Law

Black Lives Matter, Every Day

Black Lives Matter, Every Day Black Lives Matter, Every Day

Honoring Black lives.

Jul 7, 2020 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Topple the Electoral College

Topple the Electoral College Topple the Electoral College

A Supreme Court ruling upholding restrictions on “faithless electors” does nothing to legitimize this antidemocratic institution.

Jul 6, 2020 / John Nichols

Ja'Mal Green points amid a sea of hands

Why JPMorgan Chase Should Give $1 Billion to Black Neighborhoods in Chicago Why JPMorgan Chase Should Give $1 Billion to Black Neighborhoods in Chicago

Activist Ja’Mal Green wants the nation’s biggest bank to pay reparations for its history of racist lending.

Jul 6, 2020 / Q&A / Daniel Fernandez

American Dreamers

American Dreamers American Dreamers

The Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Jul 3, 2020 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

51 Years After Stonewall, New York’s Queer Liberation March Faces Police Violence

51 Years After Stonewall, New York’s Queer Liberation March Faces Police Violence 51 Years After Stonewall, New York’s Queer Liberation March Faces Police Violence

This is a moment of reckoning that is knitting together seemingly disparate social movements.

Jul 3, 2020 / Jay W. Walker

Maya Moore for the Win

Maya Moore for the Win Maya Moore for the Win

Jonathan Irons finally walks free thanks to the efforts of the all-time basketball great.

Jul 2, 2020 / Dave Zirin

Matthew Albence

ICE Just Became Even Less Transparent ICE Just Became Even Less Transparent

The new classification protects the identity of officials from public disclosure.

Jul 2, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein

How Did Police Unions Get So Powerful?

How Did Police Unions Get So Powerful? How Did Police Unions Get So Powerful?

Police unions are on the defensive for perhaps the first time since their formation. It’s been a long time coming.

Jul 2, 2020 / Ross Barkan

SCOTUS abortion

A Small Victory for Reproductive Rights A Small Victory for Reproductive Rights

Trump’s Supreme Court appointees lost this battle, but the war on abortion is far from over.

Jul 1, 2020 / Katha Pollitt

Black Lives Matter: Walking Forward

Black Lives Matter: Walking Forward Black Lives Matter: Walking Forward

Street intervention (artist unknown), Brooklyn, N.Y., June 2020.

Jul 1, 2020 / OppArt / Chris Schiavo

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