Law

Why Video Evidence Wasn’t Enough to Get Justice for Tamir Rice

Why Video Evidence Wasn’t Enough to Get Justice for Tamir Rice Why Video Evidence Wasn’t Enough to Get Justice for Tamir Rice

The video didn’t matter to the prosecutor because killing black people is not a crime.

Dec 29, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith

How Can No One Be to Blame for Tamir Rice’s Death?

How Can No One Be to Blame for Tamir Rice’s Death? How Can No One Be to Blame for Tamir Rice’s Death?

The Cleveland police officer who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice will face no state criminal charges.

Dec 29, 2015 / Dani McClain

Graduate workers and supporters rally around Grant Mao at Yale University, December 8, 2015.

Who’s Fighting the Mental-Health Crisis on Campus? Unions. Who’s Fighting the Mental-Health Crisis on Campus? Unions.

Grant Mao wanted to get back on track. Yale wanted to get rid of him.

Dec 29, 2015 / Michelle Chen

December 28, 1973: Alexsander Solzhenitsyn’s ‘Gulag Archipelago’ is Published

December 28, 1973: Alexsander Solzhenitsyn’s ‘Gulag Archipelago’ is Published December 28, 1973: Alexsander Solzhenitsyn’s ‘Gulag Archipelago’ is Published

“The duty is not only to memorialize the fallen, it is also to confront the living.”

Dec 28, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

December 24, 1865: The Ku Klux Klan Is Formed

December 24, 1865: The Ku Klux Klan Is Formed December 24, 1865: The Ku Klux Klan Is Formed

“If they are so demoralized that they go on robbing, and murdering, and ‘Kukluxing’ each other, we cannot interfere effectively, and had better not interfere at a...

Dec 24, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Remembering Benedict Anderson

Remembering Benedict Anderson Remembering Benedict Anderson

The renowned scholar exemplified intellectual passion and political engagement.

Dec 23, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Post-1991 World Order Is Crumbling—When Will the US Adjust?

The Post-1991 World Order Is Crumbling—When Will the US Adjust? The Post-1991 World Order Is Crumbling—When Will the US Adjust?

Despite transformational events from Ukraine and the European Union to the Middle East, Washington refuses to re-think anything.

Dec 23, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

The Uber app being used in front of a taxicab.

Could Unions Disrupt Uber’s Empire? Could Unions Disrupt Uber’s Empire?

Seattle’s drivers are fighting—and beating—the Uberization of their work.

Dec 23, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Start Making Sense: The Best of the Left in 2015

Start Making Sense: The Best of the Left in 2015 Start Making Sense: The Best of the Left in 2015

The Nation’s Progressive Honor Roll: John Nichols names names. Plus Amy Wilentz on guns and Jay Parini on Gore Vidal.

Dec 23, 2015 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Refugees arrive by boat in Athens, December 18, 2015.

What Can You Actually Do for Syrian Refugees? What Can You Actually Do for Syrian Refugees?

Trump wants to ban refugees fleeing ISIS and civil war. Here’s how to welcome them instead.

Dec 22, 2015 / Daniel Moattar

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