Asking Teachers to Carry Guns Is Just Another Way of Refusing to Respect Them Asking Teachers to Carry Guns Is Just Another Way of Refusing to Respect Them
A new item has been added to the long list of impossible expectations for teachers: Picking up a weapon.
Mar 6, 2018 / Belle Chesler
What Would It Take To Actually See What Life Is Like in Prison? What Would It Take To Actually See What Life Is Like in Prison?
An issue and exhibit from the photography foundation Aperture breaks down old tropes of prison life.
Mar 6, 2018 / Photo Essay / John Washington
NRA TV Is No Joke NRA TV Is No Joke
Laugh all you want, but the channel is dangerously effective in radicalizing a right-wing base.
Mar 5, 2018 / Scot Nakagawa
Students Aren’t Waiting for March or April. They’re Protesting Now. Students Aren’t Waiting for March or April. They’re Protesting Now.
Every day since February 21, high-school and middle-school students across the country have protested for stronger gun laws, often by walking out of class.
Mar 5, 2018 / StudentNation / Samantha Schuyler
The Trump Administration Is Using Fake Terrorism Statistics to Scare You About Immigrants The Trump Administration Is Using Fake Terrorism Statistics to Scare You About Immigrants
Inflated numbers tell a false story of a nation under attack.
Mar 5, 2018 / Arnold Isaacs
The Left Needs to Care About the Opioid Crisis The Left Needs to Care About the Opioid Crisis
Progressives should learn from the past to respond to the overdose epidemic.
Mar 5, 2018 / Jeremy Saunders
Does Russia Have Leverage Over Trump? Does Russia Have Leverage Over Trump?
An interview with Diana Pilipenko on Moscow’s potential kompromat.
Mar 2, 2018 / Bob Dreyfuss
Do We Need to Redefine Masculinity—or Get Rid of It? Do We Need to Redefine Masculinity—or Get Rid of It?
It might not be enough to expand on masculinity’s so-called “innate properties.” We might have to rethink the idea of innate manhood altogether.
Mar 2, 2018 / Collier Meyerson
The Cruel and Unusual Punishment of Doyle Lee Hamm The Cruel and Unusual Punishment of Doyle Lee Hamm
The State of Alabama was warned that its planned execution of Hamm would be painful and torturous. It kept going anyway.
Mar 2, 2018 / Jake Bittle
How Big Law Has Captured the Trump Administration How Big Law Has Captured the Trump Administration
An exclusive new report details the revolving door between big corporate law firms and the administration.
Mar 1, 2018 / David Dayen