Law

Student Gun Protest

We’ve Been Presented with Two Options: Militarization or Regulation We’ve Been Presented with Two Options: Militarization or Regulation

For me, school is a refuge. I cannot imagine that sanctity violated by the introduction of weapons.

Mar 23, 2018 / StudentNation / Claire Devine

Student walkout for gun control

How to Join the Movement to End Gun Violence How to Join the Movement to End Gun Violence

Contact your elected officials, support grassroots organizations, and vote.

Mar 23, 2018 / Andrew Tan-Delli Cicchi

Scott Walker Campaign

Scott Walker Is Ordered to Stop Blocking Special Elections Scott Walker Is Ordered to Stop Blocking Special Elections

A judge rules that the notoriously antidemocratic governor must let the people of Wisconsin vote.

Mar 22, 2018 / John Nichols

Legal Aid rally against ICE

Legal-Aid Services Are Being Starved Legal-Aid Services Are Being Starved

Law schools are trying to address this chronic underfunding, but there needs to be a broader rallying cry.

Mar 22, 2018 / Douglas Grant

Mideast Bahrain US Military

Living in Fear as a Muslim-American Veteran Living in Fear as a Muslim-American Veteran

Trump’s America is already hell.

Mar 22, 2018 / Nate Terani

Immigrant Children in Arizona

For Immigrant Women, Crossing the Border Doesn’t End Their Struggle For Immigrant Women, Crossing the Border Doesn’t End Their Struggle

Women fleeing trauma in their home countries are being harassed and detained in this one.

Mar 22, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Trump Opioid Speech

Why Trump’s Call to Execute Drug Dealers Matters Why Trump’s Call to Execute Drug Dealers Matters

Prosecutors across the country are already applying Trump’s “tough" approach through the use of drug-induced-homicide laws.

Mar 22, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter

Congress Keeps the Gun Industry Happy

Congress Keeps the Gun Industry Happy Congress Keeps the Gun Industry Happy

Lawmakers continue their inaction on gun laws. On March 24, Americans around the country march for change.

Mar 22, 2018 / OppArt / Eric Hanson

voting booth

Hey, Democrats Are Actually Running to Win! Hey, Democrats Are Actually Running to Win!

Joan Walsh on the Democrats’ new strategy, Amy Wilentz on Ivanka, and Anna Deavere Smith on the school-to-prison pipeline.

Mar 22, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Immigrant Kids ICE

Under Trump, ICE Has Become a Vast, Cruel Bureaucracy Under Trump, ICE Has Become a Vast, Cruel Bureaucracy

Children seeking asylum are being separated from their parents for no good reason.

Mar 22, 2018 / Column / Laila Lalami

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