Cops Usually Get Away With Murder. What Was Different in Chicago?

When there is the will to seriously prosecute an officer, the public can hold the police accountable.

Edward Burmila

The FBI/White House Supplemental Background Check on Brett Kavanaugh

Calvin Trillin

The Most Important Office in the Trump Era Isn’t at the Top of the Ballot

State attorneys general are the key to holding the White House to account—and Democrats are making a strong showing in several races.

John Nichols

To Preserve Our Humanity, We Must Ban Killer Robots

Algorithms could create a perfect killing machine, stripped of the empathy and conscience that might hold a human back.

Ray Acheson

Mass Surveillance Begins at the Local Level. So Does the Resistance to It.

Grassroots groups are leading the pushback against government spying.

Andrew Tan-Delli Cicchi

Brett Kavanaugh and the Case of the Vanishing Rape Victim

Long before the recent charges against him, we already had evidence of Kavanaugh’s disturbing lack of empathy for rape victims.

Bruce Shapiro

California Ended Cash Bail—but May Have Replaced It With Something Even Worse

Racist algorithms and unlimited judicial discretion threaten to increase pretrial incarceration in California.

John Raphling

The Little Yellow Sanctuary in the Shadow of ICE

El Refugio has given the family members of immigrant detainees food, shelter, and assistance in a remote corner of Georgia.

Anjali Enjeti

Demand an End to US Support for the War in Yemen

You can also spread the word about a historic nationwide prison strike and attend a protest to demand the Senate reject Brett Kavanaugh.

NationAction

To Fight Mass Incarceration, We Need to Decriminalize Trauma

At Homeboy Industries, career, education, and mental-health services are creating a way out of poverty and violence.

Robert Greenwald