Why Is the Obama Administration Keeping Toddlers Behind Bars? Why Is the Obama Administration Keeping Toddlers Behind Bars?
Twenty-two women stuck in a legal limbo with their children are on a hunger strike in Pennsylvania.
Aug 17, 2016 / Joshua Holland
Cold-War Casualties From Ukraine and Syria to the New York Times’s ‘Standards’ Cold-War Casualties From Ukraine and Syria to the New York Times’s ‘Standards’
Factional politics may have killed Obama’s proposed détente with Russia and the Minsk peace process in Ukraine, while the Times publishes another gutter article—this one about Paul...
Aug 17, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
A New Report Sheds Light on Profiteering by So-Called Debt-Relief Companies A New Report Sheds Light on Profiteering by So-Called Debt-Relief Companies
Finally, a clear picture of how student-debt-relief companies take advantage of loan borrowers.
Aug 17, 2016 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams and Cody Hounanian
The New Anti-Trump Blame Game The New Anti-Trump Blame Game
First it was the liberals who caused the right-wing takeover of the GOP. Now it’s the pundits who saw it coming.
Aug 17, 2016 / Eric Alterman
ICE Is Still Deporting Asylum Seekers ICE Is Still Deporting Asylum Seekers
A lawsuit against the federal government shows how asylum-seeking families from Central America are being targeted through raids.
Aug 17, 2016 / Michelle Chen
One Community’s Resistance Will Be the Rio Olympics’ Longest-Lasting Legacy One Community’s Resistance Will Be the Rio Olympics’ Longest-Lasting Legacy
Vila Autódromo may have suffered mass displacement for the Olympic Games, but they have survived and emerged as a symbol that you can fight Rio’s City Hall and win.
Aug 17, 2016 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
The Scary History of Trump’s Second-Amendment Call to Action The Scary History of Trump’s Second-Amendment Call to Action
In North Carolina, we have heard this before, and lived through the bloody consequences of white terrorist rhetoric.
Aug 17, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
If You Want to Know the Truth About the Criminal-Justice System, Talk to This Private Investigator If You Want to Know the Truth About the Criminal-Justice System, Talk to This Private Investigator
In this age of racial profiling, mandatory sentencing, and execution-by-cop, defending people is nearly impossible.
Aug 16, 2016 / Judith Coburn
The Phony Populism of Donald Trump The Phony Populism of Donald Trump
Defeating Trump means unapologetically embracing the progressive populism needed to move the country forward.
Aug 16, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
North Carolina Won’t Stop Suppressing the Vote North Carolina Won’t Stop Suppressing the Vote
After courts restored a week of early voting, Republicans are now brazenly cutting early-voting hours.
Aug 16, 2016 / Ari Berman