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Jeff Flake Judiciary vote

Note to Jeff Flake: A Limited FBI Investigation of Brett Kavanaugh Is Entirely Insufficient Note to Jeff Flake: A Limited FBI Investigation of Brett Kavanaugh Is Entirely Insufficient

The nominee’s full record should be examined, including his many misleading and false statements to the Senate.

Sep 28, 2018 / John Nichols

The Heart-Wrenching Trauma of the Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh Hearings

The Heart-Wrenching Trauma of the Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh Hearings The Heart-Wrenching Trauma of the Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh Hearings

It’s difficult. It hurts. It’s unfair. But women will keep telling our stories.

Sep 28, 2018 / Joan Walsh

Utica Refugee Center

Building Immigrant Communities in the Trump Era Building Immigrant Communities in the Trump Era

Immigrant networks ought to be supported and funded, not dismantled and driven into hiding.

Sep 28, 2018 / Kavitha Rajagopalan

No Senator Can Uphold Their Oath of Office and Vote for Kavanaugh’s Nomination

No Senator Can Uphold Their Oath of Office and Vote for Kavanaugh’s Nomination No Senator Can Uphold Their Oath of Office and Vote for Kavanaugh’s Nomination

Senators cannot provide advice and consent when basic questions have not been answered.

Sep 27, 2018 / John Nichols

NYPd Cameras

Mass Surveillance Begins at the Local Level. So Does the Resistance to It. Mass Surveillance Begins at the Local Level. So Does the Resistance to It.

Grassroots groups are leading the pushback against government spying.

Sep 27, 2018 / Cities Rising / Andrew Tan-Delli Cicchi

Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation

Brett Kavanaugh and the Case of the Vanishing Rape Victim Brett Kavanaugh and the Case of the Vanishing Rape Victim

Long before the recent charges against him, we already had evidence of Kavanaugh’s disturbing lack of empathy for rape victims.

Sep 27, 2018 / Bruce Shapiro

Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

Is the World Bank Group Above the Law? Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

A fishing community in India challenges the bank’s private-lending arm in the US Supreme Court.

Sep 27, 2018 / Feature / Barry Yeoman

Honorable Brett Kavanaugh

Senator Merkley Is Suing to Halt the Lawless Kavanaugh Confirmation Process Senator Merkley Is Suing to Halt the Lawless Kavanaugh Confirmation Process

Citing Trump administration secrecy, he asks a federal judge to issue an injunction to prevent this mangled process from continuing.

Sep 26, 2018 / John Nichols

Brett Kavanaugh with Trump

Reasons to Believe Reasons to Believe

10 ways to respond to Brett Kavanaugh’s defenders.

Sep 26, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Immigrant rights rallies

Trump’s Latest Assault on Immigrants Shreds a Half-Century of Reforms Trump’s Latest Assault on Immigrants Shreds a Half-Century of Reforms

New restrictions on the meaning of “public charge” will bump millions from public assistance and create a caste of untouchables.

Sep 26, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky

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