As Abortion Restrictions Ramp Up, More Women Weigh Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands As Abortion Restrictions Ramp Up, More Women Weigh Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands
Finding ways to support those who choose to self-induce abortion does not mean abandoning the fight to preserve access in clinics and hospitals.
Mar 21, 2016 / Dani McClain
Family Sues Private-Prison Operator Over Deaths at Immigrant-Only Facilities Family Sues Private-Prison Operator Over Deaths at Immigrant-Only Facilities
An investigation found dozens of questionable deaths related to cost cutting in privatized federal prisons.
Mar 15, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler
Tim Atkins Was Wrongfully Imprisoned for 23 Years—Why Is California Denying Him Compensation? Tim Atkins Was Wrongfully Imprisoned for 23 Years—Why Is California Denying Him Compensation?
A tough-on-crime prosecutor stands between Atkins and his payment.
Mar 9, 2016 / Feature / Jessica Pishko
Kept Out of School for Being Undocumented Kept Out of School for Being Undocumented
Honduran immigrant Wildin Acosta wants to do his homework—really. But he’s in ICE detention.
Mar 4, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Why We Must Close Guantánamo Now Why We Must Close Guantánamo Now
Congress and the media must recognize once and for all that torture is not a matter of serious debate: It is a war crime.
Mar 1, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Economic Dilemma Democrats Face in 2016 The Economic Dilemma Democrats Face in 2016
The challenge for any Democratic candidate is to learn—and learn fast—that he or she must be the candidate of fundamental change, not the candidate of continuity.
Feb 23, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How a Former Black Panther Could Change the Rules of Solitary Confinement How a Former Black Panther Could Change the Rules of Solitary Confinement
The case of Russell Maroon Shoatz, who spent nearly 30 years in solitary confinement, could set a precedent for others held in prolonged isolation.
Feb 22, 2016 / Victoria Law
It’s Been Two Weeks Since a UN Panel Declared That Julian Assange Should Be Freed. Why Is He Still Detained? It’s Been Two Weeks Since a UN Panel Declared That Julian Assange Should Be Freed. Why Is He Still Detained?
It's time to end Julian Assange’s arbitrary detention at the hands of Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Feb 19, 2016 / Melinda Taylor, Carey Shenkman, and Michael Ratner
Letters From the March 7, 2016, Issue Letters From the March 7, 2016, Issue
Deadly inequality… northern lights… such stuff as dreams are made on… mixed-up priorities…
Feb 18, 2016 / Our Readers
A Concrete Plan to Make Black Lives Matter A Concrete Plan to Make Black Lives Matter
This is a plan for pressuring whoever is in office, whether they are sympathetic to the causes of racial and economic justice or not.
Feb 13, 2016 / Mychal Denzel Smith