Civil liberties

Brazil coup protest

How Obama’s Normalization of the Brazil Coup Prefigured Trumpism How Obama’s Normalization of the Brazil Coup Prefigured Trumpism

The terms he has used to describe the impending Trump presidency are pretty much the same ones his State Department used to condone Brazil’s putsch.

Nov 22, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Baltimore police

Cops Are Watching Your Facebook Feed Cops Are Watching Your Facebook Feed

What are they doing with the data?

Nov 21, 2016 / Rachel Levinson-Waldman

Hayden at Meeting

Remembering Tom Hayden Remembering Tom Hayden

He was an exemplary reformer, in the best American tradition. Birthing the new was always at the heart of Tom’s love of life.

Oct 26, 2016 / Steve Wasserman

Tom Hayden

Tom Hayden Taught Us How to Get Beyond Trump and Trumpism Tom Hayden Taught Us How to Get Beyond Trump and Trumpism

What I loved most about Tom Hayden was his faith that the politics of division could be overcome.

Oct 24, 2016 / John Nichols

History on Trial, On-Screen

History on Trial, On-Screen History on Trial, On-Screen

Challenging Holocaust deniers was messier in real life than in the new film Denial.

Oct 25, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

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September 11’s Biggest Lesson Still Hasn’t Been Learned—and It Has Nothing to Do With National Security September 11’s Biggest Lesson Still Hasn’t Been Learned—and It Has Nothing to Do With National Security

Liberty and safety are not incompatible; but try telling that to the national security state.

Oct 3, 2016 / Karen J. Greenberg

Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Graham Is Back to Trashing the Constitution Lindsey Graham Is Back to Trashing the Constitution

The Republican senator’s short streak of being reasonable has officially ended.

Sep 21, 2016 / John Nichols

William Barber II DNC

Americans Who’d Never Heard of Reverend William Barber II Won’t Be Able to Forget Him After Last Night Americans Who’d Never Heard of Reverend William Barber II Won’t Be Able to Forget Him After Last Night

His remarkable speech at the DNC put racial, social, and economic justice at the center of the 2016 campaign.

Jul 29, 2016 / Ari Berman

A voter leaves a polling stations after casting their ballot in the Wisconsin presidential primary election in Milwaukee

9 Percent of the Wisconsin Electorate Just Got Their Right to Vote Back 9 Percent of the Wisconsin Electorate Just Got Their Right to Vote Back

A federal court ruled that those without voter ID can vote by signing an affidavit.

Jul 19, 2016 / Ari Berman

Trump San Jose

The Mind-Set That Drives Fear, Hate and Donald Trump The Mind-Set That Drives Fear, Hate and Donald Trump

Trump’s worldview is pervasive in the Republican Party and is embodied by its platform.

Jul 19, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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