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Jerry Brown speaking

California’s Jerry Brown Has Laid Down a Direct Challenge to Trump California’s Jerry Brown Has Laid Down a Direct Challenge to Trump

In a pugnacious State of the State speech, the governor’s contempt for the new president was evident.

Jan 24, 2017 / Sasha Abramsky

Immigrant rights rallies

Immigrant Workers Are Already Fighting Back Against Trump Immigrant Workers Are Already Fighting Back Against Trump

Workers who could be deported under Trump, and their supporters, sent a clear message to the new administration: We will push back.

Jan 24, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Marching Against Trump, Progressives in Cincinnati Put a Blue Dot in Red Ohio

Marching Against Trump, Progressives in Cincinnati Put a Blue Dot in Red Ohio Marching Against Trump, Progressives in Cincinnati Put a Blue Dot in Red Ohio

The question remains whether the energy displayed Saturday will carry over into other ongoing local struggles.

Jan 23, 2017 / Dani McClain

Taconic Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, N.Y.

Why It Matters That an Imprisoned Domestic-Violence Survivor Was Granted Clemency Why It Matters That an Imprisoned Domestic-Violence Survivor Was Granted Clemency

Only three survivors have been granted clemency in New York State history. Will others follow?

Jan 23, 2017 / Victoria Law

Activists run after being hit by a stun grenade while protesting against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on the sidelines of the inauguration in Washington.

Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer Got Punched—You Can Thank the Black Bloc Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer Got Punched—You Can Thank the Black Bloc

A dispatch from inside the J20 protests.

Jan 22, 2017 / Natasha Lennard

Has America Ever Elected a ‘Legitimate’ President?

Has America Ever Elected a ‘Legitimate’ President? Has America Ever Elected a ‘Legitimate’ President?

Given how hard it is to vote, and how actively some states discourage voting, America elects legal presidents—but not legitimate ones.

Jan 21, 2017 / Rev. Jesse L. Jackson

Are We Entering a Post-Evidence Era?

Are We Entering a Post-Evidence Era? Are We Entering a Post-Evidence Era?

If the future of war is cyber attacks, and cyber attacks can never truly be proven—how does the public audit its government?

Jan 20, 2017 / Adam Johnson

Protestors arrive at One Police Plaza in support of the family of Ramarley Graham Thursday, June 2, 2016, in New York. The mother of Graham, an unarmed black teenager fatally shot by a white policeman in front of his grandmother and young brother joined supporters Thursday for a 17-mile march to police headquarters to demand that the officers involved in the 2012 slaying be fired.

5 Years After Ramarley Graham Was Killed by the NYPD, Join His Family’s Campaign for Police Accountability 5 Years After Ramarley Graham Was Killed by the NYPD, Join His Family’s Campaign for Police Accountability

The officer who killed Ramarley Graham is finally facing trial.

Jan 19, 2017 / NationAction

Abortion access

Reproductive Rights Are More Popular Than Ever, but Anti-Choice Lawmakers Are About to Take Power Reproductive Rights Are More Popular Than Ever, but Anti-Choice Lawmakers Are About to Take Power

Just as the pro-choice movement is getting proactive, Washington will get even more hostile.

Jan 19, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Holman Rule Once Allowed Congress to Purge Leftists From Government Agencies—Now It’s Back

The Holman Rule Once Allowed Congress to Purge Leftists From Government Agencies—Now It’s Back The Holman Rule Once Allowed Congress to Purge Leftists From Government Agencies—Now It’s Back

The effects could be far-reaching.

Jan 19, 2017 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

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