Law

Alabama lethal injection

Why Is No One Demanding an Explanation for the Torture of Doyle Hamm? Why Is No One Demanding an Explanation for the Torture of Doyle Hamm?

He was the first person in the history of Alabama’s use of lethal injection to walk out of the execution chamber alive.

Mar 13, 2018 / Nicola Cohen

ICE arrest

Dividing Immigrants Into Good and Evil Is a Dangerous Game Dividing Immigrants Into Good and Evil Is a Dangerous Game

And if Democrats agree to play it, they’ve already lost.

Mar 13, 2018 / Aviva Chomsky

Migrant family seeks shelter la 72

Escaping Hate: A Trans Woman’s Journey North Escaping Hate: A Trans Woman’s Journey North

Alexandra Acevedo fled Honduras—one of the most dangerous places on earth to be queer—to find safety and the freedom to be herself.

Mar 13, 2018 / Michael Snyder

Mayors Collage Criminal Justice

A Crop of Reform-Minded Mayors Is Trying to Fix Policing and Fight Mass Incarceration A Crop of Reform-Minded Mayors Is Trying to Fix Policing and Fight Mass Incarceration

In their choice of a police chief and through other local initiatives, mayors can make major strides in improving the way their constituents interact with police and the criminal j...

Mar 12, 2018 / Cities Rising / Collier Meyerson

ICE arrest

It’s Time to Abolish ICE It’s Time to Abolish ICE

A mass-deportation strike force is incompatible with democracy and human rights.

Mar 9, 2018 / Editorial / Sean McElwee

Donald Trump

Chris Hayes: For Trump, Crime Is Not a Problem to Be Solved, It Is a Weapon to Be Wielded Chris Hayes: For Trump, Crime Is Not a Problem to Be Solved, It Is a Weapon to Be Wielded

How the president has changed the “law and order” debate.

Mar 9, 2018 / Audio / Jon Wiener

Protesters Against Sessions CA Immigration Suit

Here’s How California Is Resisting Jeff Sessions on Immigration Policy Here’s How California Is Resisting Jeff Sessions on Immigration Policy

It’s fighting back with street protests—led by the state’s top politicians—and high-powered lawyers in the courts.

Mar 8, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky

MGMT Andrew VanWyndarden performing at Coachella 2014

Music for Dark Times Music for Dark Times

MGMT and Poliça’s new albums offer songs of solace and alarm.

Mar 8, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

Magnum Farce

Magnum Farce Magnum Farce

ignore this…

Mar 8, 2018 / Comix Nation / Ward Sutton

Chris Hayes: What Trump Means When He Says He’s ‘Strong on Crime’

Chris Hayes: What Trump Means When He Says He’s ‘Strong on Crime’ Chris Hayes: What Trump Means When He Says He’s ‘Strong on Crime’

Plus: Gary Younge on kids and guns and Michael Walzer on foreign policy for the left.

Mar 8, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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