Law

Alabama Is Going to Execute Rocky Myers. He Might Be Innocent.

Alabama Is Going to Execute Rocky Myers. He Might Be Innocent. Alabama Is Going to Execute Rocky Myers. He Might Be Innocent.

The case of an intellectually disabled prisoner on death row is a window into the many flaws in the death penalty in America.

Feb 19, 2019 / Ashoka Mukpo

Donald Trump

Congress Should Apply Trump’s Own Standard for Executive Accountability to Him as President Congress Should Apply Trump’s Own Standard for Executive Accountability to Him as President

Trump wanted Congress to get tough on presidents who use executive action to “subvert the Constitution.” How tough? He said they “certainly could be impeached.”

Feb 15, 2019 / John Nichols

Immigrants Are Fighting for Their Rights Even Behind Bars

Immigrants Are Fighting for Their Rights Even Behind Bars Immigrants Are Fighting for Their Rights Even Behind Bars

Hunger strikers in ICE’s El Paso detention center are demanding that their voices be heard.

Feb 15, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Honduran migrant at the border

The Hidden Climate-Change Story Behind Trump’s ‘National Emergency’ The Hidden Climate-Change Story Behind Trump’s ‘National Emergency’

Walls and borders are this country's most consistent climate-change ‘adaptation.’

Feb 15, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

Trump discusses immigration proposals

Yes, We Can Stop Trump’s Fake National Emergency Yes, We Can Stop Trump’s Fake National Emergency

Three ways to stop the scam to steal the money to build the wall.

Feb 15, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Trump USMCA Announcement

Who Lost America? Who Lost America?

The fall of the republic was foretold long before Donald Trump.

Feb 14, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt

A Hole in the Wall

A Hole in the Wall A Hole in the Wall

Looking beyond borders.

Feb 14, 2019 / OppArt / Kim DeMarco

Anti-ICE Rally NYC

Immigration Agents Are Making Arrests In New York’s Courts Immigration Agents Are Making Arrests In New York’s Courts

These arrests have jumped about 17-fold over two years.

Feb 13, 2019 / Michelle Chen

The Washington Monument and US Capitol silhouetted at dawn in Washington, DC.

There’s a Lonely Voice in Washington, and It’s Talking Some Sense There’s a Lonely Voice in Washington, and It’s Talking Some Sense

For 15 years, the Committee for the Republic has been a dissenting voice of sanity and civility in Washington.

Feb 12, 2019 / James Carden

Metropolitan Detention Center

For Criminal Justice Reform, the First Step Act Is Just the Start For Criminal Justice Reform, the First Step Act Is Just the Start

Progressives should seize on the law’s momentum and help it grow.

Feb 12, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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