Immigrant Rights Groups Trash Border Deal: “Immigrant Families Will Pay the Price”
Democrats had pushed for cuts to ICE's detention budget, but ceded that demand in the interest of moving negotiations forward.
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Scott Warren Worked to Prevent Migrant Deaths in the Arizona Desert. The Government Wants Him in Prison.
Thousands of migrants have died crossing the desert in Arizona. The U.S. government is prosecuting activists who try to save lives and recover bodies.
The First-Ever Medicare for All Hearing Was Strangely Collegial
Given that Medicare for All isn’t a threat to become law while Republicans control the White House and Senate, the hearing took on a friendly feel.
Trump’s State of the Union Address Reveals His Growing Anxiety Over Encroaching Left-Wing Populism
Without being able to point to policies that have materially improved lives, Trump is forced to argue that his paltry efforts have made America great.
Joe Biden Would Be a Disaster
Mehdi Hasan and Rebecca Traister discuss the trouble with “Uncle Joe.”
Kamala Harris Wants to Be President. But What About Her Right-Wing Past?
Will Sen. Harris’s record as a prosecutor hurt her presidential chances given the democratic base’s leftward shift on criminal justice and civil liberties?
The Union Fight That Defined Beto O’Rourke’s City Council Days
Years before he was a potential 2020 presidential candidate, Beto O’Rourke was a leading voice in a high-profile battle with a police union.
It’s Still Open: Will the Guantánamo Bay Prison Become a 2020 Issue?
The reporter Carol Rosenberg has been covering Guantánamo Bay since before it became a “war on terror” prison camp — and she's still at it.
Avoid Surveillance With Helm, a Home Server Anyone Can Use to Keep Emails Truly Private
Helm is a well-thought-out product that’s as easy to set up as a smartphone. It’s $500 and $100 per year.
A Push to Repeal the Death Penalty Gains Ground Across the Western United States
Abolition of the death penalty has increasingly become a bipartisan issue, with fiscal conservatives joining reformers focused on wrongful convictions.