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
The White House and the Caravan The White House and the Caravan
Invasion by tired and poor but not white! We’ll stop them, Trump tells us, of that there’s no doubt. The troops have been sent. Will the Air Force be next? And nuclear weapons—have…
Nov 8, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
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
Originalism Is a White-Supremacist Scam Originalism Is a White-Supremacist Scam
Republicans made a con man president, but he just exposed their longest-running con.
Nov 5, 2018 / Madiba Dennie
Beto O’Rourke Is an Antidote to Donald Trump’s Bigotry Beto O’Rourke Is an Antidote to Donald Trump’s Bigotry
Rebuking the president’s midterm rhetoric, the Texan says, “It’s un-American. It’s not who we are.”
Nov 5, 2018 / John Nichols
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
Bend the Arc Against White Nationalism by Voting Steve King Out of Congress Bend the Arc Against White Nationalism by Voting Steve King Out of Congress
Iowa voters can signal, clearly and unequivocally, that far-right extremism has no place in our politics.
Oct 31, 2018 / John Nichols
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