A Concrete Plan to Make Black Lives Matter A Concrete Plan to Make Black Lives Matter
This is a plan for pressuring whoever is in office, whether they are sympathetic to the causes of racial and economic justice or not.
Feb 13, 2016 / Mychal Denzel Smith
What’s the Difference Between a Refugee and a Deportee? A Lawyer. What’s the Difference Between a Refugee and a Deportee? A Lawyer.
Prompted by the ongoing crisis of child migrants from Central American, Senate Democrats are trying to get due process for “vulnerable” asylum seekers.
Feb 13, 2016 / Julianne Hing
Donald Trump, the Most Dangerous Face in the Republican Crowd Donald Trump, the Most Dangerous Face in the Republican Crowd
Like “Lonesome” Rhodes, the lead character in Elia Kazan’s great 1957 movie about demagogy, Trump is a case study of narcissism and megalomania run amok.
Feb 12, 2016 / Sasha Abramsky
The Ruling on Julian Assange Sheds Light on the Limitations of UN Human-Rights Powers The Ruling on Julian Assange Sheds Light on the Limitations of UN Human-Rights Powers
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions decided that Assange has been deprived of his rights under international humanitarian law. But Britain and Sweden rejected the decision an...
Feb 12, 2016 / Barbara Crossette
Bernie Sanders Has an Obama Problem Bernie Sanders Has an Obama Problem
He needs to find a way to critique the administration without alienating black voters who are protective of the president.
Feb 12, 2016 / Joan Walsh
Does the Rise of Trump and Sanders Turn What We Know About American Elections Upside Down? Does the Rise of Trump and Sanders Turn What We Know About American Elections Upside Down?
The 2016 election has flummoxed pundits. Is it upending political science, too?
Feb 12, 2016 / Joshua Holland
The Art of Politics The Art of Politics
Two shows offer food for political thought in a chaotic election season.
Feb 12, 2016 / Tiffany Bradley
Corporations Killed Medicine. Here’s How to Take It Back. Corporations Killed Medicine. Here’s How to Take It Back.
For most of human history, life-saving drugs were a public good. Now they’re only good for shareholders.
Feb 12, 2016 / Fran Quigley
Silicon Valley’s Wealth Gap Silicon Valley’s Wealth Gap
The tech hub is becoming completely unaffordable for the service employees who work there.
Feb 12, 2016 / Michelle Chen
A Debate Christopher Hitchens Would Surely Have Appreciated A Debate Christopher Hitchens Would Surely Have Appreciated
When Democrats debated Thursday night, the trials of Henry Kissinger were on the agenda.
Feb 12, 2016 / John Nichols