Race and Ethnicity

Neil Gorsuch Confirmation Hearing

Neil Gorsuch Is Not Another Scalia. He’s the Next John Roberts. Neil Gorsuch Is Not Another Scalia. He’s the Next John Roberts.

Gorsuch puts a handsome face on an ugly ideology.

Mar 21, 2017 / Ari Berman

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Trump’s Relentless, Chaotic Distractions Trump’s Relentless, Chaotic Distractions

His budget proposal is a distraction from his conflicts of interest which is a distraction from ICE deportations.

Mar 21, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Creating Technology by the People, for the People

Creating Technology by the People, for the People Creating Technology by the People, for the People

An interview with Thenmozhi Soundararajan.

Mar 20, 2017 / Editorial / Laura Flanders

Neil Gorsuch and Hans von Spakovsky

In E-mails, Neil Gorsuch Praised a Leading Republican Activist Behind Voter Suppression Efforts In E-mails, Neil Gorsuch Praised a Leading Republican Activist Behind Voter Suppression Efforts

Gorsuch’s ties to Hans von Spakovksy suggest a hostility to voting rights.  

Mar 17, 2017 / Ari Berman

Milo Yiannopoulos Press Conference

Can Words Be Violent? Can Words Be Violent?

On Milo Yiannopoulos, the First Amendment, and words that have consequences.

Mar 16, 2017 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Trump Confederate Flag

Fear of Diversity Made People More Likely to Vote Trump Fear of Diversity Made People More Likely to Vote Trump

The 2016 election was really a battle about having an open society. 

Mar 14, 2017 / Sean McElwee and Jason McDaniel

Middlebury: Who Pays for Free Speech?

Middlebury: Who Pays for Free Speech? Middlebury: Who Pays for Free Speech?

By offering Charles Murray not just a platform but also departmental sanction and a presidential introduction, Middlebury let down those students denigrated by his work.

Mar 14, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan

The Enduring Struggle

The Enduring Struggle The Enduring Struggle

Frederick Douglass’s radical vision of democratic politics.

Mar 14, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Karp

Steve King

This House Republican Just Endorsed a White Nationalist This House Republican Just Endorsed a White Nationalist

In lending his support to Geert Wilders, Congressman Steve King has crossed a dangerous line.

Mar 13, 2017 / John Nichols

Texas polling station

Texas’s Redistricting Maps and Voter-ID Law Intentionally Discriminated Against Minority Voters Texas’s Redistricting Maps and Voter-ID Law Intentionally Discriminated Against Minority Voters

Federal courts have now found that the state’s voter-ID law and redistricting maps purposefully targeted black and Latino voters.

Mar 13, 2017 / Ari Berman

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