She Ran on a Platform of “Radical Love.” Now She’s Facing Radical Hate. She Ran on a Platform of “Radical Love.” Now She’s Facing Radical Hate.
Harlem’s new city councilwoman is finally getting media attention—and death threats—for sending condolences to the family of a man accused of murdering two cops.
Jan 28, 2022 / Joan Walsh
Are We Any Closer to Shutting Down Guantánamo? Are We Any Closer to Shutting Down Guantánamo?
In the legal quagmire the US has created, there is no easy answer.
Jan 27, 2022 / Karen J. Greenberg
ICE Is Detaining More Immigrants. Covid Is Putting Them in Danger. ICE Is Detaining More Immigrants. Covid Is Putting Them in Danger.
The Biden administration is placing millions of incarcerated people—including over 20,000 who are in ICE detention—at risk of a Covid-19 illness, disability, and death.
Jan 25, 2022 / Sophia Gurulé and Abdullah Shihipar
The Making of a Coronavirus-Criminal Presidency The Making of a Coronavirus-Criminal Presidency
If you want to know how the US ended up in a pandemic with a swindler president who could not be bothered to take basic steps to save lives, don’t start with Trump.
Jan 24, 2022 / Feature / John Nichols
“You Come Out With Nothing”: What It Means to Bring Back the Box at Rikers “You Come Out With Nothing”: What It Means to Bring Back the Box at Rikers
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has vowed to keep punitive segregation going in an attempt to curb the jails’ exploding violence.
Jan 11, 2022 / Victoria Law
Free Jarvis Jay Masters! Free Jarvis Jay Masters!
It’s long past time for California Governor Gavin Newsom—and the mainstream media—to take up the cause of a man who is almost certainly innocent of the crime that landed him on San...
Jan 7, 2022 / Tom Gogola
Will Garland Do What It Takes to Bring the Insurrectionists to Justice? Will Garland Do What It Takes to Bring the Insurrectionists to Justice?
A lot is riding on the attorney general’s prosecution of January 6 insurrectionists—including whether future coup plotters think they’ll be able to get away with it.
Jan 5, 2022 / Elie Mystal
The Best Way to Commemorate January 6 Is to Pass a Voting Rights Law The Best Way to Commemorate January 6 Is to Pass a Voting Rights Law
On January 5, 2021, Georgia’s Democratic majority took the Senate. The very next day, America’s violent white minority struck back. A voting rights push this week will make clear h...
Jan 4, 2022 / Joan Walsh
Daunte Wright’s Family Gets Accountability, if Not Justice Daunte Wright’s Family Gets Accountability, if Not Justice
The jury’s Christmas Eve verdict that veteran office Kim Potter was guilty of manslaughter is “a critical step on the road to justice.”
Dec 28, 2021 / Ibrahim Hirsi
When Whiny, Incompetent Nazis Lost Big When Whiny, Incompetent Nazis Lost Big
The civil trial of the white supremacists who planned the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017 brought some measure of justice. But the threat of violence still ...
Dec 23, 2021 / Feature / Joan Walsh