Law

Labor unions constitutional convention

Labor Rights Are Human Rights — It’s Time We Guaranteed Them in the Constitution Labor Rights Are Human Rights — It’s Time We Guaranteed Them in the Constitution

The US used to tell the world that strong unions were a bulwark against fascism. We should take our own advice and enshrine the right to organize.

Sep 2, 2019 / John Nichols

Facing the Facts

Facing the Facts Facing the Facts

Mass shootings: Live with it?

Sep 2, 2019 / OppArt / Kevin Kallaugher

Boris Johnson protest

Brexit Gives Its Former Colonies a Whiff of Schadenfreude Brexit Gives Its Former Colonies a Whiff of Schadenfreude

Britain is learning what many of its former colonies already know: Democracy requires constant vigilance.

Aug 30, 2019 / Nanjala Nyabola

Trump’s Support of Boris Johnson Should Remind Congress of the Necessity of Impeachment

Trump’s Support of Boris Johnson Should Remind Congress of the Necessity of Impeachment Trump’s Support of Boris Johnson Should Remind Congress of the Necessity of Impeachment

Be wary of a president who celebrates abuses of power abroad and who, at home, imagines that the Constitution “allows me to do whatever I want.”

Aug 30, 2019 / John Nichols

Donald Trump

Trump’s Corruption Is Now More Brazen Than Ever Trump’s Corruption Is Now More Brazen Than Ever

From his G-7 Doral heist to Bill Barr’s Christmas Party to steering wall-building contracts to GOP cronies, it’s grift all the way down.

Aug 28, 2019 / Joan Walsh

Shedding Light on Cruelty

Shedding Light on Cruelty Shedding Light on Cruelty

Light projections, Homestead Detention Center, Florida, 2019.

Aug 28, 2019 / OppArt / Alessandra Mondolfi

Are Sensible Gun Laws a Fantasy?

Are Sensible Gun Laws a Fantasy? Are Sensible Gun Laws a Fantasy?

Time to make this a reality.

Aug 26, 2019 / OppArt / Paul Karasik

President Trump Has Legalized Concentration Camps

President Trump Has Legalized Concentration Camps President Trump Has Legalized Concentration Camps

The administration’s new rules will eviscerate key features of the landmark 1997 Flores decision, which mandates protections for immigrant children.

Aug 23, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

Never Again? Again!

Never Again? Again! Never Again? Again!

Concentration camps in the USA.

Aug 22, 2019 / OppArt / Eneko Las Heras

It’s About Time for New York’s Child Victims Act

It’s About Time for New York’s Child Victims Act It’s About Time for New York’s Child Victims Act

When it comes to extending the statute of limitations for survivors of abuse, late is better than never.

Aug 22, 2019 / Katha Pollitt

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