States

Bernie Sanders town hall in Iowa

MoveOn Endorses Sanders After He Wins 79 Percent Support in Member Vote MoveOn Endorses Sanders After He Wins 79 Percent Support in Member Vote

The progressive group says it will “mobilize aggressively” for the Vermonter in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Jan 12, 2016 / John Nichols

US Climate

Can This New York State Campaign Finish What the Paris Climate Talks Started? Can This New York State Campaign Finish What the Paris Climate Talks Started?

The COP21 agreement is filled with holes—this diverse, statewide coalition aims to fill them.

Jan 11, 2016 / Rebecca Nathanson

Inside the Bundy Brothers’ Armed Occupation

Inside the Bundy Brothers’ Armed Occupation Inside the Bundy Brothers’ Armed Occupation

Residents of Harney County are poor, white, and conservative. Not a single one of them has joined the Bundy militia.

Jan 5, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

What Do the Bundy Brothers Have Against Wildlife?

What Do the Bundy Brothers Have Against Wildlife? What Do the Bundy Brothers Have Against Wildlife?

The occupiers at Malheur are seeking to overturn vital federal land management and environmental protection.

Jan 4, 2016 / John Nichols

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio

Media Notices Homeless People on Streets, Blames Progressive Mayor Media Notices Homeless People on Streets, Blames Progressive Mayor

How New York’s Bill de Blasio inherited a homelessness crisis—and then got blamed for it.

Dec 23, 2015 / Patrick Markee

Have California Voters Finally Had Enough of Prop 13?

Have California Voters Finally Had Enough of Prop 13? Have California Voters Finally Had Enough of Prop 13?

After decades of strangling the state, the anti-tax revolt may be coming to an end.

Dec 22, 2015 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

Survivors of Domestic Violence Deserve Clemency, Not Prison Cells

Survivors of Domestic Violence Deserve Clemency, Not Prison Cells Survivors of Domestic Violence Deserve Clemency, Not Prison Cells

Governor Andrew Cuomo just made an historic pledge to grant clemency to thousands of former nonviolent youthful offenders—what about women who committed violence in order to live?

Dec 21, 2015 / Victoria Law

Memorial for Sandra Bland

The Real Reason Sandra Bland Got Locked Up The Real Reason Sandra Bland Got Locked Up

As in Ferguson, Waller County and Prairie View are choking residents with court fees in order to fill their coffers in a state without income tax.

Dec 18, 2015 / Debbie Nathan

Anti-abortion activists

Nearly 400 Anti-Abortion Bills Were Introduced Across the Country This Year Nearly 400 Anti-Abortion Bills Were Introduced Across the Country This Year

Forty-seven new restrictions passed, including clinic regulations, mandatory waiting periods, and measures aimed at Planned Parenthood.

Dec 11, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Supreme Court

Voting Rights Are Threatened Again Before the Supreme Court Voting Rights Are Threatened Again Before the Supreme Court

The same conservatives who gutted the Voting Rights Act are now challenging “one person, one vote.”

Dec 8, 2015 / Ari Berman

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