‘Chasing an Elusive Centrism Is Ridiculous’

Frank Rich on politics, Erwin Chemerinsky on Matt Whitaker, and Laura Carlsen on the migrant caravan.

Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Caravan Migrants Carry Hopes Northward as Their Journey Resumes

Fleeing poverty and violence, three young men from Honduras join thousands who dream of better lives in the United States.

Madeleine Wattenbarger

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.

Ryan Harvey

The Democratic House Must Prioritize Protecting the 2020 Census

An inaccurate count disproportionately harms the young, the elderly, and people of color.

Edward Burmila

The Trump Administration Just Unleashed a New Attack on Asylum Seekers

Today’s presidential proclamation shutting down asylum eligibility is illegal under international and US law.

John Washington

Jeff Sessions’s Legacy Will Be Catastrophic for Asylum Seekers

By exploiting his power over the immigration courts, the former attorney general made it his goal to inflict long-lasting damage on the asylum system.

Chris Gelardi

The White House and the Caravan

Calvin Trillin

Actual Distance

Peter Kuper

When Environmentalism Meets Xenophobia

The conservative conservation movement’s dark history of racism and eugenics.

Gaby Del Valle

Originalism Is a White-Supremacist Scam

Republicans made a con man president, but he just exposed their longest-running con.

Madiba Dennie