Society

Guantánamo Protest

My Client Has Spent More Than a Third of His Life Imprisoned in Guantánamo My Client Has Spent More Than a Third of His Life Imprisoned in Guantánamo

Now, 16 years after the prison opened, Sharqawi Al Hajj has joined a legal challenge to end his indefinite detention.

Jan 12, 2018 / Pardiss Kebriaei

Bent Immigration Policy

Bent Immigration Policy Bent Immigration Policy

Trump uses immigrants as a bargaining chip, throwing hundreds of thousands lives into turmoil.

Jan 12, 2018 / OppArt / Thomas Kerr

How a Bureaucrat Helped Save the Affordable Care Act

How a Bureaucrat Helped Save the Affordable Care Act How a Bureaucrat Helped Save the Affordable Care Act

Andy Slavitt traveled the country explaining to some 35,000 Americans how ACA repeal would harm them. And it worked.

Jan 12, 2018 / Feature / Joshua Holland

Why Claudia Rankine Writes for the Resistance

Why Claudia Rankine Writes for the Resistance Why Claudia Rankine Writes for the Resistance

The poet and essayist sees this as a moment of opportunity, not just struggle.

Jan 12, 2018 / Feature / Collier Meyerson

Donald Trump

The Committee to Protect Journalists Just Gave Donald Trump an Award The Committee to Protect Journalists Just Gave Donald Trump an Award

In the contest to undermine press freedoms, he’s maybe the best ever.

Jan 11, 2018 / John Nichols

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Poverty Is Eliminated! Poverty Is Eliminated!

You can’t really be poor unless you literally have nothing.

Jan 11, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

Jaylen Brown and the Evolution of the Activist Athlete

Jaylen Brown and the Evolution of the Activist Athlete Jaylen Brown and the Evolution of the Activist Athlete

By offering a systemic critique of racism and poverty, the 21-year-old is demonstrating how to bring depth to our political discussions.

Jan 11, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Trump Bipartisan Immigration Meeting

The Art of the DACA Deal? The Art of the DACA Deal?

Trump wants a DACA deal, but only if other people figure out what’s in it first.

Jan 11, 2018 / Julianne Hing

For-Profit Prisons

For-Profit Prisons For-Profit Prisons

The incentive to incarcerate.

Jan 11, 2018 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

In the Age of Trump, Tania Unzueta Is Holding Democrats to Account

In the Age of Trump, Tania Unzueta Is Holding Democrats to Account In the Age of Trump, Tania Unzueta Is Holding Democrats to Account

Unzueta is fighting to make Chicago a real sanctuary city.

Jan 11, 2018 / Feature / Julianne Hing

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