Law

Campus Segregation

State Universities Are Being Resegregated State Universities Are Being Resegregated

Nearly half of all elite public universities are enrolling a lower percentage of black students than they were in the mid-1990s.

Jan 30, 2019 / StudentNation / Mark Huelsman

There Are Still Migrant Children Separated From Their Families

There Are Still Migrant Children Separated From Their Families There Are Still Migrant Children Separated From Their Families

The coercion and cruelty at the border is not over.

Jan 30, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Sign of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The Dark Side of the Cult of Ruth Bader Ginsburg The Dark Side of the Cult of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Justice Ginsburg is an essential voice on the Supreme Court— but portraying her as a dissenter obscures the work of more radical women of color.

Jan 30, 2019 / Mari Uyehara

Construction Site

What Happens When Gentrification Comes to a Postindustrial City? What Happens When Gentrification Comes to a Postindustrial City?

New development in Worcester, Massachusetts, threatens the city’s poorest.

Jan 30, 2019 / Maia Hibbett

Kamala Harris campaign rally

Black Culture Won’t Save Kamala Harris Black Culture Won’t Save Kamala Harris

After eight years of Obama’s winks and nods, the code-switching playbook has been played out. 

Jan 28, 2019 / Editorial / Aaron Ross Coleman

What Fearmongering About Pot Tells You About Mainstream Marijuana Coverage

What Fearmongering About Pot Tells You About Mainstream Marijuana Coverage What Fearmongering About Pot Tells You About Mainstream Marijuana Coverage

Alex Berenson’s Tell Your Children relies on hyperbole and paranoia to argue against legalization.

Jan 28, 2019 / Katie Way

Emergencies

Emergencies Emergencies

Real and fake.

Jan 28, 2019 / OppArt / Rob Rogers

Roger Stone

What Did President Trump Know, and When Did He Know It? What Did President Trump Know, and When Did He Know It?

With the indictment of Trump adviser Roger Stone, the impeachment clock is ticking faster.

Jan 25, 2019 / John Nichols

Juan Guaidó

Venezuela: Call It What It Is—a Coup Venezuela: Call It What It Is—a Coup

The power grab of the right’s Juan Guaidó is brazenly unconstitutional.

Jan 25, 2019 / George Ciccariello-Maher

California Prisons Health Care

‘You’re Going to Let Me Die From This’: Prisoners Fight to Access a Hepatitis-C Cure ‘You’re Going to Let Me Die From This’: Prisoners Fight to Access a Hepatitis-C Cure

Inmates are being denied treatment, and it’s creating an epidemic.

Jan 25, 2019 / Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg

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