ABC Fires Roseanne Barr After Her Apology for Her Racist Tweet Confirmed It Was Racist
Roseanne Barr lost her popular television show on Tuesday, when ABC decided to cancel the sitcom after the actress posted a racist, Islamophobic tweet.
Justice
The War on Immigrants
Hidden Horrors of "Zero Tolerance" — Mass Trials and Children Taken From Their Parents
All along the border, immigrants coming into the U.S. — even those applying for asylum at ports of entry — have had their children removed from them.
How Identity Politics Has Divided the Left: An Interview With Asad Haider
A new book, “Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump,” grapples with the shifting relationship between personal identity and political action.
Voices
The Unbearable Whiteness of NFL Ownership
President Donald Trump demanded that the NFL suppress the national anthem protests, and the league obliged. Why? Look at the owners.
The End of Roe
Trump’s Gag Rule Would Pressure Medical Providers to Withhold Information on Abortion and Birth Control
The rule would discourage Title X providers from counseling patients about abortion and bar them from referring patients to an abortion provider.
The War on Immigrants
No End in Sight: An Egyptian Man’s Ordeal in ICE Custody and the Plight of Indefinite Immigration Detention
In fiscal year 2015, thousands of people detained by ICE had been held for more than a year, including five for more than eight years.
The War on Immigrants
Mass ICE Raids Leave a Trail of Misery and Broken Communities
One month after ICE agents surrounded a meatpacking plant in Tennessee, arresting 97 men and women, the tight-knit rural community is still reeling.
The War on Immigrants
How Customs and Border Protection Illegally Tried to Unmask a Rogue Twitter Account
A CBP agent demanded that Twitter turn over all its records on the @ALT_USCIS account. Problem was the order had no legal justification.
The War on Immigrants
A County Sheriff’s Election in North Carolina Has Become a Referendum on ICE’s Deportation Machine
In Mecklenburg County, the question of whether local police should help ICE deport people is a central issue in the race for sheriff.
The War on Immigrants
How the Border Patrol Faked Statistics Showing a 73 Percent Rise in Assaults Against Agents
Customs and Border Protection has grossly inflated its data on assaults against Border Patrol agents.