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
This Rio City Council Member Is Standing Up to the Olympics This Rio City Council Member Is Standing Up to the Olympics
He got his start trying to legalize marijuana. Now he’s tackling political corruption.
Aug 16, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Is Angela Corey the Cruelest Prosecutor in America? Is Angela Corey the Cruelest Prosecutor in America?
The woman who failed to convict Trayvon Martin’s killer is putting hundreds of kids in prison, and dozens of people on death row.
Aug 16, 2016 / Feature / Jessica Pishko
India’s New Child-Labor Loophole India’s New Child-Labor Loophole
India’s new child-labor bill is a cause for celebration for the bosses, not children and human-rights advocates.
Aug 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen
The ‘Ground’ in ‘Stand Your Ground’ Means Any Place a White Person Is Nervous The ‘Ground’ in ‘Stand Your Ground’ Means Any Place a White Person Is Nervous
It’s not just about property anymore.
Aug 15, 2016 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The Feds Will Shut Down the Troubled Private Prison in a ‘Nation’ Investigation The Feds Will Shut Down the Troubled Private Prison in a ‘Nation’ Investigation
The facility is among several in which our reporting has uncovered dozens of deaths that involved substandard medical care.
Aug 15, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler
The Other Olympic Village Continues to Resist Displacement The Other Olympic Village Continues to Resist Displacement
Messages of resilience sprang up as quickly as the cookie-cutter homes Rio built for the favela’s remaining citizens.
Aug 12, 2016 / Dave Zirin
‘Hope’ Is a Verb, and It Can Revive Our Democracy ‘Hope’ Is a Verb, and It Can Revive Our Democracy
Our moral movement is spreading out from North Carolina, one powerful gathering at a time.
Aug 12, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II