It’s Time to Stop Fixating on Punishment It’s Time to Stop Fixating on Punishment
Trump’s call to execute drug dealers is bizarre and irrational, but so is our criminal-justice system.
Mar 15, 2018 / Column / Kai Wright
Teaching Class Solidarity Teaching Class Solidarity
A growing movement is finding creative ways to educate teens about economic justice.
Mar 8, 2018 / Feature / Caroline Preston
Asking Teachers to Carry Guns Is Just Another Way of Refusing to Respect Them Asking Teachers to Carry Guns Is Just Another Way of Refusing to Respect Them
A new item has been added to the long list of impossible expectations for teachers: Picking up a weapon.
Mar 6, 2018 / Belle Chesler
Lower the Voting Age to 16 Lower the Voting Age to 16
Young people who are smart enough and engaged enough to shape the debate about gun violence are smart enough and engaged enough to vote.
Feb 23, 2018 / John Nichols
My Daughter’s Tennis Coach Is a Corrupt Grifter. What Should I Do? My Daughter’s Tennis Coach Is a Corrupt Grifter. What Should I Do?
Another reader asks about the end of erotic attention in the workplace.
Feb 23, 2018 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone
Out of Bloodshed, Hope for Gun Control Out of Bloodshed, Hope for Gun Control
Three reasons why the aftermath of the Parkland shooting is different.
Feb 21, 2018 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge
Has the NRA Finally Met Its Match? Has the NRA Finally Met Its Match?
After Parkland, a generation is rising up, giving hope for a bold new gun-control movement.
Feb 21, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Letters From the March 5, 2018, Issue Letters From the March 5, 2018, Issue
Hans and Franz economics… Fear and self-loathing… Millennials vs. boomers… Agree to disagree… Taxation and miseducation…
Feb 8, 2018 / Letters / Our Readers
A Serious Push for Free College in California A Serious Push for Free College in California
A ballot initiative campaign to restore tuition-free college in California is gaining momentum for the November election, a model other states could follow.
Feb 6, 2018 / Chuck Collins