Law

PP counter protest

Planned Parenthood Asked These Pro-Choice Activists Not to Rally Outside Its Clinic. Here’s Why They Did Anyway. Planned Parenthood Asked These Pro-Choice Activists Not to Rally Outside Its Clinic. Here’s Why They Did Anyway.

Under Trump, strategies have diverged.

Feb 13, 2017 / Julia Mead

trump tillerson

Is Trump Headed for a War With China? Is Trump Headed for a War With China?

The brewing conflict in the South China Sea could become the next Cuban missile crisis.

Feb 13, 2017 / Rajan Menon

Protest against immigration raid

ICE Has Arrested 600 Undocumented Immigrants in the Last Week ICE Has Arrested 600 Undocumented Immigrants in the Last Week

When does a “routine action” become a raid?

Feb 13, 2017 / Julianne Hing

Immigration protesters

How Local Leaders Can Resist Trump’s Deportation Machine How Local Leaders Can Resist Trump’s Deportation Machine

They should “explicitly remove immigration enforcement from the purview of their local law-enforcement departments.”

Feb 10, 2017 / Kung Li

Donald Trump

Everything Trump Did in His Third Week That Actually Matters Everything Trump Did in His Third Week That Actually Matters

While Trump tried to get tough on crime and suffered two major legal defeats, one of his top advisers appeared to violate ethics rules. 

Feb 10, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter and George Zornick

An Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s So-Called Argument for a Muslim Ban

An Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s So-Called Argument for a Muslim Ban An Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s So-Called Argument for a Muslim Ban

The Ninth Circuit ruling tells us that Sally Yates was right—and Donald Trump was wrong.

Feb 10, 2017 / John Nichols

What Happens When Refugees Are Resettled in the US?

What Happens When Refugees Are Resettled in the US? What Happens When Refugees Are Resettled in the US?

They—and the communities into which they’re placed—thrive.

Feb 9, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Conway

Kellyanne Conway’s Phantom Massacre Kellyanne Conway’s Phantom Massacre

She said the massacre at Bowling Green Was just the sort of terror we’ve been fearing. And this she didn’t mention: At the scene Were Jersey Muslims by the thousands cheering.

Feb 9, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Mike Pence and Donald Trump

The Religious Right Helped Put Trump in Office—Now He Owes Them Big The Religious Right Helped Put Trump in Office—Now He Owes Them Big

You can call it hypocrisy, or you can call it keeping your eyes on the prize.

Feb 9, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Rise and Resilience of Black Lives Matter

The Rise and Resilience of Black Lives Matter The Rise and Resilience of Black Lives Matter

Wesley Lowery’s new book charts the origins of a movement

Feb 9, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Nathalie Baptiste

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