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A campus police officer stand stands at the ready as protesters demonstrate at the University of Chicago on May 3, 2024.

Campus Police Are Among the Armed Heavies Cracking Down on Students Campus Police Are Among the Armed Heavies Cracking Down on Students

While some of the worst behavior has come from local and state police, university police have shown themselves to be just as capable of brutality.

May 9, 2024 / Alex S. Vitale

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May 9, 2024 / OppArt / Jack Ohman

Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché, authors of the new book “How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement against Imprisonment.”

The Work of Abolishing Prisons: A Q&A With Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché The Work of Abolishing Prisons: A Q&A With Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché

A conversation with Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché about their new book, How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment.

May 9, 2024 / Q&A / Victoria Law

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport on October 18, 2023.

Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court? Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court?

In two decades, the ICC has never indicted a Western official. But a warrant may be coming for Benjamin Netanyahu.

May 9, 2024 / Reed Brody

Yale University students reoccupy a central lawn on campus and establish a second Gaza Solidarity camp after the first tents were taken down by campus police, April 26, 2024, in New Haven, Connecticut.

Universities Like Mine Are Providing an Authoritarian Blueprint for Trump Universities Like Mine Are Providing an Authoritarian Blueprint for Trump

The potential next president and his allies are looking at the campus-led crackdown on free speech as a perfect dress rehearsal.

May 9, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves

Lara Trump, co-chair of the Republican National Committee, appears on

The GOP Campaign to Sow Chaos at the Ballot Box Has Already Begun The GOP Campaign to Sow Chaos at the Ballot Box Has Already Begun

A new lawsuit filed against the state of Nevada by the Trump team and its friends in the RNC says a lot about how they plan to suppress the vote in November.

May 9, 2024 / Elie Mystal

Palestinians hold leaflets dropped by Israeli planes calling on them to evacuate ahead of an Israeli military operation in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, May 6, 2024.

Rafah Is in Panic as the Israeli Invasion Begins Rafah Is in Panic as the Israeli Invasion Begins

With Israeli forces entering Gaza’s southernmost city, scenes from the Nakba are being repeated in the strip’s last refuge.

May 8, 2024 / Ruwaida Kamal Amer and Mahmoud Mushtaha

A courtroom sketch of Stormy Daniels on the witness stand, leaning onto her left arm, with the judge in the background.

Stormy Daniels Takes the Stand Stormy Daniels Takes the Stand

The trial isn’t about Trump’s bad behavior but committing business crimes to win an election. It’s a shame that Daniels’s story is being ruled largely irrelevant in the courtroom.

May 8, 2024 / Joan Walsh

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May 8, 2024 / OppArt / Jen Sorensen

Tents on campus

On Student Protests and Elected Officials On Student Protests and Elected Officials

While we may not agree on everything, we must remain focused on our central goals: saving lives in Gaza, ending weapons funding for Israel, and advancing freedom for Palestinians....

May 8, 2024 / Iman Jodeh

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