It’s Time to End Murder by Spreadsheet It’s Time to End Murder by Spreadsheet
The other side of criminal justice reform is focusing on white-collar prosecutions.
Oct 29, 2021 / Column / Alvin Bragg and Zephyr Teachout
The Use and Disadvantage of Doctrine in the Classroom The Use and Disadvantage of Doctrine in the Classroom
What does the debate over critical race theory in schools tell us about the place of doctrine in education?
Oct 29, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich
The Supreme Court Wants to Make It Even Harder to Sue Abusive Cops The Supreme Court Wants to Make It Even Harder to Sue Abusive Cops
Ending qualified immunity is essential to bringing violent police officers to justice, but the nation’s highest court refuses to weaken it.
Oct 29, 2021 / Column / Elie Mystal
The GOP’s Grievance Industrial Complex Invades the Classroom The GOP’s Grievance Industrial Complex Invades the Classroom
When parents become a posse of vigilantes, outrage is in the saddle instead of teaching or learning.
Oct 28, 2021 / Column / Jennifer C. Berkshire
The Resistance Has Come Too Far to Stop Now The Resistance Has Come Too Far to Stop Now
With the fight for Build Back Better raging, this is no time to shrink from the political fray.
Oct 28, 2021 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Disabled and Abandoned in New York State Prisons Disabled and Abandoned in New York State Prisons
Incarcerated people are being disciplined because their disability makes it impossible to comply with prison rules.
Oct 25, 2021 / Column / Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
The Guns of North Carolina: Training for the Next January 6? The Guns of North Carolina: Training for the Next January 6?
The barrage of gunfire and explosions from this “Tactical and Cultural Training Center” in the North Carolina woods already has the majority-Black town next door on edge. How worri...
Oct 22, 2021 / Column / Laura Flanders
Youth and Age Unite to Demand That Banks Stop Lending to Big Oil Youth and Age Unite to Demand That Banks Stop Lending to Big Oil
When both ends of the age spectrum come together, bankers had better pay attention.
Oct 22, 2021 / Column / Bill McKibben and Vidya Muthupillai
Which Version of Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” Reigns Supreme? Which Version of Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” Reigns Supreme?
Is the latest posthumous addition to his canon released today the Holy Grail?
Oct 22, 2021 / Column / Ethan Iverson
Were the Recent Haiti Kidnappings Business, Politics—or Both? Were the Recent Haiti Kidnappings Business, Politics—or Both?
Both the assassination of Jovenel Moïse and the recent kidnapping of the Christian missionaries should be seen as a kind of blowback—blowback that has exposed our deplorable and fa...
Oct 21, 2021 / Column / Amy Wilentz