For Mixed-Status Students, Immigration Reform Is the Only Hope For Mixed-Status Students, Immigration Reform Is the Only Hope
More than 22 million people in the US are in mixed-status households, where at least one undocumented person lives with citizens or lawful temporary immigrants.
Feb 2, 2023 / StudentNation / Yamila Martinez
Deference to Religion Has No Place in Higher Education Deference to Religion Has No Place in Higher Education
The controversy at Hamline over a painting of Muhammad shown in an art class demonstrates the danger of prioritizing religious beliefs over academic freedom.
Feb 2, 2023 / Column / Katha Pollitt
War Racketeers Won’t Reform Themselves War Racketeers Won’t Reform Themselves
Isn’t it time to hold Congress truly responsible for enabling ever more war by voting out military sycophants?
Feb 2, 2023 / William Astore
A Translator in Tokyo, or: A Language Love Story A Translator in Tokyo, or: A Language Love Story
Polly Barton's memoir Fifty Sounds documents the intimacy of the act of translation and the process of learning a new language.
Feb 2, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Max Norman
What the Charges Against the Cops Who Killed Tyre Nichols Really Mean What the Charges Against the Cops Who Killed Tyre Nichols Really Mean
Prosecutors chose from multiple potential charges to land on second-degree murder for the five officers who killed Nichols.
Feb 2, 2023 / Elie Mystal
Leigh Goodmark on “Imperfect Victims” and the Need for Abolition Feminism Leigh Goodmark on “Imperfect Victims” and the Need for Abolition Feminism
A conversation with lawyer and advocate Leigh Goodmark on her new book about the criminalization of survivors and the promise of abolition feminism.
Feb 2, 2023 / Q&A / Victoria Law
Barrett Strong Wrote America’s Most Urgent Anti-War Song Barrett Strong Wrote America’s Most Urgent Anti-War Song
The Motown legend, who died last weekend, cowrote “War,” one of the most electrifying protest songs in American history.
Feb 1, 2023 / John Nichols
Our Democracy Is More Fragile Than We Would Like to Think Our Democracy Is More Fragile Than We Would Like to Think
The insurrections in the United States and Brazil simply demonstrated what has always been true.
Feb 1, 2023 / Karen J. Greenberg
Trump’s New Platform Goes Attack Mode on Schools Trump’s New Platform Goes Attack Mode on Schools
With a Ron DeSantis run on the horizon, Donald Trump announced his intentions to privatize education and restrict academic freedom.
Feb 1, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
Tyre Nichols Tyre Nichols
Tyre Nichols was brutally attacked by Memphis police and died of extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating. He was 29 years old.
Feb 1, 2023 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández