Caravan Migrants Carry Hopes Northward as Their Journey Resumes Caravan Migrants Carry Hopes Northward as Their Journey Resumes
Fleeing poverty and violence, three young men from Honduras join thousands who dream of better lives in the United States.
Nov 14, 2018 / Madeleine Wattenbarger
The Trump Administration Just Unleashed a New Attack on Asylum Seekers The Trump Administration Just Unleashed a New Attack on Asylum Seekers
Today’s presidential proclamation shutting down asylum eligibility is illegal under international and US law.
Nov 9, 2018 / John Washington
Jeff Sessions’s Legacy Will Be Catastrophic for Asylum Seekers Jeff Sessions’s Legacy Will Be Catastrophic for Asylum Seekers
By exploiting his power over the immigration courts, the former attorney general made it his goal to inflict long-lasting damage on the asylum system.
Nov 8, 2018 / Chris Gelardi
When Environmentalism Meets Xenophobia When Environmentalism Meets Xenophobia
The conservative conservation movement’s dark history of racism and eugenics.
Nov 8, 2018 / Feature / Gaby Del Valle
Chronicle of Deaths Foretold Chronicle of Deaths Foretold
Trump’s hateful rhetoric encourages mass violence.
Nov 8, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman
Why the Refugee Caravan Is So Big—and What We Need to Do About It Why the Refugee Caravan Is So Big—and What We Need to Do About It
“Central America just couldn’t take it anymore.”
Nov 2, 2018 / Laura Carlsen
Trump Is Provoking a Full-Blown Constitutional Crisis Trump Is Provoking a Full-Blown Constitutional Crisis
We must resist his vow to end birthright citizenship by massive, militant, coordinated action.
Nov 1, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky
Letting Noncitizens Vote in the Trump Era Letting Noncitizens Vote in the Trump Era
Undocumented immigrants could cast ballots for most of American history—now a few cities want to renew that tradition.
Nov 1, 2018 / Rachel M. Cohen
Trump’s Crackdown on Immigrant Activists Is an Attack on Free Speech Trump’s Crackdown on Immigrant Activists Is an Attack on Free Speech
The New Sanctuary Coalition’s Ravi Ragbir is fighting for the rights of all immigrants to speak their mind.
Oct 30, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Birthright Citizenship Is in the Constitution Birthright Citizenship Is in the Constitution
If Trump abuses his powers in order to undermine the 14th Amendment, that’s a lawless and wholly impeachable offense.
Oct 30, 2018 / John Nichols