Society

Florida State Prison

Florida’s Prison Laborers Are Going On Strike Florida’s Prison Laborers Are Going On Strike

Demanding fair pay for their work and an end to brutal conditions, the inmates are putting pressure on the Florida prison system’s bottom line.

Jan 15, 2018 / John Washington

White

How the Alt-Right Uses Social Science to Make Racism Respectable How the Alt-Right Uses Social Science to Make Racism Respectable

It’s a strategy long in the making.

Jan 15, 2018 / Feature / Khalil Gibran Muhammad

MLK at Peace Rally

Martin Luther King’s Call to ‘Give Us the Ballot’ Is As Relevant Today as It Was in 1957 Martin Luther King’s Call to ‘Give Us the Ballot’ Is As Relevant Today as It Was in 1957

And that’s a mark of how endangered voting rights are right now.

Jan 15, 2018 / Barbara Arnwine and John Nichols

Trump on the Big Screen at CPAC

The Reality-Show President, Season One The Reality-Show President, Season One

Featuring meltdowns, tantrums, betrayals and racism. What happens next?

Jan 15, 2018 / Column / Laila Lalami

Without Haiti, the United States Would, in Fact, Be a Shithole

Without Haiti, the United States Would, in Fact, Be a Shithole Without Haiti, the United States Would, in Fact, Be a Shithole

And some other things about the country that Donald Trump doesn’t know and doesn’t care to know.

Jan 12, 2018 / Amy Wilentz

#MeToo March

What Moira Donegan Did for Young Women Writers What Moira Donegan Did for Young Women Writers

Young women writers who want to make their voices heard will follow her example in the years to come.

Jan 12, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

Senator Dianne Feinstein

Secrets of the Trump-Russia Dossier Secrets of the Trump-Russia Dossier

There are some eye-popping revelations in the transcript of Glenn Simpson’s testimony before Congress.

Jan 12, 2018 / Bob Dreyfuss

Donald Trump

We Must Denounce Trump’s Racist Actions, Not Just His Racist Words We Must Denounce Trump’s Racist Actions, Not Just His Racist Words

The victories of the civil-rights movement include Medicaid and reforms to our immigration system. Trump targeted both of these, in one day.

Jan 12, 2018 / Dorian T. Warren

Why Donald Trump Said ‘Shithole Countries’

Why Donald Trump Said ‘Shithole Countries’ Why Donald Trump Said ‘Shithole Countries’

He was playing to his racist supporters. Afterward, conservative pundits tried to defend him.

Jan 12, 2018 / Joan Walsh

Democratic Defections Allow an Assault on Civil Liberties to Pass the House

Democratic Defections Allow an Assault on Civil Liberties to Pass the House Democratic Defections Allow an Assault on Civil Liberties to Pass the House

If all Democrats had opposed the FISA Amendments and Reauthorization Act, they could have united with libertarian-leaning Republicans to block it.

Jan 12, 2018 / John Nichols

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