Law

Stacey Abrams and Lucy McBath Are Leading the Charge to Turn Georgia Blue

Stacey Abrams and Lucy McBath Are Leading the Charge to Turn Georgia Blue Stacey Abrams and Lucy McBath Are Leading the Charge to Turn Georgia Blue

With two African-American women running in high-profile races, Georgia could become the next Virginia.

Jul 27, 2018 / Joan Walsh

What’s Next After Trump’s Worst Week: Joan Walsh

What’s Next After Trump’s Worst Week: Joan Walsh What’s Next After Trump’s Worst Week: Joan Walsh

Plus, David Cole on Brett Kavanaugh and Michael Kazin on Jimmy Carter.

Jul 26, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Children of the Opiod Crisis in Foster Care

Our Foster-Care System Shouldn’t Separate Families Either Our Foster-Care System Shouldn’t Separate Families Either

It’s not just our immigration system; taking children away from their parents should always be a last resort.

Jul 26, 2018 / Rachel Blustain

Kem Monovithya

‘The Election Is a Sham’: A Q&A With Cambodian Opposition Leader Kem Monovithya ‘The Election Is a Sham’: A Q&A With Cambodian Opposition Leader Kem Monovithya

Cambodians head to the polls on July 29, but there is no viable opposition left on the ballot.

Jul 26, 2018 / Q&A / Safiya Charles

Empty Congress

The Republican Congress Isn’t Even Pretending to Do Its Job The Republican Congress Isn’t Even Pretending to Do Its Job

It’s much easier to let judges and appointees do the unpopular work of stripping workers of their rights, outlawing abortion, and running the administrative state into the ground.

Jul 24, 2018 / Ed Burmila

South Texas Family Residential Center

Wall Street’s Ties to the Private Immigrant-Detention Network Wall Street’s Ties to the Private Immigrant-Detention Network

A grassroots movement to divest from private prison companies running immigrant-detention facilities is gaining steam.

Jul 24, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Census form

Say No to a Citizenship Question on the 2020 Census Say No to a Citizenship Question on the 2020 Census

Americans have until August 7 to tell the Commerce Department that a question cooked up by Steve Bannon and Kris Kobach is dangerous and misguided.

Jul 23, 2018 / Vanita Gupta

Trump Navy

Donald Trump’s Flight 93 Doctrine Donald Trump’s Flight 93 Doctrine

This might be the most self-defeating approach ever adopted by a modern American president.

Jul 23, 2018 / John Feffer

Hunting Season

Hunting Season Hunting Season

The artist age 6 with her first gun.

Jul 23, 2018 / OppArt / Katerina Spilio

Donald Trump shouting at 11-year-old boy

Trump’s War on Children Trump’s War on Children

White House policies form an unprecedented assault on kids—but, of course, not the white kids.

Jul 20, 2018 / Aziz Huq

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