Society

Brett Kavanaugh Is Already Done Pretending He Respects Abortion Rights

Brett Kavanaugh Is Already Done Pretending He Respects Abortion Rights Brett Kavanaugh Is Already Done Pretending He Respects Abortion Rights

And Susan Collins is to blame.

Feb 8, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Trump

Trump’s ‘Caravan’ Is a Made-up Monster Fabricated by the Far Right Trump’s ‘Caravan’ Is a Made-up Monster Fabricated by the Far Right

How a group of white nationalists lobbied the President to turn desperate refugees into the enemy.

Feb 8, 2019 / Ian Allen

21 Savage

21 Savage Is Every Immigrant 21 Savage Is Every Immigrant

The rapper’s dramatic arrest is typical of ICE’s race-baiting and fear-mongering.

Feb 7, 2019 / Chris Gelardi

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Will Migrants Stay in Mexico? Will Migrants Stay in Mexico?

Thanks to controversial new policies on both sides of the border, Mexico has become more than just a pitstop for asylum seekers heading north.

Feb 7, 2019 / Feature / Annette Lin

Honduran Refugees in Guatemala

Trump’s War on Migrants Is an Affront to Humanity Trump’s War on Migrants Is an Affront to Humanity

His policies are endangering families facing violence, displacement, and persecution.

Feb 7, 2019 / Arnold Isaacs

What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike

What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike

As teachers in Denver and Oakland head toward their own strikes, it’s worth doubling down on the lessons from LA.

Feb 7, 2019 / Feature / Sarah Jaffe

The Weight and Power of Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy’

The Weight and Power of Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy’ The Weight and Power of Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy’

His memoir is an affecting chronicle of both hope and despair in the American South.

Feb 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

How Did the Constitution Become America’s Authoritative Text?

How Did the Constitution Become America’s Authoritative Text? How Did the Constitution Become America’s Authoritative Text?

A new history of the early American republic recasts the origins of originalism and how the Constitution gained its “fixed” status.

Feb 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Karen J. Greenberg

AOC at the SOTU

She’s With Stupid She’s With Stupid

 Sure, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slips up sometimes–but have you listened to her Republican colleagues?

Feb 7, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Who Is Matt Duss, and Can He Take On Washington’s ‘Blob’?

Who Is Matt Duss, and Can He Take On Washington’s ‘Blob’? Who Is Matt Duss, and Can He Take On Washington’s ‘Blob’?

Bernie Sanders’s foreign-policy adviser is part of a new generation of progressives fighting an entrenched status quo.

Feb 6, 2019 / Feature / David Klion

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