How a Group Policing Model Is Criminalizing Whole Communities How a Group Policing Model Is Criminalizing Whole Communities
While the Ceasefire model of policing looks progressive, its reliance on collective punishment is anything but.
Jan 12, 2018 / Max Rivlin-Nadler
How to End the Silence Around Sexual-Harassment Settlements How to End the Silence Around Sexual-Harassment Settlements
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, lawmakers are floating bills to ban confidentiality in workplace sexual harassment settlements. But advocates are divided over whether that woul...
Jan 12, 2018 / Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Nothing Would Be More Tragic Than to Turn Back Now Nothing Would Be More Tragic Than to Turn Back Now
This Martin Luther King Day, we should remember that when we stand up and fight back, the seemingly indomitable giants of white supremacy can come down.
Jan 12, 2018 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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
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
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
The poet and essayist sees this as a moment of opportunity, not just struggle.
Jan 12, 2018 / Feature / Collier Meyerson
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
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
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