Yes, Mr. President, the Border Kids Are Refugees Yes, Mr. President, the Border Kids Are Refugees

The 52,000 unaccompanied children who have shown up at the border are fleeing gang violence and have valid claims to asylum.

Jul 16, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg

When Will the Justice Department Take On Amazon? When Will the Justice Department Take On Amazon?

As the online behemoth strengthens its monopoly over the marketplace, publishers, like bookstores, are in a fight for survival.

Jul 16, 2014 / Steve Wasserman

Comix Nation Comix Nation

Jul 15, 2014 / Eli Valley

Snapshot: The Prisoner Snapshot: The Prisoner

A veteran with PTSD sits in a holding cell in Illinois’s Cook County Jail after being arrested on a narcotics charge. With over 10,600 inmates, the jail is one of the country’s largest incarceration facilities. These local jails are increasingly being used as treatment centers for nonviolent offenders with serious mental illnesses.

Jul 15, 2014 / Charles Rex Arbogast

Comix Nation Comix Nation

Jul 13, 2014 / Art Spiegelman

Snapshot: Prelude to a Police Riot Snapshot: Prelude to a Police Riot

Ferguson, Missouri

Jul 13, 2014

50 Years After Freedom Summer, America Needs a Revived Movement for Racial Justice 50 Years After Freedom Summer, America Needs a Revived Movement for Racial Justice

There is much to celebrate in Mississippi, and yet America still needs a year of action on voting rights.

Jul 2, 2014 / The Editors

The One Supreme Court Decision We Can Celebrate The One Supreme Court Decision We Can Celebrate

In ruling that police may not search cellphones without a warrant, the Court brought the Fourth Amendment into the twenty-first century.

Jul 2, 2014 / David Cole

Postcards Post-Stonewall Postcards Post-Stonewall

We can pretend the politics of liberation can be tracked along clearly marked lines, or we can remember that history is like desire.

Jul 2, 2014 / JoAnn Wypijewski

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Jul 2, 2014 / Jen Sorensen