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South Texas Family Residential Center

Wall Street’s Ties to the Private Immigrant-Detention Network Wall Street’s Ties to the Private Immigrant-Detention Network

A grassroots movement to divest from private prison companies running immigrant-detention facilities is gaining steam.

Jul 24, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Abdul El-Sayed Democratic gubernatorial debate

Abdul El-Sayed Is Running for Governor of Michigan on a Platform That Embraces the Future Abdul El-Sayed Is Running for Governor of Michigan on a Platform That Embraces the Future

The visionary candidate has a plan to close the digital divide, save net neutrality, and achieve digital democracy.

Jul 23, 2018 / John Nichols

Census form

Say No to a Citizenship Question on the 2020 Census Say No to a Citizenship Question on the 2020 Census

Americans have until August 7 to tell the Commerce Department that a question cooked up by Steve Bannon and Kris Kobach is dangerous and misguided.

Jul 23, 2018 / Vanita Gupta

Trump Navy

Donald Trump’s Flight 93 Doctrine Donald Trump’s Flight 93 Doctrine

This might be the most self-defeating approach ever adopted by a modern American president.

Jul 23, 2018 / John Feffer

Hunting Season

Hunting Season Hunting Season

The artist age 6 with her first gun.

Jul 23, 2018 / OppArt / Katerina Spilio

Maurice Smith

NFL Owners Blink, Suspend Their Anthem Policy NFL Owners Blink, Suspend Their Anthem Policy

A firestorm over the Miami Dolphins’ penalties forced pro football to pull back on punishing players for national-anthem protests.

Jul 20, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Donald Trump shouting at 11-year-old boy

Trump’s War on Children Trump’s War on Children

White House policies form an unprecedented assault on kids—but, of course, not the white kids.

Jul 20, 2018 / Aziz Huq

My Houseguest Was a Brocialist Jerk. How Should I Respond?

My Houseguest Was a Brocialist Jerk. How Should I Respond? My Houseguest Was a Brocialist Jerk. How Should I Respond?

Another reader asks if it’s helpful to offer to be a personal suicide hotline.

Jul 20, 2018 / Liza Featherstone

Otay Mesa Immigrant Detention

How the Trump Administration Is Normalizing Immigrant Internment Camps How the Trump Administration Is Normalizing Immigrant Internment Camps

If the Muslim ban is any guide, an idea that was once considered insane will soon become acceptable.

Jul 20, 2018 / Column / Laila Lalami

Bruce Fein

Constitutional Lawyer Bruce Fein on the Effort to Stop ‘Presidential Wars’ Constitutional Lawyer Bruce Fein on the Effort to Stop ‘Presidential Wars’

He’s proposing legislation that could halt extrajudicial US military intervention.

Jul 19, 2018 / James Carden

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