The White House Has Hosted a Predators’ Ball of Corruption The White House Has Hosted a Predators’ Ball of Corruption
Here’s how the incoming Democratic Congress can expose it and make the case for bold reform.
Dec 6, 2018 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Indictment of Julian Assange Is a Threat to Press Freedom The Indictment of Julian Assange Is a Threat to Press Freedom
If the First Amendment means anything, it is the right to obtain public-interest information from impure, indeed hopelessly tainted, sources.
Nov 20, 2018 / Bruce Shapiro
John Pace and His Friends Expected to Die in Prison John Pace and His Friends Expected to Die in Prison
Then the men, who’d been sentenced to life as juveniles, were freed.
Nov 16, 2018 / Katie Rose Quandt
Sending the US Army to the Border Creates ‘a War Atmosphere’ Sending the US Army to the Border Creates ‘a War Atmosphere’
Troops will deliver anti-riot equipment to Customs and Border Protection officers, further blurring the line between military and civilian law enforcement.
Nov 14, 2018 / Ryan Harvey
Today Americans Determine Our Political Future Today Americans Determine Our Political Future
Five contests that could signal where we’re headed on climate change, criminal-justice reform, financial reform, net neutrality, and militarism.
Nov 6, 2018 / John Nichols
Here’s How to Help End Cash Bail Here’s How to Help End Cash Bail
Every day in this country, hundreds of thousands of legally innocent people sit behind bars simply because they cannot afford bail.
Oct 25, 2018 / Emmeline Clein
How the Courts Perpetuate Broken-Windows Policing How the Courts Perpetuate Broken-Windows Policing
Issa Kohler-Hausmann’s Misdemeanorland looks at how the court system has imposed a system of control that reinforces broken-windows police.
Oct 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Clio Chang
Progressives, Keep an Eye on These 10 Races Progressives, Keep an Eye on These 10 Races
From Andrew Gillum in Florida to marijuana legalization in North Dakota, wins in these elections would be game changers.
Oct 18, 2018 / The Nation
Rethinking Prison, From the Inside Out Rethinking Prison, From the Inside Out
Changing the institutional culture of incarceration could entail a social consensus that locking people up is never the ideal way to resolve social problems.
Oct 16, 2018 / Michelle Chen
How Guantánamo Laid the Groundwork for Kavanaugh’s Confirmation How Guantánamo Laid the Groundwork for Kavanaugh’s Confirmation
The prison’s attempts to adjudicate justice are making their way to the mainland.
Oct 15, 2018 / Karen J. Greenberg