Why These Farm Workers Went On Strike—and Why It Matters Why These Farm Workers Went On Strike—and Why It Matters
Months of strikes and organizing in Washington led to the first U.S. farmworker union in years.
Oct 3, 2016 / David Bacon
What if the US Really Did Deport 11 Million People? What if the US Really Did Deport 11 Million People?
A case study of New York’s Hudson Valley, where immigrants—with and without documents—have brought once-dead towns back to life.
A New Generation of Freedom Fighters Is Taking It to the Streets—and the World A New Generation of Freedom Fighters Is Taking It to the Streets—and the World
As schools, states, and corporations redraw their borders, young people are launching transnational campaigns to fight back.
Sep 14, 2016 / StudentNation / Rachel Gilmer, Christopher Lopez, Kerrina Williams, Lorena Buñi, and Adrian Bonifacio
America Wanted to Keep Immigrants Out Long Before Donald Trump Was Even Born America Wanted to Keep Immigrants Out Long Before Donald Trump Was Even Born
The United States was an explicitly racist project intended to populate the land with white people—maybe that’s what Donald means by “Make America Great Again”?
Sep 13, 2016 / Aviva Chomsky
Phyllis Schlafly Was Alt-Right Before Alt-Right Was Uncool Phyllis Schlafly Was Alt-Right Before Alt-Right Was Uncool
For 70 years the right-wing icon worked within the Republican Party, forging an organization that would welcome Donald Trump’s extremism.
Sep 7, 2016 / John Nichols
The Obama Administration Continues Pulling Away From Private Prison Companies The Obama Administration Continues Pulling Away From Private Prison Companies
Homeland Security launches a review of private detention centers, weeks after DOJ began closing its own facilities.
Sep 2, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler
Trump, in a Major Immigration Speech, Is Back in Fearmongering Form Trump, in a Major Immigration Speech, Is Back in Fearmongering Form
In Mexico, Trump is solemn and praising; in Arizona, he’s back to hysterical horror shows.
Sep 1, 2016 / Julianne Hing
Mexicans Scorn Trump’s Visit—And Peña Nieto for Having Invited Him Mexicans Scorn Trump’s Visit—And Peña Nieto for Having Invited Him
“You confront tyrants. You don’t appease them.”
Aug 31, 2016 / Greg Grandin
When Anti-Immigrant Politics Came Back to Haunt the Republican Party When Anti-Immigrant Politics Came Back to Haunt the Republican Party
The life cycle of California’s Republican Party suggests that the long-term effect of peddling xenophobia is disastrous.
Aug 25, 2016 / Jim Shultz
Your Nationalism Can’t Contain Me Your Nationalism Can’t Contain Me
I’ve held three passports and claimed many identities, all at once. I am the future of citizenship.
Aug 25, 2016 / Feature / Aminatta Forna