The US Turns Its Back on the World’s Most Vulnerable The US Turns Its Back on the World’s Most Vulnerable
The Trump administration reveals, again, its contempt for TPS and will stop giving protected status to Syrians.
Feb 1, 2018 / Julianne Hing
In the Legal System, Talking White Is a Precursor to Justice—and That’s Wrong In the Legal System, Talking White Is a Precursor to Justice—and That’s Wrong
If the legal system keeps treating AAE as a lesser form of English, it can never claim to view black people with the same legitimacy as white people.
Jan 29, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld
Trump’s Xenophobic Vision of America Is Inciting Racist Violence Trump’s Xenophobic Vision of America Is Inciting Racist Violence
Attacks against Muslim, South Asian, Sikh, Hindu, Arab, and Middle Eastern communities in the US were up a staggering 45 percent in 2017.
Jan 27, 2018 / Suman Raghunathan
Democrats Don’t Grasp the Dreamers’ Sense of Emergency Democrats Don’t Grasp the Dreamers’ Sense of Emergency
Immigrant communities are demanding that Dems mount a fight that’s commensurate with what they rightly see as an existential threat.
Jan 26, 2018 / Joshua Holland
The 4 Most Shocking Proposals in the White House Immigration Plan The 4 Most Shocking Proposals in the White House Immigration Plan
Trump’s proposed DACA deal attacks bedrock principles of the immigration system.
Jan 26, 2018 / Julianne Hing
The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Obsession With Crimes Committed by Immigrants The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Obsession With Crimes Committed by Immigrants
The report put out this month by the Justice Department and Homeland Security paints a misleading picture of immigrants and crime.
Jan 26, 2018 / Michelle Chen
For Students of Color, Ivy League Schools Have a Long Way to Go For Students of Color, Ivy League Schools Have a Long Way to Go
You may have entered an elite institution, but, as a student of color, you hardly feel welcome.
Jan 25, 2018 / StudentNation / Gabriela Thorne
The Appalling Clarity of Donald Trump The Appalling Clarity of Donald Trump
The US has long treated much of Africa, the Caribbean, and the rest of the world as shitholes.
Jan 25, 2018 / Column / Gary Younge
Why Does Our Justice System Fight So Hard to Keep Innocent People Behind Bars? Why Does Our Justice System Fight So Hard to Keep Innocent People Behind Bars?
Mark Godsey was a “prosecutor’s prosecutor” who didn’t think there were any innocent people in prison. Then he began supervising his law school’s Innocence Project, and realized hi...
Jan 24, 2018 / Joshua Holland
Tell Congress: No More Deals Without the Dream Act Tell Congress: No More Deals Without the Dream Act
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Jan 23, 2018 / NationAction