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There Are People in Jail Right Now Because They Don’t Have $500

There Are People in Jail Right Now Because They Don’t Have $500 There Are People in Jail Right Now Because They Don’t Have $500

“People are here because they are poor, and it’s a perpetual cycle.”

Sep 30, 2016 / The Nation

Newspapers

It’s Time for Newspapers to Abandon Unsigned Editorials It’s Time for Newspapers to Abandon Unsigned Editorials

Let those making the arguments take personal responsibility for their positions.

Sep 30, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman

Drug war protest

A Growing Grassroots Movement in Mexico Is Resisting the US-Backed Drug War A Growing Grassroots Movement in Mexico Is Resisting the US-Backed Drug War

Citizens are protesting disappearances, searching mass graves, and demanding an end to impunity.

Sep 29, 2016 / Dawn Paley

Colin Kaepernick

Colin Kaepernick Has a Right to Hate Both Candidates Colin Kaepernick Has a Right to Hate Both Candidates

He’s been upsetting conservatives for weeks—and now he is upsetting liberals, too.

Sep 29, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Donald Trump Is a Worse Crook Than Bernie Madoff

Donald Trump Is a Worse Crook Than Bernie Madoff Donald Trump Is a Worse Crook Than Bernie Madoff

Madoff only scammed his rich clients. Trump could scam us all.

Sep 29, 2016 / Nomi Prins

‘The Nation’ Launches Two New Columns Confronting Challenges Within and Outside Our Borders ‘The Nation’ Launches Two New Columns Confronting Challenges Within and Outside Our Borders

Leading progressive writer Robert L. Borosage and veteran foreign-affairs correspondent Patrick Lawrence evaluate policy and politics beyond the election.

Sep 29, 2016 / Press Room

Porn Website

Can These Pornographers End ‘MILFs,’ ‘Teens,’ and ‘Thugs’? Can These Pornographers End ‘MILFs,’ ‘Teens,’ and ‘Thugs’?

Porn may never be the same.

Sep 29, 2016 / Natasha Lennard

Wisconsin voteriders

Wisconsin Is Systematically Failing to Provide the Photo IDs Required to Vote in November Wisconsin Is Systematically Failing to Provide the Photo IDs Required to Vote in November

New recordings from the DMV show how the state is continuing to disenfranchise black voters.

Sep 29, 2016 / Ari Berman

Airstrikes in Syria

The Russian Blitzkrieg on Aleppo Is a Direct Challenge to Washington The Russian Blitzkrieg on Aleppo Is a Direct Challenge to Washington

The Syrian cease-fire was already in tatters. But the new offensive is also early preparation for a hawkish Clinton presidency.

Sep 29, 2016 / Patrick Lawrence

Michelle Obama speaks in Pennsylvania

Don’t Ever Say Michelle Obama Didn’t Warn You About Trump Don’t Ever Say Michelle Obama Didn’t Warn You About Trump

“If a candidate traffics in prejudice,” she says, “that is the kind of president they will be.”

Sep 29, 2016 / John Nichols

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