Time to Go Beyond Judging Rihanna and Chris Brown Time to Go Beyond Judging Rihanna and Chris Brown
Nineteen years after the passage of the Violence Against Women Act, we need to reauthorize. We also need to do more.
Feb 15, 2013 / Laura Flanders
ICE’s Latest Stop for Deportations: The DMV ICE’s Latest Stop for Deportations: The DMV
A Freedom of Information Act Request reveals that immigration agents were instructed to search DMV records to target immigrants.
Feb 15, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Time for Labor to Mobilize Immigrants Time for Labor to Mobilize Immigrants
Immigration reform can be labor’s game-changer.
Feb 13, 2013 / Feature / Maria Elena Durazo
‘America Doesn’t Torture’—It Kills ‘America Doesn’t Torture’—It Kills
Even if we like President Obama, do we want him to be a one-man death panel?
Feb 13, 2013 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The War on Drugs Is a War on Kids The War on Drugs Is a War on Kids
The school-to-prison pipeline has emerged quickly, but the corrosive effect of criminalizing children will be felt for generations to come.
Feb 13, 2013 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Aura Bogado: Why Won’t Obama Halt Deportations? Aura Bogado: Why Won’t Obama Halt Deportations?
What didn't Obama say about immigration in his State of the Union address? The Nation’s Aura Bogado breaks it down at Democracy Now!
Feb 13, 2013 / Press Room
America Isn’t Broke. Its Priorities Are. America Isn’t Broke. Its Priorities Are.
In his State of the Union address, the president reminded us that “deficit reduction is not an economic plan.” Will he be able to hold off the austerity-mongerers?
Feb 13, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Obama Didn’t Say on Immigration at the State of the Union What Obama Didn’t Say on Immigration at the State of the Union
Some undocumented immigrants expected more on immigration from Obama’s State of the Nation speech.
Feb 13, 2013 / Aura Bogado
How to Include Domestic Workers in Immigration Reform How to Include Domestic Workers in Immigration Reform
Domestic workers could get left out of the fast track and even the slow track for citizenship, but there are ways to include them in reform.
Feb 12, 2013 / Bryce Covert
In Reversal, the NRA Embraces States’ Rights In Reversal, the NRA Embraces States’ Rights
Opponents of gun control spent the last twenty years undermining local approaches to gun policy.
Feb 11, 2013 / Sam Kleiner