Law

Mexico Border

Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Is Illegal Under International Law Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Is Illegal Under International Law

And a new lawsuit is holding the government accountable.

Mar 7, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Albany sexual harassment hearing

Albany’s Reckoning With Sexual Harassment Is Long Overdue Albany’s Reckoning With Sexual Harassment Is Long Overdue

New York’s governors have barely evolved on the issue in 30 years. Thankfully, its legislature has.

Mar 7, 2019 / Raina Lipsitz

‘A New Horror’: Sikh Men Go on Hunger Strike in ICE Custody

‘A New Horror’: Sikh Men Go on Hunger Strike in ICE Custody ‘A New Horror’: Sikh Men Go on Hunger Strike in ICE Custody

We watched one hunger striker, seemingly on the brink of death, collapse in front of us.

Mar 7, 2019 / Margaret Brown Vega and Nathan Craig

Sherrod Brown Talks About Populism, Work, Health Care, War… and 2020

Sherrod Brown Talks About Populism, Work, Health Care, War… and 2020 Sherrod Brown Talks About Populism, Work, Health Care, War… and 2020

He’s repeatedly won elections as a pro-labor, anti-war advocate for civil rights and civil liberties in Ohio, where Democrats have increasingly failed. Could he win the presidency?

Mar 6, 2019 / Feature / John Nichols

Exclusive: ICE Has Kept Tabs on ‘Anti-Trump’ Protesters in New York City

Exclusive: ICE Has Kept Tabs on ‘Anti-Trump’ Protesters in New York City Exclusive: ICE Has Kept Tabs on ‘Anti-Trump’ Protesters in New York City

Documents reveal that the immigration enforcement agency has been keenly attuned to left-leaning protests in the city. 

Mar 6, 2019 / Editorial / Jimmy Tobias

Migrant caravan in Tijuana

Trump Is Fetishizing Death to Justify His Cruelty at the Border Trump Is Fetishizing Death to Justify His Cruelty at the Border

The president is furthering a legacy of brutality that stretches back to the Mexican-American War.  

Mar 5, 2019 / Greg Grandin

USICE

US Immigration Is Stuck in the Stone Age—and It’s Putting Lives In Danger US Immigration Is Stuck in the Stone Age—and It’s Putting Lives In Danger

In Trump’s America, paperwork can be lethal. 

Mar 5, 2019 / Daniel Moattar

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Strange News From Another Star… Strange News From Another Star…

What life on another planet can teach us about our own.

Mar 5, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Jerry Nadler

The Process of Holding Trump Accountable Has Finally Begun The Process of Holding Trump Accountable Has Finally Begun

House Judiciary Committee chair Jerry Nadler has moved “to begin the investigations to present the case to the American people about obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of...

Mar 4, 2019 / John Nichols

Mariah Parker, new Athens, GA county commissioner

Mariah Parker Invites You to Be Your Complete, Weird, Messy Self Mariah Parker Invites You to Be Your Complete, Weird, Messy Self

The 27-year-old Athens, Georgia, county commissioner leans into her humanity as she fights for social justice.

Mar 1, 2019 / Drinks On The Nation / Aaron Ross Coleman

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