Supreme Privilege
Key Moments in the Senate Testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh
Highlights from the testimony of Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, to the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington.
Justice
NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner Was Held in Isolation for a Week and No One Has Explained Why
During her transfer to a federal prison, NSA whistleblower Reality Winner was held in isolation in a Florida jail for a week.
Voices
Trump’s Plan to Deny Green Cards to People on Medicaid or Food Stamps Is a Full-Blown Attack on the Immigrant Poor
Trump is creating an impossible choice between getting help and legal residency — his administration's latest tool of ethnic cleansing.
Trump Gets 100 Countries to Sign On to His U.N. Drug War Plan, Ignoring Changing Thinking on Human Rights and Legalization
Some brutal regimes with draconian drug policies signed on — and a few allies balked at the Trump administration's retrograde drug war push.
An Untold Number of Indigenous Children Disappeared at U.S. Boarding Schools. Tribal Nations Are Raising the Stakes in Search of Answers.
Tribal nations have turned to the U.N. in an effort to obtain a full accounting of those who went missing at schools like the Carlisle Indian School.
Accused Torturer Jon Burge Died Last Week, but His Legacy of Brutal, Racist Policing Lives on in Chicago
Jon Burge's torture was a particularly morbid symptom of a much larger problem of racism and brutality among Chicago cops.
The War on Immigrants
Prosecuting Parents — and Separating Families — Was Meant to Deter Migration, Signed Memo Confirms
A DHS memo offers a glimpse into the still unfolding story of how the Trump administration justified family separation at the border.
The War on Immigrants
Undocumented Immigrant Faces a Choice: Become an Informant for ICE or Be Deported
ICE told Carlos Rueda Cruz to focus on “illegal aliens” with criminal histories. He would need to produce one name per month or be sent back to Mexico.
Supreme Privilege
If Brett Kavanaugh's Calendar Doesn't Show the Binge Drinking He Boasted of in His Yearbook, What Does It Prove?
Does Brett Kavanaugh’s high school social calendar detail the frequent drunken bouts he boasted of in his yearbook? If not, it is an incomplete record.
Voices
There's Nothing Natural About Puerto Rico's Disaster
Honoring the victims of Hurricane Maria begins with telling the truth. Long before that storm, Puerto Rico was a textbook example of disaster capitalism.