This Supreme Court Case Is a Case Study in Conservative Hypocrisy This Supreme Court Case Is a Case Study in Conservative Hypocrisy
Just weeks after railing against race-conscious college admissions, the justices entertained a bogus race-based argument aimed at undermining Native sovereignty.
Nov 29, 2022 / Column / Elie Mystal
The Terrorism We Sought Abroad Has Come Home The Terrorism We Sought Abroad Has Come Home
Of the approximately 450 politically motivated violent attacks that took place on our soil in the past decade, the majority were perpetrated by homegrown far-right extremists.
Nov 28, 2022 / Andrea Mazzarino
When the NYPD Gets Desperate When the NYPD Gets Desperate
In a high-profile murder case, New York police swabbed hundreds of Black men, illegally used a private DNA lab, and then concealed their tactics.
Nov 28, 2022 / Feature / Amos Barshad
How We Beat an Anti-Abortion Amendment in Deep-Red Kentucky How We Beat an Anti-Abortion Amendment in Deep-Red Kentucky
The key was organizing, through which volunteers connected deeply, authentically, and vulnerably with voters who didn’t agree with them yet.
Nov 23, 2022 / Erin Heaney
Reverend Barber’s Pastoral Letter to the Democratic Party Reverend Barber’s Pastoral Letter to the Democratic Party
“I am troubled by the satisfaction many seem to have with a political reality that will lead to continued policy violence.”
Nov 22, 2022 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
Is the “U.S. News” Ranking System Finally Starting to Crumble? Is the “U.S. News” Ranking System Finally Starting to Crumble?
While it’s tempting to view the decision by three elite law schools to pull out of the magazine’s rankings as little more than elite posturing, it could have real effects.
Nov 18, 2022 / Elie Mystal
I’m Not Leaving Twitter. Neither Should You. I’m Not Leaving Twitter. Neither Should You.
Twitter is an effective tool for challenging the status quo and powerful people and institutions. That’s why Elon Musk snatched it up.
Nov 16, 2022 / Olayemi Olurin
White Nationalist Hate Is Infiltrating Our Police White Nationalist Hate Is Infiltrating Our Police
If Biden cares about what he calls the white supremacist “poison…running through our body politic,” his administration had better get busy purging the strain that courses through t...
Nov 15, 2022 / Column / Kali Holloway
The Pipeline Funneling US Deportees to Haitian Prison The Pipeline Funneling US Deportees to Haitian Prison
Patrick Julney is one of many longtime US residents who found himself detained under hellish conditions in a country in which he’d never been formally charged with a crime.
Nov 14, 2022 / Feature / Tanvi Misra
Affirmative Action Benefits All Students—Even Asian Americans Affirmative Action Benefits All Students—Even Asian Americans
In October, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for two cases against Harvard and the University of North Carolina in an effort to overturn race-conscious admissions.
Nov 11, 2022 / StudentNation / Rachel Shin