Voices
Photos of Children Being Teargassed Stoke Outrage — While Playing into Trump’s Manufactured Border Crisis
Tear gas is a tool of repression — but it also produces the kind of image that feeds Trump’s made-up notion of a border crisis.
Justice
The Counterinsurgency Paradigm: How U.S. Politics Have Become Paramilitarized
We spoke to Bernard Harcourt about his latest book, “The Counterrevolution,” and what makes the Trump presidency unique.
The War on Immigrants
In South Texas, Border Residents Struggle to Cope With the Latest Military Surge
Border communities still remember when a U.S. Marine assigned to a drug interdiction task force mistakenly shot and killed an 18-year-old boy.
Reality Winner Battles an Eating Disorder Behind Bars
The NSA whistleblower is one of a countless number of incarcerated people living with mental illness.
Landmark California Law Bars Prosecutors From Pursuing Murder Charges Against People Who Didn’t Commit Murder
The new law redefining use of the state’s archaic felony murder rule is now poised to serve as a model for reform-minded lawmakers across the country.
Chilling Dissent
“It’s Killing the Student Movement”: Canary Mission’s Blacklist of Pro-Palestine Activists Is Taking a Toll
Activists blacklisted by Canary Mission say they've experienced anxiety, and now find themselves stepping back from pro-Palestine advocacy as a result.
Richard Ojeda Comes Out Swinging on Abortion Rights
“Throughout history, rich women have always had access to the care that they want or need and they always will. It’s only poor and working class women who have died in back alleys.”
Google and Facebook Ended Mandatory Arbitration for Sexual Harassment Claims. Will Workers Outside the Tech Industry Benefit?
Employee advocates caution that the arbitration changes are a response to pressure and could be reversed.
Death and Dereliction
His Conviction Was Overturned. Why Is Arizona Doing Everything in Its Power to Keep Barry Jones on Death Row?
Rather than allow its case against Jones to withstand the scrutiny of a new trial, the state is determined to undo the order that threw out his conviction.
What Happens When a Barrio 18 Soldier Tries to Leave the Gang
There are an estimated 60,000 gang members in El Salvador. Benjamin knew many who wanted to leave, but they were afraid. He wanted to show them they could.