The War on Immigrants
The U.S. Has Taken More Than 3,700 Children From Their Parents — and Has No Plan for Returning Them
The U.S. has created a bureaucratic nightmare for families whose children have been taken away from them.
Justice
The War on Immigrants
Trump Cabinet’s Bible Study Minister Justifies Child Separation as Consequence of Immigrants’ “Illegal Behavior”
Some members of the Christian right expressed reservations about Donald Trump's hard-line policies, but not those closest to the administration.
Can #MeToo Change the Toxic Culture of Sexism and Harassment at Cybersecurity Conferences?
Gatherings like Def Con and RSA are notorious for sexist behavior and alienating women — problems that plague the tech industry as a whole.
Anthony Ray Hinton Spent Almost 30 Years on Death Row. Now He Has a Message for White America.
In “The Sun Does Shine,” Hinton describes how racism sent him to die for two crimes he didn't commit.
Alabama’s Lynching Memorial and the Legacy of Racial Terror in the South
At the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, the historical link between lynching and the death penalty is hard to miss.
Iraq’s Courts Have Rushed to Convict Thousands of ISIS Fighters. This is One Family's Struggle for Fairness, Truth, and Reconciliation.
Rather than mending intercommunal rifts to pave the way for reconciliation, the ISIS trials risk further polarizing Iraq’s fractured society.
The War on Immigrants
Desperate Asylum-Seekers Are Being Turned Away by U.S. Border Agents Claiming There’s “No Room”
The practice of turning away asylum-seekers at the border has suddenly become routine, in defiance of U.S. and international law.
If a Prosecutor Breaks the Law in Secret, Does the Crime Exist? Not According to Texas Prosecutors.
The prosecuting attorney for the state of Texas claims that misconduct by DAs is rare, because it's rarely discovered. But that's because it's hidden.
Voices
The Misogynistic Logic of Jeff Sessions’s Horrifying New Asylum Policy For Domestic Violence Victims
Attorney General Jeff Sessions dismissed domestic violence as a “private” crime — compounding his anti-immigrant stance with misogyny.
Federal “Countering Violent Extremism” Grants Focus on Minority Communities — Including in Schools
The Brennan Center for Justice examines “CVE” grants focusing on minority communities, which critics say are just a new approach to surveillance.