Law

A pro-Palestinian protester is arrested at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, on April 29, 2024.

The Student Crackdown Didn’t Start Last Week. Months of Repression Got Us Here. The Student Crackdown Didn’t Start Last Week. Months of Repression Got Us Here.

We are witnessing the culmination of a months-long effort by universities to smother pro-Palestinian activism.

May 1, 2024 / Alaa Hajyahia et al.

Columbia University Hamilton Hall Occupation

Why Students at Columbia University Are Occupying Hamilton Hall Why Students at Columbia University Are Occupying Hamilton Hall

Pro-Palestine students have taken over the same building that anti-Vietnam War and anti-gentrification protesters occupied in 1968.

Apr 30, 2024 / StudentNation / Lara-Nour Walton

Justices of the US Supreme Court pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court Bulding in Washington, D.C., on October 7, 2022.

The Media’s Coverage of Trump’s Immunity Case Has Been Appalling The Media’s Coverage of Trump’s Immunity Case Has Been Appalling

By covering the Supreme Court’s hearing of Trump’s immunity claim as if the court were impartial and nonpartisan, the media has done the American people a serious disservice.

Apr 30, 2024 / Elie Mystal

An image of President Donald Trump looms over crowds of supporters before his speech from the Ellipse at the White House on Wednesday, January 6, 2021.

Trump Is the Ultimate Gang Leader Trump Is the Ultimate Gang Leader

April 29, 2024 Trump Is the Ultimate Gang Leader Trump and those backing him hope to disable enough of the political infrastructure to create the space for non-state actors to do h…

Apr 29, 2024 / John Feffer

United States Supreme Court justices

The Reactionary Justices Won’t Stop Until Abortions Are Illegal Everywhere The Reactionary Justices Won’t Stop Until Abortions Are Illegal Everywhere

Oral arguments in Idaho case make clear that further, even more radical attacks on reproductive freedom are coming.

Apr 26, 2024 / Jeet Heer

A Lifetime Sentence: Imprisoned Minds

A Lifetime Sentence: Imprisoned Minds A Lifetime Sentence: Imprisoned Minds

Incarcerated people’s mental health is ignored.

Apr 26, 2024 / OppArt / Hector Manuel Rodriguez

Benjamin Netanyahu in front of a map of the U.S.

How the US Media Failed to Tell the Story of the Occupation of Palestine How the US Media Failed to Tell the Story of the Occupation of Palestine

A Q&A with the creators of The Occupation of the American Mind, a documentary analyzing media coverage of the occupation of Palestine.

Apr 26, 2024 / Dave Zirin

The Crackdown on Campus Protests Is Happening Everywhere

The Crackdown on Campus Protests Is Happening Everywhere The Crackdown on Campus Protests Is Happening Everywhere

Across the US, pro-Palestine students have faced repression, suspension, and arrest. We asked more than a dozen students to share how their schools have restricted the right to pr...

Apr 26, 2024 / StudentNation / StudentNation

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is GettyImages-2149547437.jpg Protesters demonstrate outside the US Supreme Court Building as the justices prepares to hear arguments on the immunity of former US president Donald Trump.

The Supreme Court’s 5 Male Justices Are Fully in the Tank for Trump The Supreme Court’s 5 Male Justices Are Fully in the Tank for Trump

During the former president’s immunity hearing, Roberts & Co. made clear that they’re going to do everything they can to delay Trump’s criminal reckoning.

Apr 25, 2024 / Elie Mystal

The Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois, 2020.

Want to Fight Mass Incarceration? Start With Your Local Jail Want to Fight Mass Incarceration? Start With Your Local Jail

A new collection of essays from academics and activists devoted to prison abolition focuses on the quiet but rapid expansion of the carceral system in small towns and municipaliti...

Apr 25, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Jarrod Shanahan

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