A Trip Through Hell A Trip Through Hell
In a Washington county jail, solitary confinement is the worst, most degrading, foulest experience you could ever imagine.
Jul 29, 2025 / Christopher Blackwell
What We Can Learn About Immigration From an Unlikely Source: Ronald Reagan What We Can Learn About Immigration From an Unlikely Source: Ronald Reagan
Rather than deporting millions of migrants, this Republican president opted for the opposite strategy—legalizing them.
Jul 28, 2025 / Brad Swanson
It Has Never Been Easy to Be Both Black and American It Has Never Been Easy to Be Both Black and American
The administration knows that subduing history as it is doing works to keep people of color in this country disunited and at odds with each other.
Jul 28, 2025 / Keenan Norris
“We Make All the Work Possible”: Home Care Workers Speak Out About Coming Medicaid Cuts “We Make All the Work Possible”: Home Care Workers Speak Out About Coming Medicaid Cuts
In-home care workers spoke to The Nation about their fears of ICE’s expansion and losing their jobs and healthcare coverage under the GOP’s shameful law.
Jul 25, 2025 / Joan Walsh
From KGB Cells to Alligator Alcatraz: How Authoritarians Normalize the Grotesque From KGB Cells to Alligator Alcatraz: How Authoritarians Normalize the Grotesque
During a recent trip to Tallinn, I visited the horrific manifestations of an unredeemable totalitarian regime. A similar system is unfolding in Trump’s America.
Jul 25, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky
A Court Just Ruled That Cops Can’t Stop-and-Frisk You—if They Suspect a Gun A Court Just Ruled That Cops Can’t Stop-and-Frisk You—if They Suspect a Gun
The ruling makes clear, however, that cops can still stop and frisk a person for existing while Black.
Jul 24, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Punished for Playing by the Rules: the Deliberate Cruelty of Trump’s Deportation Regime Punished for Playing by the Rules: the Deliberate Cruelty of Trump’s Deportation Regime
Migrants who show up for their court dates now routinely face arrest by ICE. But failing to appear triggers a deportation order.
Jul 24, 2025 / Eileen Markey
How Climate Justice Reached the UN’s Top Court—and Won How Climate Justice Reached the UN’s Top Court—and Won
The International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have a legal duty to curb climate change was the result of a yearslong campaign that began with university students.
Jul 23, 2025 / Panthea Lee
Trump World Will Never Allow Justice for Breonna Taylor Trump World Will Never Allow Justice for Breonna Taylor
The sentencing of police officer Brett Hankison to 33 months in prison by a Trump-appointed judge is a travesty—even if it’s better than the DOJ’s request for one day.
Jul 23, 2025 / Elie Mystal