Standing Rock Pitches Last-Ditch Fight for the Right to Vote in North Dakota
Standing Rock tribal members were skeptical of supporting Democrat Sen. Heidi Heitkamp. Then Republicans attempted to stop them from voting at all.
Justice
Florida's Amendment 4 Would Restore Voting Rights to 1.4 Million People
On Tuesday voters will decide whether to pass Amendment 4, which would restore voting rights to 1.4 million of Florida's 1.68 million convicted felons.
The War on Immigrants
“The United States Is Not a Safe Country”: Canadian Advocates Want to End a Policy That Turns Asylum-Seekers Back to U.S.
Canada's Liberal government is standing by the Safe Third Country Agreement, an arrangement that is increasingly hard to defend in the age of Trump.
The War on Immigrants
ICE Arrests at New York City Courthouses Are Increasing — This Video Captures One
ICE arrests of immigrants at or near New York City courthouses have spiked dramatically in recent months.
The War on Immigrants
Trump Administration's Limits on Asylum for Domestic Violence Put Guatemalan Women in Peril
In June, Attorney General Jeff Sessions placed new limits on the ability of domestic violence victims to receive asylum, with dire consequences for Guatemalan women.
The War on Immigrants
The Military’s Justification for Sending Thousands of Troops to the Border Is the Opposite of the Truth
Trump's military campaign to secure the midterm elections, Operation Faithful Patriot, has a lot in common with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Voices
After Last Week, There’s No Hope That the Media Will Ever Abandon False Equivalencies With the Far Right
“You guys do it, too,” NBC’s Chuck Todd told a Democratic representative, referring to anti-Semitic incitement — personifying a media false equivalence.
Voices
Never Trust a Reporter Who Bounces in His Chair With Glee
Axios’s gleeful use of Donald Trump’s latest xenophobic policy announcement as a PR tool for its new HBO show is grotesque.
Voices
Is Donald Trump an Anti-Semite?
What responsibility should Trump take for the current toxic climate? And what does the evidence say: Is the president an anti-Semite?
Voices
Trump Is Blaming the Media for One of the Worst Weeks in Modern American History — but His Own Support for Violent Bigotry Is to Blame
The Pittsburgh attacker blamed Jews for bringing migrants into the U.S. There’s a direct connection to Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric.