Closing Rikers Island Is a Matter of Life and Death Closing Rikers Island Is a Matter of Life and Death
Isaabdul Karim wasn’t sentenced to death. In fact, he was never sentenced at all.
Oct 6, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Black Residents of Minneapolis Say They Need More Cops—Not Fewer Black Residents of Minneapolis Say They Need More Cops—Not Fewer
As voters head to the polls to decide the fate of the city’s police department, most Black residents want more police—who will value Black lives.
Sep 30, 2021 / Column / Ibrahim Hirsi
Hacking Migration Hacking Migration
With draconian policies still in place, immigration attorneys are turning to cutting-edge technology to help those at risk of deportation or detention.
Sep 29, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky
As the Pandemic Continues, College Students Return to a Different Campus As the Pandemic Continues, College Students Return to a Different Campus
Young people from across the country weigh in on how Covid is impacting their college experience.
Sep 21, 2021 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Fighting Inequality After Occupy Wall Street Fighting Inequality After Occupy Wall Street
Policies to address America’s enormous wealth disparities are now on the political map in a way they weren’t before Occupy Wall Street.
Sep 20, 2021 / Feature / Bryce Covert
Minneapolis Inches Closer to Disbanding Its Police Department Minneapolis Inches Closer to Disbanding Its Police Department
Voters will have a chance this fall to decide whether to keep the 154-year-old police department or create a new public safety agency.
Sep 17, 2021 / Ibrahim Hirsi
What Is Owed What Is Owed
William Darity and A. Kirsten Mullen’s case for reparations.
Sep 8, 2021 / Books & the Arts / William P. Jones
The New New Deal? The New New Deal?
Bernie Sanders says the Democratic caucus’s budget will be “the most consequential piece of legislation for working people, the elderly, the children, the sick, and the poor” since...
Sep 6, 2021 / John Nichols
These Progressive Candidates Want to Transform LA in 2022 These Progressive Candidates Want to Transform LA in 2022
While the pandemic has made grassroots campaigning more difficult, many candidates see this moment as an opportunity.
Aug 27, 2021 / StudentNation / Joaquin Romero
Truth and Justification: On the Cruelties Against Indigenous People Truth and Justification: On the Cruelties Against Indigenous People
Five centuries on, the Doctrine of Christian Discovery is still being used—underpinning all Indian land law in this nation and across much of the globe.
Aug 23, 2021 / Gaeñ hia uh