Democrats Should Have Called McConnell’s Bluff and Voted ‘Yes’ on the Green New Deal Democrats Should Have Called McConnell’s Bluff and Voted ‘Yes’ on the Green New Deal
New polls show people want bold action on climate–and grassroots organizing is well underway.
Mar 28, 2019 / Sean McElwee, Vijay Das, and Julian Brave NoiseCat
‘They Had Found Out That I Am Gay, and They Were Going to Kill Me’ ‘They Had Found Out That I Am Gay, and They Were Going to Kill Me’
The Nigerian asylee running New York City’s only homeless shelter for refugees.
Mar 27, 2019 / Migrant Voices / John Washington
Berlin’s Radical Housing Activists Aren’t Afraid of Expropriations Berlin’s Radical Housing Activists Aren’t Afraid of Expropriations
Germany’s hippest city is debating whether to seize 200,000 homes from landlords and turn them into social housing.
Mar 27, 2019 / Cities Rising / Lukas Hermsmeier
New Jersey Is Addicted to ICE New Jersey Is Addicted to ICE
North Jersey is a Democratic stronghold. Why is it complicit with Trump’s deportation machine?
Mar 26, 2019 / Whitney Strub
What I Saw at the Dilley, Texas, Immigrant Detention Center What I Saw at the Dilley, Texas, Immigrant Detention Center
The stories I heard from the women and children trapped in Trump’s willfully cruel immigration system will stay with me forever.
Mar 26, 2019 / Feature / Martin Garbus
Trump’s Global Gag Rule Is Making It Harder to Fight the AIDS Crisis Trump’s Global Gag Rule Is Making It Harder to Fight the AIDS Crisis
The Trump administration says it is leading the global fight against HIV and AIDS—and then shoots itself in the foot.
Mar 25, 2019 / Michelle Chen
‘Loyal Slave’ Monuments Tell a Racist Lie About American History ‘Loyal Slave’ Monuments Tell a Racist Lie About American History
These monuments—nearly all of them still standing—prop up the fantasy that slaves were happy, loyal, and devoted to those who enslaved them.
Mar 25, 2019 / Kali Holloway
The Admissions Scandal Is About Parental Narcissism—and the Schools’ Complicity The Admissions Scandal Is About Parental Narcissism—and the Schools’ Complicity
This is what college looks like for entitled parents who don’t care about education, and whose children don’t care either.
Mar 21, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
College Admissions Scams, From Jared Kushner to Hollywood College Admissions Scams, From Jared Kushner to Hollywood
Amy Wilentz on bribery and cheating, Rebecca Grant on abortion in Mississippi, and Bryce Covert on Medicaid in Arkansas.
Mar 21, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener