The Senate’s Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Bill Only Tackles Half the Problem The Senate’s Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Bill Only Tackles Half the Problem
If we don’t face the injustice of the very existence of prisons, the root causes of mass incarceration will go unaddressed.
Oct 14, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Note to Dems: Simply Not Being Racist Isn’t Enough on Immigration Reform Note to Dems: Simply Not Being Racist Isn’t Enough on Immigration Reform
The GOP’s xenophobic carnival has set the political bar dangerously low for Democrats.
Oct 14, 2015 / Julianne Hing
Boehner and McCarthy Reap What They Sowed Boehner and McCarthy Reap What They Sowed
Time and again, the GOP leaders caved to the far right—and encouraged its delusions of power.
Oct 9, 2015 / Joan Walsh
Kevin McCarthy’s Exit Proves What We Already Know—the GOP Is Completely Dysfunctional Kevin McCarthy’s Exit Proves What We Already Know—the GOP Is Completely Dysfunctional
The Republican Party has become not only antigovernment but anti-governing.
Oct 8, 2015 / John Nichols
Did Predatory Lenders Pay These 12 Lawmakers to Hobble the CFPB? Did Predatory Lenders Pay These 12 Lawmakers to Hobble the CFPB?
An ethics complaint filed this week alleges that industry lobbyists and donors crossed the fuzzy line between routine fundraising and a quid pro quo arrangement.
Oct 8, 2015 / Joshua Holland
Alan Grayson Takes on Kevin McCarthyism Alan Grayson Takes on Kevin McCarthyism
Did the speaker-in-waiting reveal “a clear and unequivocal misuse of appropriated funds for political purposes” in the targeting of Hillary Clinton?
Oct 8, 2015 / John Nichols
The TPP Prioritizes the ‘Rights’ of Corporations Over Workers, the Environment, and Democracy The TPP Prioritizes the ‘Rights’ of Corporations Over Workers, the Environment, and Democracy
‘‘Corporations still have an extra-judicial process to enforce their rights. That’s not the case for labor and environmental standards.’’
Oct 7, 2015 / John Nichols
Laurie Anderson’s Guantánamo Installation Goes Where Obama Fears to Tread Laurie Anderson’s Guantánamo Installation Goes Where Obama Fears to Tread
The US government has abdicated its role in prosecuting those responsible for torture following 9/11. It has fallen on civil society to take up the charge.
Oct 7, 2015 / John Knefel
The US Tells Other Countries to Respect Unions—Shouldn’t the US Do the Same? The US Tells Other Countries to Respect Unions—Shouldn’t the US Do the Same?
This country needs a Workplace Democracy Act to assure that workers who join unions do not face retaliation and barriers to collective bargaining.
Oct 6, 2015 / John Nichols
The War on Planned Parenthood The War on Planned Parenthood
Lives in the balance must be defended.
Oct 6, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel