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Prisons Are Using Military-Grade Tear Gas to Punish People Prisons Are Using Military-Grade Tear Gas to Punish People

A burgeoning arms industry brings the war home.

Apr 28, 2016 / Daniel Moattar

America’s Long Hangover

America’s Long Hangover America’s Long Hangover

How did Prohibition turn into a law-enforcement extravaganza?

Apr 27, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gage

A California parolee wears a GPS tracking device on his ankle.

‘So Many Doors Have Been Closed in My Face’ ‘So Many Doors Have Been Closed in My Face’

What three Americans told the attorney general and HUD secretary about living with criminal records.

Apr 26, 2016 / Tyrone Peake, Helen Stokes, and Ronald Lewis

Johann Hari

‘Addiction Is an Adaptation to Your Environment’: An Interview With Johann Hari ‘Addiction Is an Adaptation to Your Environment’: An Interview With Johann Hari

Addiction, according to Johann Hari, is less about drugs and more about human connection.

Apr 25, 2016 / Laura Flanders

Immigrants Are Dying In Detention While ICE Ignores Its Own Medical Standards

Immigrants Are Dying In Detention While ICE Ignores Its Own Medical Standards Immigrants Are Dying In Detention While ICE Ignores Its Own Medical Standards

A new report demonstrates how medical negligence played a significant role in many detention center deaths.

Apr 25, 2016 / Raul Grijalva

Virginia Just Gave 200,000 People the Right to Vote

Virginia Just Gave 200,000 People the Right to Vote Virginia Just Gave 200,000 People the Right to Vote

While some states are working to limit the franchise, the Old Dominion’s going in a different direction.

Apr 22, 2016 / Joshua Holland

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Letters From the May 9-16, 2016, Issue Letters From the May 9-16, 2016, Issue

Too much Trump!… Crime and collective punishment… Not-so-ancient history… Many bites of the Apple?…

Apr 21, 2016 / Our Readers

North Carolina LGBT protest

North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law Is Not the Way to Keep Women Safe North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law Is Not the Way to Keep Women Safe

The threats to women’s safety are posed by men, not trans women. So why should trans women suffer for those sins?

Apr 21, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt

What Happened to Sandra Bland?

What Happened to Sandra Bland? What Happened to Sandra Bland?

To answer that question, you must begin way before she died in a Texas jail.

Apr 21, 2016 / Feature / Debbie Nathan

Who Is Behind the Lie That More Guns Makes Us Safe?

Who Is Behind the Lie That More Guns Makes Us Safe? Who Is Behind the Lie That More Guns Makes Us Safe?

The NRA doesn’t need just cash to bully legislators—it needs bad information too.

Apr 20, 2016 / Ari Rabin-Havt

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