“You Come Out With Nothing”: What It Means to Bring Back the Box at Rikers “You Come Out With Nothing”: What It Means to Bring Back the Box at Rikers
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has vowed to keep punitive segregation going in an attempt to curb the jails’ exploding violence.
Jan 11, 2022 / Victoria Law
Why Doesn’t the Supreme Court Want Workers to Be As Safe From Covid as They Are? Why Doesn’t the Supreme Court Want Workers to Be As Safe From Covid as They Are?
The court’s conservative justices are opposed to vaccine “mandates” not because they’re anti-vax but because they’re anti-labor.
Jan 10, 2022 / Elie Mystal
Attention, Democrats: The Constitution Trumps the Filibuster Attention, Democrats: The Constitution Trumps the Filibuster
In the case of voting rights legislation, the filibuster is not applicable, or even relevant.
Jan 10, 2022 / Herman Schwartz
Joleen Nez: A Death in Custody Joleen Nez: A Death in Custody
How racism, negligence, and a politically connected medical provider turned homelessness into a capital crime.
Jan 10, 2022 / Feature / Cecilia Nowell
Remembering 1/6 Remembering 1/6
Fire this time. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of January 3.
Jan 7, 2022 / Steve Brodner
Free Jarvis Jay Masters! Free Jarvis Jay Masters!
It’s long past time for California Governor Gavin Newsom—and the mainstream media—to take up the cause of a man who is almost certainly innocent of the crime that landed him on San...
Jan 7, 2022 / Tom Gogola
Oil Companies Have Known for Decades Oil Companies Have Known for Decades
They’ve promoted climate change doubt and we all pay.
Jan 7, 2022 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Treasonous Clowns Treasonous Clowns
On January 6, 2021, a violent mob of Trump supporters invaded the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. The attack resulted in five people dead and over 130 wounded. An investigation is o...
Jan 6, 2022 / OppArt / Patricia Anderson Turner
Randall Kennedy Says It Loud Randall Kennedy Says It Loud
A conversation with the Harvard law professor about his new essay collection, the state or racial politics, campus activism, and much more.
Jan 6, 2022 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
What Conservative Justices Talk About When They Talk About Religious Liberty What Conservative Justices Talk About When They Talk About Religious Liberty
The conservative majority on the US Supreme Court has honed a new, radical approach to religious liberty, the significance of which cannot be overstated.
Jan 6, 2022 / Katherine Franke for The Nation