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June 23, 2017
Charleena Lyles Was Killed by a Police Department Under a Consent Decree
The untimely death of a 30-year-old woman demonstrates the obvious need for more scrutiny of police, not less.
Collier Meyerson
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June 23, 2017
Why Does the Far Right Hold a Near-Monopoly on Political Violence?
Studies show that most people across the political spectrum abhor it. So what might explain the disparity?
Joshua Holland
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June 23, 2017
The Republic of Rogue Island
Here's what one state's radical experiment after the American Revolution can tell us about democracy today.
Tom Cutterham
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June 21, 2017
Lisa, Laquanda, Machelle, and Kenya Were Sentenced as Children to Die in Prison
Decades later, a Supreme Court ruling could give them their freedom.
Danielle Wolffe
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June 21, 2017
The Troubled Resentencing of America’s Juvenile Lifers
When SCOTUS outlawed mandatory juvenile life without parole, advocates celebrated—but the outcome has been anything but fair.
Jessica Pishko
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June 20, 2017
The Supreme Court Takes Up the Question of Whether Gerrymandering Is Unconstitutional
The high court has taken a groundbreaking case that seeks to make elections fair, functional, and seriously competitive.
John Nichols
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June 19, 2017
A Major Global Foundation Just Pledged $1 Million to the Standing Rock Sioux
And that’s not the only good news the tribe received this month.
Abbey White
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June 18, 2017
Colin Kaepernick, Philando Castile, and the Lost Wisdom of Roger Goodell’s Father
The need for radical voices has never been more pressing. Defending voices that are being silenced is a task for all of us.
Dave Zirin
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June 16, 2017
The Police Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Is Found Not Guilty
Even a liberal enclave like the one Castile lived in, even having a licensed gun, like Castile had, cannot bring worth to a black man’s life in the eyes of our racist justice system.
Collier Meyerson
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June 16, 2017
DACA Stays, Even As the Federal Government Pursues DREAMers
Trump will not revoke Obama’s protections for immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. But his administration is still going after some of them.
Julianne Hing