In Toxic Detention In Toxic Detention
Investigating the alleged contaminated water crisis at the Northwest Detention Center.
May 15, 2025 / Photo Essay / Rico Moore
Mayor Ras Baraka Talks to “The Nation” Mayor Ras Baraka Talks to “The Nation”
On his arrest, the private prison company GEO, and why he believes we’re heading into authoritarianism—but democracy will prevail.
May 13, 2025 / Anthony Conwright
Cruelty Is the Point Cruelty Is the Point
Trump’s deportations and defundings = death.
May 6, 2025 / OppArt / Anonymous (NYC)
War on Terror Brain Rot Brought Us to This Point War on Terror Brain Rot Brought Us to This Point
After years of security theater, all too many Americans seem ready to accept Trump’s pledge to root out the vermin.
May 2, 2025 / Rebecca Gordon
Why I Had to Flee the United States Why I Had to Flee the United States
I was a political prisoner in Egypt. I didn’t want to become one again in America.
May 2, 2025 / Abdelrahman ElGendy
The New York State Police Are Feeding ICE a Gang Database The New York State Police Are Feeding ICE a Gang Database
For 20 years, the state police have been quietly building a database of suspected gang members—and they’re feeding it to Donald Trump’s administration.
Apr 23, 2025 / Chris Gelardi
If Trump Sounds Like He Wants a Police State, That’s Because He Does If Trump Sounds Like He Wants a Police State, That’s Because He Does
And so do all of his cronies.
Apr 18, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Trump Is Exploiting the Paranoid Fantasies that Drove the War on Terror Trump Is Exploiting the Paranoid Fantasies that Drove the War on Terror
The antidemocratic policies put in place after 9/11 have come home to roost.
Apr 1, 2025 / Karen J. Greenberg
With ICE Out of Control, How Can the US Cohost the 2026 World Cup? With ICE Out of Control, How Can the US Cohost the 2026 World Cup?
The country has proven itself incapable of not abducting and imprisoning people entering it—boycotting US matches avoids putting teams, their families, and fans in danger.
Mar 31, 2025 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin
Alabama Won’t Say Alireza Doroudi’s Name. We Must. Alabama Won’t Say Alireza Doroudi’s Name. We Must.
The Iranian PhD student is one of several abducted by ICE in the past month—a pattern we cannot become numb to.
Mar 28, 2025 / Dave Zirin