Joshua Holland

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Joshua Holland is a contributor to The Nation. He’s also the host of Politics and Reality Radio.

Your Vote for Jill Stein Is a Wasted Vote

Your Vote for Jill Stein Is a Wasted Vote Your Vote for Jill Stein Is a Wasted Vote

If you want to join a party that has no chance of effecting progressive change, the Greens are for you!

Sep 21, 2016 / Feature / Joshua Holland

Electronic monitoring bracelet

Private Prison Companies Are Embracing Alternatives to Incarceration Private Prison Companies Are Embracing Alternatives to Incarceration

They’ve hijacked the language of reform—but for them, it’s still business as usual.

Aug 23, 2016 / Joshua Holland

Why Is the Obama Administration Keeping Toddlers Behind Bars?

Why Is the Obama Administration Keeping Toddlers Behind Bars? Why Is the Obama Administration Keeping Toddlers Behind Bars?

Twenty-two women stuck in a legal limbo with their children are on a hunger strike in Pennsylvania.

Aug 17, 2016 / Joshua Holland

Racial Wealth Gap

The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today

Just as past public policies created the racial wealth gap, current policy widens it.

Aug 8, 2016 / Joshua Holland

What the Leaked E-mails Do and Don’t Tell Us About the DNC and Bernie Sanders

What the Leaked E-mails Do and Don’t Tell Us About the DNC and Bernie Sanders What the Leaked E-mails Do and Don’t Tell Us About the DNC and Bernie Sanders

Thousands of e-mails show that the committee came to loathe Sanders’s campaign. But there’s no evidence that they rigged the primaries.

Jul 29, 2016 / Joshua Holland

Pro-gun rally

Dallas Shooter Micah Johnson Showed What the NRA’s ‘Insurgency Theory’ of Gun Rights Really Looks Like Dallas Shooter Micah Johnson Showed What the NRA’s ‘Insurgency Theory’ of Gun Rights Really Looks Like

Fighting what you view as government tyranny with an AR-15 makes you a murderer, not a Minuteman.

Jul 11, 2016 / Joshua Holland

House Democrats

Alan Grayson Says the House Sit-In for Gun Safety Is About More Than Terror Lists Alan Grayson Says the House Sit-In for Gun Safety Is About More Than Terror Lists

Reached on the floor of the House, Grayson disputed civil libertarians’ concerns about preventing people on the no-fly list from buying guns.

Jun 23, 2016 / Joshua Holland

Orlando Shooting Gun Control

Islamic Terrorism Is Right-Wing Terrorism Islamic Terrorism Is Right-Wing Terrorism

We’ve never come under attack by liberal Muslims, but conservative Christians have drawn plenty of blood.

Jun 15, 2016 / Joshua Holland

New York Voting Polls

Reminder: Exit-Poll Conspiracy Theories Are Totally Baseless Reminder: Exit-Poll Conspiracy Theories Are Totally Baseless

Voters have good reason to lack confidence in our election systems. But claims of widespread fraud aren’t going to fix anything.

Jun 7, 2016 / Joshua Holland

Clinton Needs Sanders Supporters to Win, but Sanders Needs Clinton Supporters to Change the System

Clinton Needs Sanders Supporters to Win, but Sanders Needs Clinton Supporters to Change the System Clinton Needs Sanders Supporters to Win, but Sanders Needs Clinton Supporters to Change the System

The chaos at the Nevada State Convention highlights the perils of constantly calling your party corrupt.

May 24, 2016 / Joshua Holland

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