How Yale Became the Latest Target in the Plot to Kill Affirmative Action How Yale Became the Latest Target in the Plot to Kill Affirmative Action
In the coming days, the DOJ will borrow a page from the conservative playbook and likely sue Yale for violating the rights of white and Asian students.
Aug 24, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal
The Shadow Court Cementing Trump’s Immigration Policy The Shadow Court Cementing Trump’s Immigration Policy
The Board of Immigration Appeals, once an impartial appellate court, has become a new front in the Trump administration’s war against migrants.
Jun 30, 2020 / Felipe de la Hoz
Bill Barr Gets Shredded: A Threat to ‘Our Rule Of Law and to Public Trust in It’ Bill Barr Gets Shredded: A Threat to ‘Our Rule Of Law and to Public Trust in It’
Two Justice Department lawyers and a former deputy attorney general detailed Barr’s corrupt meddling on behalf of Trump—while House Republicans embarrassed themselves.
Jun 24, 2020 / Joan Walsh
There Is Only One Way to Prevent Mass Deaths in Prisons: Let Them Out There Is Only One Way to Prevent Mass Deaths in Prisons: Let Them Out
A lawsuit about conditions at Danbury prison shows why it is impossible to keep the incarcerated safe.
May 14, 2020 / no-paywall / Daniel Fernandez
If Trump Pardons Roger Stone, Blame the Constitution If Trump Pardons Roger Stone, Blame the Constitution
It gives the president sweeping pardon powers that he’s more than happy to use for partisan and personal ends.
Feb 21, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Republicans Have Made It Clear They Will Let Trump Become a Dictator. Will We? Republicans Have Made It Clear They Will Let Trump Become a Dictator. Will We?
Freed from all accountability by the Senate, the realtor’s inner autocrat is on full display.
Feb 14, 2020 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky
As California Burns, Trump Feeds the Cult of Personality As California Burns, Trump Feeds the Cult of Personality
But World Series fans were having none of it—thousands chanted “Lock him up!” at Nationals Park stadium in Washington, DC.
Oct 29, 2019 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky
Trump’s Charges Against Julian Assange Would Effectively Criminalize Investigative Journalism Trump’s Charges Against Julian Assange Would Effectively Criminalize Investigative Journalism
Ever since the Pentagon Papers case, an Espionage Act loophole has been waiting for a president thuggish enough to make use of it.
May 31, 2019 / Bruce Shapiro
The Unquestionable Exoneration of Donald Trump The Unquestionable Exoneration of Donald Trump
Maybe the real collusion was the friends we made along the way.
Mar 26, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
ICE Is Terrorizing Iraqi-American Communities ICE Is Terrorizing Iraqi-American Communities
The immigration-enforcement agency has launched a deportation campaign involving coercion, “demonstrably false” court declarations, and outright lies.
Mar 8, 2019 / Chris Gelardi