Society

Bilingual classroom California

We Need to Support Students Who Are Still Learning English We Need to Support Students Who Are Still Learning English

It’s easy to forget that the United States has no official language.

Nov 15, 2019 / StudentNation / Scott Lee

Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Isn’t Just Cruel, It’s Illegal

Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Isn’t Just Cruel, It’s Illegal Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Isn’t Just Cruel, It’s Illegal

As the administration continues its war on asylum seekers, a former asylum officer says forcing applicants to wait in Mexican camps violates international law.

Nov 15, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

My Friend’s Husband Joined the Racist Brexit Party. Help!

My Friend’s Husband Joined the Racist Brexit Party. Help! My Friend’s Husband Joined the Racist Brexit Party. Help!

Another reader asks why they got fired after they’d already quit.

Nov 15, 2019 / Liza Featherstone

A New Way to Memorialize Racial Violence

A New Way to Memorialize Racial Violence A New Way to Memorialize Racial Violence

A proposed public art project in Chicago seeks to preserve the memory of the city’s worst race riot.

Nov 14, 2019 / Arvind Dilawar

Ukraine flag

Why Are We in Ukraine? Why Are We in Ukraine?

Historically and even today, Russia has much in common with Ukraine—the United States, almost nothing.

Nov 14, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

How Will Americans Remember Donald Trump?

How Will Americans Remember Donald Trump? How Will Americans Remember Donald Trump?

If the past is prologue, Trump will face no historical reckoning for his sprawling malfeasance.

Nov 14, 2019 / Column / Aaron Ross Coleman

Impeachment Hearing Republicans Confirm There Is No Defense for Donald Trump

Impeachment Hearing Republicans Confirm There Is No Defense for Donald Trump Impeachment Hearing Republicans Confirm There Is No Defense for Donald Trump

And they’re continuing to make themselves and their party an American abomination.

Nov 13, 2019 / John Nichols

Like Dr. Frankenstein, Republicans Now Face the Monster They Created

Like Dr. Frankenstein, Republicans Now Face the Monster They Created Like Dr. Frankenstein, Republicans Now Face the Monster They Created

A family quarrel breaks out on the right as neo-Nazis have started heckling Republicans for not being Trumpian enough.

Nov 13, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Police block Bolivian protesters

Bolivia’s Anti-Indigenous Backlash Is Growing Bolivia’s Anti-Indigenous Backlash Is Growing

The ouster of President Evo Morales has reignited the country’s long-standing racism against its indigenous peoples.

Nov 13, 2019 / Jacquelyn Kovarik

The EU’s Shame Is Locked Away in Libya

The EU’s Shame Is Locked Away in Libya The EU’s Shame Is Locked Away in Libya

Incarcerated refugees wrote on mattresses with tomato paste: “We condemn EU policy on innocent detainee refugees in Libya.”

Nov 13, 2019 / Jérôme Tubiana

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