suburban Problems
What does all of that have to do with Trump’s appeal?
Oct 27, 2016 / Podcast / Kai Wright
Alternative Explanation Alternative Explanation
Trump rejects accusations of groping that match the Access Hollywood video.—News reports They lie, he says, and they will soon be sued. He didn’t do that groping most frenetic. Tho…
Oct 27, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters From the November 14, 2016, Issue Letters From the November 14, 2016, Issue
The art of words… Words are her matter… Live by shame, die by shame… Carré’d away…
Oct 27, 2016 / Our Readers
Militarized Police Are Cracking Down on Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Militarized Police Are Cracking Down on Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters
As police prepare to clear a camp set up in the pipeline's path, human-rights groups are concerned about abuses by law enforcement.
Oct 26, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
Why the World Series Is Tainted by Racism Why the World Series Is Tainted by Racism
Cleveland’s baseball team flaunts the most spectacularly racist logo in professional sports.
Oct 26, 2016 / Brian Ward
AT&T’s Plan to Control Media Won’t Let Freedom Ring AT&T’s Plan to Control Media Won’t Let Freedom Ring
The company’s mega-merger with Time Warner would erode equity in media. Don’t let its fake interest in racial justice make you think differently.
Oct 26, 2016 / Malkia Devich-Cyril
Donald Trump’s Campaign Has Been Vile and Offensive—and We Should Thank Him for That Donald Trump’s Campaign Has Been Vile and Offensive—and We Should Thank Him for That
How Trump stopped the gaslighting of America.
Oct 26, 2016 / Matthew Arnold
Did the NFL Try to Bully a Domestic-Violence Survivor? Did the NFL Try to Bully a Domestic-Violence Survivor?
The NFL has been blasted for “doing nothing” about the domestic violence perpetrated by New York Giants placekicker Josh Brown. But is what they did worse than nothing?
Oct 25, 2016 / Dave Zirin
It’s Paul Ryan Versus Bernie Sanders, and Sanders Is Winning It’s Paul Ryan Versus Bernie Sanders, and Sanders Is Winning
Since Ryan warned that Republican losses would empower Sanders, the senator has used the attack to raise millions for Democrats.
Oct 25, 2016 / John Nichols