Why Is It So Hard to Close Rikers? Why Is It So Hard to Close Rikers?
New York City’s public advocate Jumaane D. Williams and journalist Nick Pinto talk to Laura Flanders about the difficulties of shrinking the incarceration system.
Jun 15, 2023 / Q&A / Laura Flanders
Arraigned in Miami, Trump Is in Real Trouble Arraigned in Miami, Trump Is in Real Trouble
If convicted on any of these charges, Trump will almost certainly go to prison, perhaps for the rest of his life.
Jun 13, 2023 / Joan Walsh
The Techno Dystopia Flourishing at the Border The Techno Dystopia Flourishing at the Border
Seeing the phaseout of Title 42 through the lens of a growing border-industrial complex.
Jun 13, 2023 / Todd Miller
It’ll Take More Than an Indictment to Make Donald Trump Face Justice It’ll Take More Than an Indictment to Make Donald Trump Face Justice
The 37-count indictment against Trump is strong, but if we want him to be held accountable, he must be defeated at the polls.
Jun 12, 2023 / Elie Mystal
Atlanta Is Trying to Crush the Opposition to “Cop City” by Any Means Necessary Atlanta Is Trying to Crush the Opposition to “Cop City” by Any Means Necessary
Mass arrests. Trumped-up charges. Brutal violence. They’re all part of the city’s effort to destroy the movement against the infamous police facility.
Jun 7, 2023 / Hannah Riley
Maryland’s Solitary Confinement Reform Bill Stalls in the Democratic State Legislature Maryland’s Solitary Confinement Reform Bill Stalls in the Democratic State Legislature
Lawmakers “had the opportunity to do something that would have made a huge systemic change and put the state on the right path—and they didn’t,” said the bill’s author.
May 25, 2023 / Victoria Law
The Killing of Banko Brown Shows What San Francisco’s Real Crisis Looks Like The Killing of Banko Brown Shows What San Francisco’s Real Crisis Looks Like
A Black, trans, unhoused man was shot to death by a security guard. The DA refused to press charges. Why isn't the national media paying attention?
May 23, 2023 / Toshio Meronek
Is This the End of Russiagate? John Durham’s Dud Report. Is This the End of Russiagate? John Durham’s Dud Report.
From the “crime of the century" to one of Trump’s smallest scandals.
May 19, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Why the Right Embraces Military-Veteran Vigilantes Why the Right Embraces Military-Veteran Vigilantes
The right is often misconstrued as anti-war. In reality, it wants to wage its war on American soil—against people whose Americanness it won’t recognize.
May 19, 2023 / Spencer Ackerman
The Man Who Called Breonna Taylor’s Killing “Justified” Could Be Kentucky’s Next Governor The Man Who Called Breonna Taylor’s Killing “Justified” Could Be Kentucky’s Next Governor
Attorney General Daniel Cameron sided with the police after Taylor’s death. Now, he’s the GOP’s gubernatorial nominee.
May 18, 2023 / John Nichols