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December 5, 2022
Staughton Lynd Never Lost the Courage of His Convictions
The historian and activist, who died last month, paid a steep price for his commitments. Yet he managed to find a way to keep agitating, and keep writing, while always remaining true to his radical vision.
Joshua Freeman
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December 2, 2022
A Judge Dismisses the Murder Charge Against a Domestic Violence Survivor
Two weeks after the Manhattan DA filed a motion to dismiss Tracy McCarter’s murder indictment, Judge Diane Kiesel agreed to drop the charge against her.
Victoria Law
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November 29, 2022
The Response to Brittney Griner’s Capture Is an Indictment of the Right and the “Left”
Why is commonsense solidarity so difficult?
Dave Zirin
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November 29, 2022
A United Front Is Needed to Fight the Threat to Journalism Posed by the Assange Prosecution
The New York Times and major European publications recognize the US Department of Justice’s pursuit of Julian Assange as an attack on press freedom. Now, say it louder.
John Nichols
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November 29, 2022
The Midterms Showed Democrats Don’t Need to Pander on Crime
The Democratic Party shouldn’t panic over the issue.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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November 29, 2022
A Tale of Two Campaigns in Pennsylvania
The Shapiro and Fetterman victories show there’s more than one way to win as a Democrat.
Allison Troy and Jonathan Smucker
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November 24, 2022
Desmond Meade on Why Love Is “the Most Powerful Word in the Universe”
The executive director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition was homeless, addicted to crack, and suicidal. Now, he has met the president, been one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people, and won a MacArthur grant.
Karlos K. Hill
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November 21, 2022
The Manhattan DA Finally Keeps His Campaign Promise Not to Prosecute a Domestic Violence Victim
Alvin Bragg announced on Friday that he was no longer convinced of Tracy McCarter’s guilt. McCarter was arrested for the death of her husband on March 2, 2020.
Victoria Law
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November 16, 2022
Close Rikers
Street demonstration, downtown Manhattan, November 3, 2022, organized by CampaignToCloseRikers.org. Eighteen people have died in Rikers Island this year, the deadliest since 2013.
Andrea Arroyo and Steve Brodner
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November 14, 2022
The Pipeline Funneling US Deportees to Haitian Prison
Patrick Julney is one of many longtime US residents who found himself detained under hellish conditions in a country in which he’d never been formally charged with a crime.
Tanvi Misra