Society

Ady Barkan DACA Protest

The Health-Care Industry Is Sick The Health-Care Industry Is Sick

My insurer denied me coverage for a breathing machine and revealed the flaws of the for-profit health-care system.

Jan 16, 2018 / Ady Barkan

trump battleship

Fortress America Is Crumbling Fortress America Is Crumbling

Trump’s inept one-man diplomacy is wrecking US foreign policy.

Jan 16, 2018 / Alfred McCoy

10 Days to Shake the Twin Cities’ Super Bowl Sunday

10 Days to Shake the Twin Cities’ Super Bowl Sunday 10 Days to Shake the Twin Cities’ Super Bowl Sunday

Organizing against Super Bowl priorities in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Jan 16, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

We Are Parents T-shirt

Defending the Family: The Need for Legal Representation in Child-Welfare Proceedings Defending the Family: The Need for Legal Representation in Child-Welfare Proceedings

More than half of Mississippi parents who walk into family court don’t have a lawyer.

Jan 16, 2018 / Rachel Blustain

Muller in June, 2017

The Right-Wing Scandal Machine Is Now Targeting Mueller and the FBI The Right-Wing Scandal Machine Is Now Targeting Mueller and the FBI

And that poses a serious threat to the separation of powers and the rule of law.

Jan 16, 2018 / Joshua Holland

Florida State Prison

Florida’s Prison Laborers Are Going On Strike Florida’s Prison Laborers Are Going On Strike

Demanding fair pay for their work and an end to brutal conditions, the inmates are putting pressure on the Florida prison system’s bottom line.

Jan 15, 2018 / John Washington

White

How the Alt-Right Uses Social Science to Make Racism Respectable How the Alt-Right Uses Social Science to Make Racism Respectable

It’s a strategy long in the making.

Jan 15, 2018 / Feature / Khalil Gibran Muhammad

MLK at Peace Rally

Martin Luther King’s Call to ‘Give Us the Ballot’ Is As Relevant Today as It Was in 1957 Martin Luther King’s Call to ‘Give Us the Ballot’ Is As Relevant Today as It Was in 1957

And that’s a mark of how endangered voting rights are right now.

Jan 15, 2018 / Barbara Arnwine and John Nichols

Trump on the Big Screen at CPAC

The Reality-Show President, Season One The Reality-Show President, Season One

Featuring meltdowns, tantrums, betrayals and racism. What happens next?

Jan 15, 2018 / Column / Laila Lalami

Without Haiti, the United States Would, in Fact, Be a Shithole

Without Haiti, the United States Would, in Fact, Be a Shithole Without Haiti, the United States Would, in Fact, Be a Shithole

And some other things about the country that Donald Trump doesn’t know and doesn’t care to know.

Jan 12, 2018 / Amy Wilentz

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