Government

Guantánamo Protest

The CIA Waterboarded the Wrong Man 83 Times in 1 Month The CIA Waterboarded the Wrong Man 83 Times in 1 Month

None of the allegations against Abu Zubaydeh turned out to be true. That didn’t stop the CIA from torturing him for years.

Apr 25, 2016 / Rebecca Gordon

Immigrants Are Dying In Detention While ICE Ignores Its Own Medical Standards

Immigrants Are Dying In Detention While ICE Ignores Its Own Medical Standards Immigrants Are Dying In Detention While ICE Ignores Its Own Medical Standards

A new report demonstrates how medical negligence played a significant role in many detention center deaths.

Apr 25, 2016 / Raul Grijalva

Virginia Just Gave 200,000 People the Right to Vote

Virginia Just Gave 200,000 People the Right to Vote Virginia Just Gave 200,000 People the Right to Vote

While some states are working to limit the franchise, the Old Dominion’s going in a different direction.

Apr 22, 2016 / Joshua Holland

Elizabeth Warren

The Most Focused and Effective Democratic Messenger We Have Is Elizabeth Warren The Most Focused and Effective Democratic Messenger We Have Is Elizabeth Warren

The senator from Massachusetts is delivering a well-developed and stinging critique of Republican extremism—and Ted Cruz’s whining.

Apr 21, 2016 / John Nichols

Start Making Sense: Yes, Hillary Could Lose to Trump

Start Making Sense: Yes, Hillary Could Lose to Trump Start Making Sense: Yes, Hillary Could Lose to Trump

Plus Amy Wilentz on Hillary and Haiti, and the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel about Vietnam.

Apr 21, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Sanders campaigning at Penn State

Bernie Sanders Is Not Going to Be President of the United States—He Should Keep Running Anyway Bernie Sanders Is Not Going to Be President of the United States—He Should Keep Running Anyway

Millions of Americans still need a champion, and the Democratic Party needs his supporters.

Apr 20, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

New York to Ted Cruz: Drop Dead

New York to Ted Cruz: Drop Dead New York to Ted Cruz: Drop Dead

The Texan tried to make the state’s Republican primary a referendum on Mayor Bill de Blasio. It didn’t work.

Apr 20, 2016 / John Nichols

Hillary Clinton’s Win in New York Raises Tough Questions for Bernie Sanders and His Supporters

Hillary Clinton’s Win in New York Raises Tough Questions for Bernie Sanders and His Supporters Hillary Clinton’s Win in New York Raises Tough Questions for Bernie Sanders and His Supporters

Sanders should keep running, but he needs to lay out what exactly he’s fighting for.

Apr 20, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

Sign protesting Trump in Patchogue

With Donald Trump, in the Long Island Town Where Hate Killed With Donald Trump, in the Long Island Town Where Hate Killed

Patchogue’s Latino community has learned that anti-immigrant rhetoric can become a lot more than talk.

Apr 19, 2016 / Julianne Hing

Protesters are removed from Trump rally in Buffalo

‘Hate Is Not Welcome Here’ ‘Hate Is Not Welcome Here’

These protesters disrupted one of the biggest rallies of Trump’s campaign.

Apr 19, 2016 / George Zornick

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