3 Facts About the Supposed Cost of Undocumented Immigration 3 Facts About the Supposed Cost of Undocumented Immigration
Or, a campaign-inspired lesson on why myth busting and fact checking isn’t going to be enough to fight anti-immigrant politics in 2016.
Oct 12, 2015 / Julianne Hing
What Alabama Can Learn From California on Voting Rights What Alabama Can Learn From California on Voting Rights
As Alabama closes DMV locations in black counties, California passes a law to automatically register 6 million new voters.
Oct 12, 2015 / Ari Berman
October 12, 1870: Robert E. Lee Dies October 12, 1870: Robert E. Lee Dies
“Skill, courage, patience, and fortitude, and all in the highest degree, nobody can deny him.”
Oct 12, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
Kim Davis Is Not an LGBT Southerner’s Only Problem Kim Davis Is Not an LGBT Southerner’s Only Problem
The organizing project Southerners on New Ground takes on police profiling and deportations in its fight for LGBTQ liberation.
Oct 9, 2015 / Dani McClain
The Culture That Capitalism Created The Culture That Capitalism Created
An interview with Boots Riley.
Oct 8, 2015 / Editorial / Laura Flanders
Laurie Anderson’s Guantánamo Installation Goes Where Obama Fears to Tread Laurie Anderson’s Guantánamo Installation Goes Where Obama Fears to Tread
The US government has abdicated its role in prosecuting those responsible for torture following 9/11. It has fallen on civil society to take up the charge.
Oct 7, 2015 / John Knefel
October 7, 1998: Matthew Shepard Is Found Brutally Tortured and Left for Dead October 7, 1998: Matthew Shepard Is Found Brutally Tortured and Left for Dead
“The demagogy of the political classes legitimizes the irrational, dehumanizing queer-fear that motors these assaults.”
Oct 7, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
Alabama, Birthplace of the Voting Rights Act, Is Once Again Gutting Voting Rights Alabama, Birthplace of the Voting Rights Act, Is Once Again Gutting Voting Rights
Alabama passed a strict voter-ID law and then closed 31 DMV offices in the state.
Oct 1, 2015 / Ari Berman
Has Child Protective Services Gone Too Far? Has Child Protective Services Gone Too Far?
A debate sparked by the free-range parenting movement has drawn attention to the threats and intrusions poor, minority families have long endured.
Sep 30, 2015 / Feature / Michelle Goldberg
Elizabeth Warren: ‘Black Lives Matter. Black Citizens Matter. Black Families Matter.’ Elizabeth Warren: ‘Black Lives Matter. Black Citizens Matter. Black Families Matter.’
In a landmark speech, Warren proposes a progressive politics that protects black people from violence, ensures access to the ballot box, and builds economic opportunity.
Sep 28, 2015 / John Nichols