Exclusive: ICE Has Kept Tabs on ‘Anti-Trump’ Protesters in New York City Exclusive: ICE Has Kept Tabs on ‘Anti-Trump’ Protesters in New York City
Documents reveal that the immigration enforcement agency has been keenly attuned to left-leaning protests in the city.
Mar 6, 2019 / Editorial / Jimmy Tobias
Trump Is Fetishizing Death to Justify His Cruelty at the Border Trump Is Fetishizing Death to Justify His Cruelty at the Border
The president is furthering a legacy of brutality that stretches back to the Mexican-American War.
Mar 5, 2019 / Greg Grandin
US Immigration Is Stuck in the Stone Age—and It’s Putting Lives In Danger US Immigration Is Stuck in the Stone Age—and It’s Putting Lives In Danger
In Trump’s America, paperwork can be lethal.
Mar 5, 2019 / Daniel Moattar
Strange News From Another Star… Strange News From Another Star…
What life on another planet can teach us about our own.
Mar 5, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Defying US Borders, Native Americans Are Asserting Their Territorial Rights Defying US Borders, Native Americans Are Asserting Their Territorial Rights
A summit of about 40 tribes and nations aims to push back against a tightening border regime.
Feb 22, 2019 / Michelle Chen
Letters From the March 11-28, 2019, Issue Letters From the March 11-28, 2019, Issue
Laughing Through the Pain Thank you for the good laugh you gave me with the title of John Nichols’s article, “Trump at Two” [Feb. 11/18]. I had to pause to ask myself whether the p…
Feb 21, 2019 / Letters / Our Readers
How the Failure of Our Foreign Wars Fueled Nativist Fanaticism How the Failure of Our Foreign Wars Fueled Nativist Fanaticism
For nearly two centuries, US politicians have channeled extremism outward. But the frontier is gone, the empire is faltering, and the chickens are coming home to roost.
Feb 21, 2019 / Feature / Greg Grandin
Trump’s ‘National Emergency’ Is a Hot Legal Mess Trump’s ‘National Emergency’ Is a Hot Legal Mess
That should bode well for lawsuits challenging Trump’s emergency declaration—if judges follow legal principles instead of politics.
Feb 20, 2019 / Editorial / Elie Mystal
Take Action Now: End Trump’s Phony National Emergency Take Action Now: End Trump’s Phony National Emergency
Call your representatives and stage an action this week against Trump’s racist border wall.
Feb 19, 2019 / no-paywall / NationAction
Congress Should Apply Trump’s Own Standard for Executive Accountability to Him as President Congress Should Apply Trump’s Own Standard for Executive Accountability to Him as President
Trump wanted Congress to get tough on presidents who use executive action to “subvert the Constitution.” How tough? He said they “certainly could be impeached.”
Feb 15, 2019 / John Nichols