Lessons for the Trump Era From the Days Following 9/11 Lessons for the Trump Era From the Days Following 9/11
We’ve been here before, so let’s take stock of what we did right—and what we got wrong.
Dec 1, 2016 / Sayu Bhojwani
Will Immigrants in Long-Term Detention Get Their Day in Court? The Supreme Court Is About to Decide. Will Immigrants in Long-Term Detention Get Their Day in Court? The Supreme Court Is About to Decide.
The Court needs to recognize the constitutional rights of people in detention before it’s too late.
Nov 28, 2016 / Alina Das
Donald Trump’s Looming Mass Criminalization Donald Trump’s Looming Mass Criminalization
The only way to quickly deport 3 million immigrants is to first make them into criminals—and he’ll have the tools to do so on day one.
Nov 28, 2016 / Feature / Seth Freed Wessler
Thanksgiving Celebrates Migrants Seeking Refuge From Intolerance and Threats Thanksgiving Celebrates Migrants Seeking Refuge From Intolerance and Threats
Thanksgiving is a holiday for what conservatives call “multicultural pieties”—for embracing diversity, for sharing our prosperity, for recalling the history of welcoming the strang...
Nov 24, 2016 / John Nichols
Muslim New Yorkers Respond with Fear, Hope, and Apathy to Trump’s Election Muslim New Yorkers Respond with Fear, Hope, and Apathy to Trump’s Election
A sense of powerlessness poses a threat to the solidarity Muslim organizations consider essential under a Trump administration.
Nov 23, 2016 / Elizabeth Whitman
Is Trump About to Bring a Maverick Democratic Congresswoman Into His Cabinet? Is Trump About to Bring a Maverick Democratic Congresswoman Into His Cabinet?
Tulsi Gabbard and Donald Trump both reject the foreign-policy establishment’s fidelity to the twin policies of military intervention and regime change.
Nov 22, 2016 / James Carden
Rudolph Giuliani Can’t Stand the Constitution Rudolph Giuliani Can’t Stand the Constitution
Remember when he was mayor?
Nov 17, 2016 / Alex S. Vitale
Applying for a White House Job Applying for a White House Job
The résumé shows Muslim-hating? Good. Misogyny? That wins some points for men. And bashing immigrants is quite a plus. The model here is Jean-Marie Le Pen.
Nov 17, 2016 / Calvin Trillin
How to Welcome Refugees to the United States How to Welcome Refugees to the United States
Affirming refugees’ economic rights and dignity is more than charity; it’s an act of national redemption.
Nov 17, 2016 / Michelle Chen
28 Students Respond to Donald Trump’s Election 28 Students Respond to Donald Trump’s Election
“We can no longer afford to run from uncomfortable conversations.”
Nov 15, 2016 / StudentNation / Various Contributors