Law

Clarence and Ginni Thomas, the Supreme Court’s Unethical “It” Couple

Clarence and Ginni Thomas, the Supreme Court’s Unethical “It” Couple Clarence and Ginni Thomas, the Supreme Court’s Unethical “It” Couple

How the Thomases have been able to get away with their decades long abuse of influence.

Feb 9, 2022 / Elie Mystal

A man's hands hold a prison tablet while another man walks in the background

Why Prisons Are Banning Letters Why Prisons Are Banning Letters

The loss of paper mail and the shift to private electronic communications platforms can isolate incarcerated individuals.

Feb 9, 2022 / Michelle Chen

No Attack on Voting Rights Is Too Racist for This Supreme Court

No Attack on Voting Rights Is Too Racist for This Supreme Court No Attack on Voting Rights Is Too Racist for This Supreme Court

The court’s decision to let Alabama’s new redistricting map remain in place opens the door to a season of racist gerrymandering.

Feb 8, 2022 / Elie Mystal

The Black Migrant Trail of Tragedies

The Black Migrant Trail of Tragedies The Black Migrant Trail of Tragedies

Immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean who make the dangerous trek across the Americas to the US face racist policies and practices everywhere they go.

Feb 8, 2022 / Feature / Kovie Biakolo

It’s Time for Black Experts to Be Heard

It’s Time for Black Experts to Be Heard It’s Time for Black Experts to Be Heard

Over a decade after the Great Recession, key institutions are still not listening to warnings from Black scholars on a range of issues. The time for excuses is over.

Feb 7, 2022 / Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman

The Police State Is Failing Officers Too

The Police State Is Failing Officers Too The Police State Is Failing Officers Too

Alternatives to policing are critical to the health and safety of both overpoliced people, historically and predominantly Black and brown, and the police themselves.

Feb 3, 2022 / Scott Hechinger

Citizenship DACA Protest

Undocumented Students Still Need Support Undocumented Students Still Need Support

The struggles facing undocumented youth in New York City have only been heightened by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Feb 2, 2022 / StudentNation / Teresa Mettela

New York City Council member Kristin Richardson Jordan

She Ran on a Platform of “Radical Love.” Now She’s Facing Radical Hate. She Ran on a Platform of “Radical Love.” Now She’s Facing Radical Hate.

Harlem’s new city councilwoman is finally getting media attention—and death threats—for sending condolences to the family of a man accused of murdering two cops.

Jan 28, 2022 / Joan Walsh

We Don’t Need a Department of Homeland Security

We Don’t Need a Department of Homeland Security We Don’t Need a Department of Homeland Security

Since 9/11, we’ve overfunded a second Pentagon capable of focusing on whatever it considers to be most politically expedient.

Jan 28, 2022 / Andrea Mazzarino

The Many Remarkable Black Women Who Could Replace Stephen Breyer

The Many Remarkable Black Women Who Could Replace Stephen Breyer The Many Remarkable Black Women Who Could Replace Stephen Breyer

Biden has a wealth of choices when it comes to fulfilling his campaign promise to appoint a Black woman to the Supreme Court.

Jan 27, 2022 / Elie Mystal

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