You Should Stop Calling Immigrants “Migrants”
A subtle bipartisan shift in the language of immigration has opened the door to vilification and dehumanization.
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Trump’s Conspiracy Theory Campaign
Stoking and exploiting racist fears of immigrants is essentially all that Trump is running on.
There Are So Many Armed Cops on Subways That Now They’re Shooting Each Other
A police shooting that injured three people and one officer is the result of New York Mayor Eric Adams’s enforcement-first mentality.
Do Kamala Harris’s Neocon Supporters Just Hate Trump, or Is There Something More to Her Appeal?
Personally, I would not accept an endorsement from a world-historic war criminal.
It's Good Trump Won't Be Sentenced Until After the Election
Trump always wants to cast himself as a victim. Delaying his sentencing until after the election makes that harder.
Trump and Harris Agree: More Bombs for Israel
The candidates fought to out-hawk each other on sustaining the bloody status quo in the Middle East at the presidential debate.
Kamala Harris Accepted Trump’s Racist Lie That Immigration Is Bad
In a total capitulation to a far-right narrative, even typical liberal shibboleths about our “nation of immigrants” were absent on Tuesday night.
Justice for Indigenous Nations Is Rare. But This Supreme Court Decision Proves It Is Possible.
The Supreme Court’s 2020 decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma resulted in the largest restoration of Indigenous land in U.S. history.
Why the Media Won’t Report the Truth About Trump
The political press has doubled down on horse-race coverage of the election, overlooking the threat Trump poses to democracy.
College Administrators Spent Summer Break Dreaming Up Ways to Squash Gaza Protests
New York University students who speak out against Zionism will now risk violating the school’s nondiscrimination policies.