Voices
Here's How Easily New York Could Become the First Major U.S. City to End Solitary Confinement
There’s a blueprint for getting rid of solitary confinement that requires only a few basic steps from the mayor and city bureaucracies.
Justice
The War on Immigrants
U.S. Border Agencies Continue to Harass Immigrant Rights Advocates. The ACLU Is Suing.
A lawsuit alleges the Trump administration’s border enforcement agencies illegally and unconstitutionally exploited their border enforcement authorities.
The War on Immigrants
Months After ICE Raids, an Impoverished Mississippi Community Is Still Reeling
Some 300 people arrested during August raids at Mississippi chicken plants remain detained, while the companies have received no legal penalties.
Climate Crimes
Can Extinction Rebellion Build a U.S. Climate Movement Big Enough to Save the Earth?
To members sincere in their belief that a mass-appeal movement is what’s needed to quell catastrophe, drawing in front-line communities is life or death.
Voices
Congratulations, Nobel Committee, You Just Gave the Literature Prize to a Genocide Apologist
Peter Handke has downplayed Serb atrocities in Bosnia and attended the funeral of strongman Slobodan Miloševic. The Nobel judges ignored it.
How the Secretive "Discipline" Process for Federal Prosecutors Buries Misconduct Cases
At the Office of Professional Responsibility, complaints against federal prosecutors for misconduct go in, but they never come out.
Voices
The Trump Administration Is Fighting at the Supreme Court to Let Employers Fire Queer and Trans Workers
Three cases before the Supreme Court threaten to gut sex discrimination laws. Already imperiled transgender and queer workers could be the hardest hit.
Voices
Trump's Attacks on the Press Fuel Harassment of Journalists at the Border
The bastard child of 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security was supposed to help fight terrorism. All it really did was enhance executive power.
The War on Immigrants
Despite U.S. Asylum Ban, Honduran Women Fleeing Violence Remain Undeterred
The Trump administration has placed significant roadblocks to asylum in the way of Central American women in particular.
The War on Immigrants
Progressive Groups Rally Around Candidates for Sheriff Seeking to Reform Police Cooperation With ICE
Sheriffs for Trusting Communities is backing two candidates in Virginia and one in Louisiana who are running on a plan to end police cooperation with ICE.