How the House Armed Services Committee, in the Middle of a Pandemic, Approved a Huge Military Budget and More War in Afghanistan
The least-discussed congressional proceedings are often the most consequential — and almost always bipartisan.
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Instead of Freeing Elderly Prisoners in Response to Coronavirus, Cuomo Created a Prison Nursing Home Way Upstate
A case of the coronavirus has already been reported at the nursing home prison.
No ID, No Job: How Coronavirus Left Parolees in Excruciating Limbo After Leaving Prison
With basic government services shut down, people granted parole are unable to get on their feet after leaving prison.
House Democrats, Working With Liz Cheney, Restrict Trump's Planned Withdrawal of Troops From Afghanistan and Germany
The bipartisan commitment to using Russia for endless war and imperialism remains vibrant.
I Am a Book Critic. Here's What Is Wrong With "Black Lists" -- and What Is Good.
We are in the era of Black Lives Matter, but anti-racism books should not hold value only in relation to troubled times.
Chechnya Is Trying to Exterminate Gay People. Our Silence Only Emboldens Vladimir Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov.
A new film, "Welcome to Chechnya," documents the torture, disappearances, and extrajudicial killings of gay men in the Russian republic.
Black Lives Matter Wants to End Police Brutality. History Suggests It Will Go Much Further.
The Movement for Black Lives says, “We seek not reform but transformation.” Here’s what that would mean.
What Would Jamaal Bowman’s Win Over Pro-Israel Eliot Engel Mean for Palestinian Rights?
Bowman’s ouster of Engel, an influential pro-Israel hawk, is on its own a game-changer. Whether Bowman will be a pro-Palestinian ally is less clear.
Defunding the Police Must Include Ending the Surveillance of Muslims
We must defund the Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Violent Extremism programs that target Black Muslim communities.
Should the Populist Left Work With the Populist Right Where They Have Common Ground, or Shun Them?
A vital debate erupted last week from a vitriolic exchange between Nathan Robinson and Krystal Ball.