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A Guide to Our Investigation of Deaths Inside the Federal Bureau of Prison’s Immigrant-Only Facilities

A Guide to Our Investigation of Deaths Inside the Federal Bureau of Prison’s Immigrant-Only Facilities A Guide to Our Investigation of Deaths Inside the Federal Bureau of Prison’s Immigrant-Only Facilities

The basics on how and why this system exists.

Jan 28, 2016 / no-paywall / Seth Freed Wessler

Why Is Florida’s Congressional Delegation Defending Predatory Lenders?

Why Is Florida’s Congressional Delegation Defending Predatory Lenders? Why Is Florida’s Congressional Delegation Defending Predatory Lenders?

It’s hard to rein in the payday lending industry when lawmakers keep protecting it.

Jan 26, 2016 / Joe Valenti and Alice Vickers

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Is the Realist We Should Elect Bernie Sanders Is the Realist We Should Elect

Sanders’s message is clear: Trust yourself. Come together, take back the country and make this nation better. 

Jan 26, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Poisoning of Flint

The Poisoning of Flint The Poisoning of Flint

Decades of catastrophic austerity policies and ruinous government fealty to corporate interests are jeopardizing the people of Michigan—and the rest of the country.  

Jan 19, 2016 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Human Rights Watch Calls on Businesses to Withdraw From Israeli Settlements

Human Rights Watch Calls on Businesses to Withdraw From Israeli Settlements Human Rights Watch Calls on Businesses to Withdraw From Israeli Settlements

A new report finds pervasive and severe human rights abuses in the West Bank.

Jan 19, 2016 / Ali Gharib

Hillary Clinton speech

The Book That Turns Hillary Clinton Into a Cartoon The Book That Turns Hillary Clinton Into a Cartoon

Doug Henwood ignores everything good Hillary Clinton has ever done—and neglects the double binds and difficulties women face in public life.

Jan 15, 2016 / Katha Pollitt

This Climate Victory Was Buried in Obama’s State of the Union

This Climate Victory Was Buried in Obama’s State of the Union This Climate Victory Was Buried in Obama’s State of the Union

President Obama said he’ll ‘‘push to change the way we manage our oil and coal resources, so that they better reflect the costs they impose on taxpayers and our planet.”

Jan 13, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

LIVE: The Presidential Candidate Economic Forum

LIVE: The Presidential Candidate Economic Forum LIVE: The Presidential Candidate Economic Forum

Tune in this Saturday for a live conversation featuring Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley.

Jan 8, 2016 / The Nation

Postal Banking Worked—Let’s Bring It Back

Postal Banking Worked—Let’s Bring It Back Postal Banking Worked—Let’s Bring It Back

Regulated, federally subsidized banks serve the wealthy and the middle class. A Wild West hodgepodge of unregulated lenders serves everybody else.

Jan 7, 2016 / Mehrsa Baradaran

Twitter

Twitter’s White-People Problem Twitter’s White-People Problem

Will the company become a leader in reforming its workforce, or a case study for how the tech industry’s relentless whiteness destroys innovation, too?

Jan 6, 2016 / Donovan X. Ramsey

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