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prescription opioids

Can Doctors Lead the Fight Against the Opioid Crisis? Can Doctors Lead the Fight Against the Opioid Crisis?

The solution requires much more than reducing access to the potentially harmful drugs.

Jun 29, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Protesters pray during a Rally For Our Children event to protest a new

Another Way to Keep Families Together: Join the New Sanctuary Movement Another Way to Keep Families Together: Join the New Sanctuary Movement

Find ways to help in your community.

Jun 28, 2018 / John Washington

Willie O’Ree

Willie O’Ree at Long Last Makes the NHL Hall of Fame Willie O’Ree at Long Last Makes the NHL Hall of Fame

The first black NHL player finally receives the ultimate honor at age 82. 

Jun 28, 2018 / Dave Zirin

A Federal Judge Orders the Trump Administration to Reunite Migrant Children and Parents

A Federal Judge Orders the Trump Administration to Reunite Migrant Children and Parents A Federal Judge Orders the Trump Administration to Reunite Migrant Children and Parents

The blistering 24-page decision offers some hope to the families who have been torn apart. 

Jun 28, 2018 / Julianne Hing

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Thumbs Up

We’re Going to Abolish ICE We’re Going to Abolish ICE

It’s just the beginning, but candidates across the country are starting to step up.

Jun 28, 2018 / Sean McElwee

Cruelty and Confusion in Trump’s Treatment of Migrant Children

Cruelty and Confusion in Trump’s Treatment of Migrant Children Cruelty and Confusion in Trump’s Treatment of Migrant Children

Zoë Carpenter on “zero tolerance,” Eyal Press on drone warriors, and Amy Wilentz on Haiti.

Jun 28, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Janus v. AFSCME unions free speech case

Will ‘Janus’ Prove to Be the Fatal Blow That Unions Have Long Feared? Will ‘Janus’ Prove to Be the Fatal Blow That Unions Have Long Feared?

Or will it inspire the kind of militant unionism that could still resurrect the labor movement? 

Jun 27, 2018 / Gabriel Winant

Census form

When Kids Don’t Count When Kids Don’t Count

The Census already drastically undercounts children. Will “zero tolerance” make it worse?

Jun 27, 2018 / Collier Meyerson

Detainee Immigrants

Here Is Just Some of the Hateful Abuse Immigrants Face in Detention Centers Here Is Just Some of the Hateful Abuse Immigrants Face in Detention Centers

A new report documents a litany of racist, sexist, Islamophobic, homophobic behavior from detention guards.

Jun 27, 2018 / John Washington

Immigrant children separated

How Tech Workers Are Fighting Back Against Collusion With ICE and the Department of Defense How Tech Workers Are Fighting Back Against Collusion With ICE and the Department of Defense

Microsoft and Google are just two of the largest companies that have been unmasked as contracting with harmful government agencies. Who will be next?

Jun 27, 2018 / Michelle Chen

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