The Trump Administration Still Has No Plan to Reunite Families It Tore Apart The Trump Administration Still Has No Plan to Reunite Families It Tore Apart
The 2,300 children who have been taken from their parents face a tangled legal process and a shortage of lawyers to help them through it.
Jun 21, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter
What It’s Like Inside a Border Patrol Facility Where Families Are Being Separated What It’s Like Inside a Border Patrol Facility Where Families Are Being Separated
The Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy has overwhelmed Ursula, where children sleep in cages, the lights never go off, and detainees are brought in 24 hours a day.
Jun 18, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter
Should States Tax Opioid Manufacturers to Pay for Addiction Treatment? Should States Tax Opioid Manufacturers to Pay for Addiction Treatment?
Legislation has been introduced in at least 15 states to tax the companies that make and distribute painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin.
May 4, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter
Why Trump’s Call to Execute Drug Dealers Matters Why Trump’s Call to Execute Drug Dealers Matters
Prosecutors across the country are already applying Trump’s “tough" approach through the use of drug-induced-homicide laws.
Mar 22, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter
PHOTOS: Since Standing Rock, 56 Bills Have Been Introduced in 30 States to Restrict Protests PHOTOS: Since Standing Rock, 56 Bills Have Been Introduced in 30 States to Restrict Protests
In the year since the last activists were evicted, the crackdown on journalists and activists has only intensified.
Feb 16, 2018 / Photo Essay / Zoë Carpenter and Tracie Williams
The ‘Right-to-Try’ Unproven Pharmaceuticals Is a Right-Wing Scheme The ‘Right-to-Try’ Unproven Pharmaceuticals Is a Right-Wing Scheme
Proposals to loosen the Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of experimental drugs sound compassionate—but there’s little evidence they’ll help patients.
Feb 12, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter
‘I Came With a Calling’: Remembering Ursula K. Le Guin ‘I Came With a Calling’: Remembering Ursula K. Le Guin
The writer died this week, at 88.
Jan 24, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter
‘If We Lose Our Health Care, We Will Begin to Die’ ‘If We Lose Our Health Care, We Will Begin to Die’
Disability activists are at the forefront of direct action against Trump.
Jan 10, 2018 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
Donald Trump Has Sold Out Family Farmers Donald Trump Has Sold Out Family Farmers
Trump claims he’s “fighting for our farmers,” but his policies mainly benefit agribusiness.
Jan 9, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter
Will Ralph Northam Break His Campaign Pledge to Expand Medicaid? Will Ralph Northam Break His Campaign Pledge to Expand Medicaid?
400,000 Virginians are waiting for him to follow through.
Dec 20, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter