Law

Cop City and the Silencing of Dissent

Cop City and the Silencing of Dissent Cop City and the Silencing of Dissent

Officials in Georgia are covering up the police killing of a protester and waging a chilling assault on the right to protest.

Sep 14, 2023 / Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib

Seven members of the Cumales/Suarez family (kids aged 13, 12, 8, and 3 years, and one a month old) from Venezuela arrive from Texas at New York City’s Port Authority Bus Terminal early Wednesday, September 6, 2023.

Don’t Listen to Eric Adams. Immigrants Make New York City. Don’t Listen to Eric Adams. Immigrants Make New York City.

New York City needs immigrants, writes the city’s comptroller. Look at the numbers: The city lost more than 400,000 residents between 2020 and 2022.

Sep 13, 2023 / Brad Lander

How Georgia Indicted a Movement

How Georgia Indicted a Movement How Georgia Indicted a Movement

The state’s prosecution of Stop Cop City protesters is astonishingly honest in its ambitions to crush Georgia’s left.

Sep 12, 2023 / Zohra Ahmed and Elizabeth Taxel

First Amendment, Amendment?

First Amendment, Amendment? First Amendment, Amendment?

Bite your tongue!

Sep 12, 2023 / OppArt / Peter O. Zierlein

A soldier prepares to launch a drone in Afghanistan.

As Long as We Use Drones, Celebrating “American Values” Is a Farce As Long as We Use Drones, Celebrating “American Values” Is a Farce

After decades of asymmetrical warfare, Americans have lost touch with the humanity of civilians forced to endure the extreme violence of our “mistakes.”

Sep 12, 2023 / Maha Hilal

September 11, 22nd Anniversary

September 11, 22nd Anniversary September 11, 22nd Anniversary

Militants associated with al-Qaeda carried out the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in U.S. history, resulting in almost 3,000 people killed in New York, Washington DC,...

Sep 11, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Can You Keep Breastfeeding When You Work 30,000 Feet in the Air?

Can You Keep Breastfeeding When You Work 30,000 Feet in the Air? Can You Keep Breastfeeding When You Work 30,000 Feet in the Air?

Flight attendants desperately need legal protection to ensure their right to pump on the job—but airline industry lobbying cut them out of a law that will provide just that for mi...

Sep 11, 2023 / Feature / Bryce Covert

During an April 19, 2023, news conference outside the US Capitol, activists hold signs calling for the immediate resignation of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas.

Democrats Need to Grow a Spine and Actually Fight for the Courts Democrats Need to Grow a Spine and Actually Fight for the Courts

The GOP is trying to impeach judges over nothing, but Dems won't even go after Clarence Thomas for his very real mega-corruption. Come on!

Sep 11, 2023 / Elie Mystal

A black and white photo of two people handing out Narcan.

In Defense of Drug Decriminalization—Yes, in Oregon In Defense of Drug Decriminalization—Yes, in Oregon

By passing Measure 110, Oregonians sought to begin undoing the harms caused by over 50 years of a failed War on Drugs. Those harms won’t be fixed overnight.

Sep 8, 2023 / Abdullah Shihipar, Alexandria Macmadu, and Brandon D.L. Marshall

Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly Robin Vos speaks during a news conference at the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison, Wis., Feb. 15, 2023.

The Wisconsin GOP’s New Attack on Democracy Is Obscene Even for Them The Wisconsin GOP’s New Attack on Democracy Is Obscene Even for Them

Conservatives lost control of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court with April’s election of Justice Janet Protasiewicz. Now, they’re scheming to impeach her.

Sep 8, 2023 / John Nichols

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