How Prison Reform Could Turn the Prison-Industrial Complex Into the Treatment-Industrial Complex How Prison Reform Could Turn the Prison-Industrial Complex Into the Treatment-Industrial Complex
The private prison industry is exploiting prison reform efforts by shifting from brick-and-mortar carceral facilities to outsourced social services.
Nov 20, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Congress Assures the World It’s Afraid of Brown Migrants, Once Again Congress Assures the World It’s Afraid of Brown Migrants, Once Again
Stiffening entry requirements for Syrian and Iraqi refugees is dangerous and mean, but that’s how we’ve met non-European migrants for a long time now.
Nov 19, 2015 / Julianne Hing
‘Bringing History to Bear’ ‘Bringing History to Bear’
Celebrating 150 years of dialogue and dissent.
Nov 19, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Start Making Sense: Where Did ISIS Come From—and What Can We Do About it Now? Start Making Sense: Where Did ISIS Come From—and What Can We Do About it Now?
The first episode of our podcast features Laila Lalami on Islamic extremism, Amy Wilentz on bad Bernie Sanders coverage, Charles Blow on growing up poor and black, and Terry Gross ...
Nov 19, 2015 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
ISIS Wants You to Hate Muslims ISIS Wants You to Hate Muslims
It’s convinced that Islamophobia—and deeper Western intervention in the Syrian war—will help it attract recruits.
Nov 19, 2015 / The Editors
The Crazier the Republican Candidates Sound, the More Popular They Become The Crazier the Republican Candidates Sound, the More Popular They Become
Send in the clowns.
Nov 19, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman
How the Rich Look Down on Migration How the Rich Look Down on Migration
David Brooks’s $120,000 trip around the world shows us that everything looks beautiful from a distance.
Nov 19, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Using Art to Expose What Government Hides: An Interview With Laurie Anderson Using Art to Expose What Government Hides: An Interview With Laurie Anderson
Anderson’s conceptual art transported a former Guantánamo detainee, now banned from the US, to New York City.
Nov 19, 2015 / Q&A / Laura Flanders
Letters From the December 7, 2015, Issue Letters From the December 7, 2015, Issue
Quantum of science… misreading progress… crack up, fall down…
Nov 19, 2015 / Our Readers and David Rieff
Merkel’s Refugee Policy Is Political Calculus, Not Humanitarian Generosity Merkel’s Refugee Policy Is Political Calculus, Not Humanitarian Generosity
It’s high time to wipe the rose tint from the media’s lens on Germany as the shining bastion of Willkommenskultur.
Nov 19, 2015 / Natasha Lennard and Lukas Hermsmeier