Can Our Revolution Build a Blue Texas? Can Our Revolution Build a Blue Texas?
It’s encouraging a new generation of Lone Star progressives to run for office.
Nov 30, 2017 / Feature / John Nichols
Judge Abby Abinanti Is Fighting for Her Tribe—and for a Better Justice System Judge Abby Abinanti Is Fighting for Her Tribe—and for a Better Justice System
Once considered illegitimate, Native American peacemaking courts offer a model for criminal-justice reform.
Nov 30, 2017 / Feature / Rebecca Clarren
The Christian Legal Army Behind ‘Masterpiece Cakeshop’ The Christian Legal Army Behind ‘Masterpiece Cakeshop’
A special investigation into the rise of Alliance Defending Freedom.
Nov 28, 2017 / Feature / Sarah Posner
Is This the Most Radical Mayor in America? Is This the Most Radical Mayor in America?
Chokwe Antar Lumumba has an audacious plan to make Jackson, Mississippi, the “most radical city on the planet.”
Nov 17, 2017 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
The Plot to Loot America’s Wilderness The Plot to Loot America’s Wilderness
A little-known bureaucrat named James Cason is reshaping the Department of the Interior.
Nov 16, 2017 / Feature / Adam Federman
America’s Dental Gap Has Left People Relying on Pliers, Chisels, and Whiskey America’s Dental Gap Has Left People Relying on Pliers, Chisels, and Whiskey
A free clinic fights decay in Tennessee.
Nov 3, 2017 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
The US Constitution Is Over 2 Centuries Old and Showing Its Age The US Constitution Is Over 2 Centuries Old and Showing Its Age
To fix our broken system, we need a new constitutional convention.
Nov 2, 2017 / Feature / Richard Kreitner
What Killed the Democratic Party? What Killed the Democratic Party?
A new report offers a bracing autopsy of the 2016 election—and lays out a plan for revitalization.
Oct 30, 2017 / Feature / William Greider
America Is Waking Up to the Injustice of Cash Bail America Is Waking Up to the Injustice of Cash Bail
Seventy percent of people in jail haven’t been convicted of a crime. They just can’t afford bail.
Oct 19, 2017 / Feature / Bryce Covert
Prosecutors Are Banding Together to Prevent Criminal-Justice Reform Prosecutors Are Banding Together to Prevent Criminal-Justice Reform
A new investigation shows that DA associations are thwarting changes to the death penalty, sentencing, and more.
Oct 18, 2017 / Feature / Jessica Pishko