Law

Otay Mesa Immigrant Detention

How the Trump Administration Is Normalizing Immigrant Internment Camps How the Trump Administration Is Normalizing Immigrant Internment Camps

If the Muslim ban is any guide, an idea that was once considered insane will soon become acceptable.

Jul 20, 2018 / Column / Laila Lalami

Bruce Fein

Constitutional Lawyer Bruce Fein on the Effort to Stop ‘Presidential Wars’ Constitutional Lawyer Bruce Fein on the Effort to Stop ‘Presidential Wars’

He’s proposing legislation that could halt extrajudicial US military intervention.

Jul 19, 2018 / James Carden

Courtroom sketch of 9/11 defendants

How Government Secrecy on Torture Has Stymied the 9/11 Terror Prosecution How Government Secrecy on Torture Has Stymied the 9/11 Terror Prosecution

This case is the last front in the long-running battle over the Bush-era torture regime.

Jul 19, 2018 / Lisa Hajjar

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

ignore this…

Jul 19, 2018 / Peter Kuper

Trump and Putin Football

Trump and Putin: Separating the Surreal From the Sensible—Katrina vanden Heuvel Trump and Putin: Separating the Surreal From the Sensible—Katrina vanden Heuvel

Plus John Nichols on Kavanaugh and Adam Winkler on the Supreme Court and corporate “rights.”

Jul 19, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Beto O'Rourke at Texas Democratic Conventions

Beto O’Rourke Understands How Impeachment Works—and That’s Why He Supports Impeaching Trump Beto O’Rourke Understands How Impeachment Works—and That’s Why He Supports Impeaching Trump

A top Democratic contender recognizes that the House has a constitutional duty to hold the president to account.

Jul 18, 2018 / John Nichols

Patty and Jerry Wetterling

Sex, Race, and the Law: Considering America ‘In the Dark’ Sex, Race, and the Law: Considering America ‘In the Dark’

Madeleine Baran’s stunning investigative podcast grapples with our so-called “justice” system.

Jul 18, 2018 / Steven W. Thrasher

Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, and Kevin McCarthy

Russiagate Is Far Wider Than Trump and His Inner Circle Russiagate Is Far Wider Than Trump and His Inner Circle

It isn’t just the story of a few corrupt officials, or even a corrupt president. It’s the story of a corrupt Republican Party.

Jul 17, 2018 / David Klion

Marriage Equality

Martin Duberman in Conversation Martin Duberman in Conversation

The eminent gay historian calls for a new queer radicalism.

Jul 17, 2018 / Christopher Phelps

I Came as a Journalist to Ask Important Questions

I Came as a Journalist to Ask Important Questions I Came as a Journalist to Ask Important Questions

If I hadn’t been forcibly ejected from the Trump-Putin press conference, here’s what I would have asked.

Jul 17, 2018 / Sam Husseini

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