Law

Rouhani

Iran, Angered Over Obama’s Renewal of Sanctions, Braces for Trump Iran, Angered Over Obama’s Renewal of Sanctions, Braces for Trump

Nothing would please Tehran’s hard-liners more than for the new US president to push Iran back into confrontational mode.

Dec 5, 2016 / Juan Cole

Almost Half a Million People Are in Jail Awaiting Trial

Almost Half a Million People Are in Jail Awaiting Trial Almost Half a Million People Are in Jail Awaiting Trial

How the practice of bail is making us less safe.

Dec 5, 2016 / Video / Brave New Films

Sanctuary City Immigration

4 Ways Cities and States Can Become Sanctuaries Now 4 Ways Cities and States Can Become Sanctuaries Now

From providing legal representation to investing in education, localities can help shield immigrants from Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.

Dec 5, 2016 / Cities Rising / Daniel Altschuler and Peter L. Markowitz

Sanctuary Coalition

Inside the Churches That Are Leading New York’s Sanctuary Movement Inside the Churches That Are Leading New York’s Sanctuary Movement

New York’s sanctuary movement is ready to become more radical. The question is, How?

Dec 2, 2016 / Cities Rising / Jake Offenhartz

Rutland Welcomes Logo

Rutland, Vermont, Will Soon Be the New Home to 100 Syrian Refugees. How Will a Divided Community Embrace Them? Rutland, Vermont, Will Soon Be the New Home to 100 Syrian Refugees. How Will a Divided Community Embrace Them?

The small city is struggling to figure out who it is and just how welcoming it wants to be.

Dec 2, 2016 / Cities Rising / Daniel Judt

Kaepernick Reid Anthem Kneel

2016 in Sports: Joy and Resistance While the World Burned 2016 in Sports: Joy and Resistance While the World Burned

The sports world was an oasis during an otherwise terrible year. 

Dec 1, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Donald Trump in Wilkes Barre

We Need to Kill the Electoral College We Need to Kill the Electoral College

It’s a foul remnant of 18th-century oligarchs and slaveholders, designed to thwart the will of the people.

Dec 1, 2016 / Editorial / John Nichols

Donald Trump Debate

Trump Thinks the Law Is for Wusses Trump Thinks the Law Is for Wusses

But guess who’s really getting conned.

Dec 1, 2016 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Sanctuary City Immigration

Lessons for the Trump Era From the Days Following 9/11 Lessons for the Trump Era From the Days Following 9/11

We’ve been here before, so let’s take stock of what we did right—and what we got wrong.

Dec 1, 2016 / Sayu Bhojwani

Fidel Castro

How Cubans See Fidel Castro and His Revolution Is Tied to How They See Themselves How Cubans See Fidel Castro and His Revolution Is Tied to How They See Themselves

It’s no surprise many beam with pride when they talk about the “triumphs of the revolution.”

Nov 30, 2016 / Blog / Andrés S. Pertierra

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