For One Separated Couple, Trump’s Updated Muslim Ban Offers No Fixes For One Separated Couple, Trump’s Updated Muslim Ban Offers No Fixes
Basheer Othman still can’t join his wife in the United States.
Mar 7, 2017 / Editorial / Julianne Hing
The Real Goal of Trump’s Travel Ban Is to Make America White Again The Real Goal of Trump’s Travel Ban Is to Make America White Again
White House adviser Steve Bannon insists that Muslims don’t have the right “DNA” for democracy.
Mar 6, 2017 / Joan Walsh
Democrats Are Bringing DREAMers, Muslims, and Activists to Trump’s First Speech Before Congress Democrats Are Bringing DREAMers, Muslims, and Activists to Trump’s First Speech Before Congress
Disability-rights advocates and a doctor who treated victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting will also be in attendance.
Feb 27, 2017 / John Nichols
Why Keith Ellison Matters Why Keith Ellison Matters
He recognizes the need for a big-picture approach to political challenges that includes a “Right to Vote Amendment” to the U.S. Constitution.
Feb 24, 2017 / John Nichols
New York Courts Are Failing Non-English Speakers New York Courts Are Failing Non-English Speakers
Nearly three-fourths of surveyed legal-aid attorneys reported some of their cases had been adjourned due to lack of language services.
Feb 16, 2017 / Michelle Chen
The Real Danger in Trump’s Attacks on Judges The Real Danger in Trump’s Attacks on Judges
He’s repeating the right-wing libel of “judicial overreach”—but he’s also challenging the bedrock principle of judicial supremacy on constitutional questions.
Feb 16, 2017 / Bruce Shapiro
Letters From the March 6, 2017, Issue Letters From the March 6, 2017, Issue
The illegitimate president… Life, death, and the ACA… Resistance primer … Where salvation lies?… The meaning of a free press…
Feb 16, 2017 / Letters / Our Readers
How Local Leaders Can Resist Trump’s Deportation Machine How Local Leaders Can Resist Trump’s Deportation Machine
They should “explicitly remove immigration enforcement from the purview of their local law-enforcement departments.”
Feb 10, 2017 / Kung Li
Are We on the Verge of Another Civil War? Are We on the Verge of Another Civil War?
The historian David Armitage didn’t intend his new book to be a “handbook for our times.” But that’s just what it is.
Feb 8, 2017 / Interview / Richard Kreitner
Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III
His 2009 film, Generation Zero, shows a hellishly bleak vision of our past, present, and future, driven by a magical belief in historical determinism.
Feb 8, 2017 / Blog / Micah L. Sifry