The Sunrise Movement, a Growing Electoral Force, Faces "Painful Moment"
Sunrise feels growing pains amid a slew of electoral victories, raging arctic wildfires, and a vanishing ice sheet.
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The Best Movie Ever Made About the Truth Behind the Iraq War Is “Official Secrets”
The new movie starring Keira Knightley as a British whistleblower is equally inspiring, demoralizing, hopeful, and enraging.
How the Criminal Justice System Fails People With Mental Illness
“I found your baby,” Michelle Durden recalls the police officer saying after her son went missing. “He’s alive. And he’s in jail.”
On Climate Policy, Biden's Advisers Reveal More Than His Proposals Do
Several of Biden’s informal advisers and confidants are Obama administration veterans who have embraced fossil fuels and fracking.
As Black Vigilance Becomes Armed Vigilantism, Accountability Is Lost in Atlanta’s Streets
Street justice administered by people who don’t want anyone to know who they are is not a substitute for policing.
Coronavirus Cases Are Increasing at Texas Jail Where Efforts to Release People Amid Pandemic Fell Apart
The Harris County Jail cut its population by more than 1,500 people in March and April but is now on track to eclipse its pre-pandemic population.
“This Has to Stop”: Court Rejects Qualified Immunity for Officers Who Shot Wayne Jones 22 Times
Although police often make split-second decisions, “we expect them to do so with respect for the dignity and worth of black lives,” the judge wrote.
Jamaal Bowman Set to Oust Rep. Eliot Engel in Major Progressive Power Grab
As votes roll in, progressives in New York state are now poised to win a slew of primary victories.
Trump Prepares to Kill Brandon Bernard Even as Jurors Say His Life Should Be Spared
At age 18, Bernard was an accomplice to a murder. Now five jurors who sentenced him to death have changed their minds.
Rebuilding the Economy Will Require Joe Biden to Think Very Differently Than 2009
It is a delusion to think that merely injecting money will bring back the happy mix of jobs and incomes we've lost in the Covid-19 pandemic.