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
21 Savage Is Every Immigrant 21 Savage Is Every Immigrant
The rapper’s dramatic arrest is typical of ICE’s race-baiting and fear-mongering.
Feb 7, 2019 / Chris Gelardi
Trump’s War on Migrants Is an Affront to Humanity Trump’s War on Migrants Is an Affront to Humanity
His policies are endangering families facing violence, displacement, and persecution.
Feb 7, 2019 / Arnold Isaacs
Kamala Harris Says Her Campaign Is ‘For the People’ Kamala Harris Says Her Campaign Is ‘For the People’
The problem is that the phrase, a longtime favorite of prosecutors, has a divisive and troubled history.
Feb 5, 2019 / Jocelyn Simonson
What Happens When Gentrification Comes to a Postindustrial City? What Happens When Gentrification Comes to a Postindustrial City?
New development in Worcester, Massachusetts, threatens the city’s poorest.
Jan 30, 2019 / Maia Hibbett
Black Culture Won’t Save Kamala Harris Black Culture Won’t Save Kamala Harris
After eight years of Obama’s winks and nods, the code-switching playbook has been played out.
Jan 28, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman
The Militarization of the Southern Border Is a Long-Standing American Tradition The Militarization of the Southern Border Is a Long-Standing American Tradition
Trump’s wall is just the latest incarnation of an old fixation.
Jan 14, 2019 / Greg Grandin
Beyond the Wall: A Q&A With Wendy Brown Beyond the Wall: A Q&A With Wendy Brown
For the Berkeley political-science professor, border walls signify a population in distress.
Jan 9, 2019 / Q&A / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Jazmine Headley’s Arrest Exposes the Punitive Design of Public Assistance Jazmine Headley’s Arrest Exposes the Punitive Design of Public Assistance
Welfare offices are the public face of a system designed to control, surveil, and penalize low-income women.
Dec 14, 2018 / Mariana Chilton
Sending the US Army to the Border Creates ‘a War Atmosphere’ Sending the US Army to the Border Creates ‘a War Atmosphere’
Troops will deliver anti-riot equipment to Customs and Border Protection officers, further blurring the line between military and civilian law enforcement.
Nov 14, 2018 / Ryan Harvey