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Trump Wants to Control the Judicial System, But Judges Are Fighting Back
Judges and former DOJ employees are criticizing Trump in ways that may prove hard for Senate Republicans to ignore.
The Slave Trade Used to Be Legal. Let’s Not Glorify the Law.
While legal strategies have been important in achieving historic gains for Black people, so have illegal acts.
Extradition of Assange Would Set a Dangerous Precedent
The Trump administration is using Assange as an example to warn journalists that they publish at their own peril.
Trump Wants to Inflict Severe Pain on Disabled Community Just Because He Can
Under Trump’s recent proposal, fewer people will be able to collect disability benefits.
Democrats Need to Cut the Realism and Start Dreaming — and Fighting — Big
Incrementalism is not the stuff of inspiration.
Wildfires Threaten North American Water Supplies
Polluted water creates many expensive, difficult and long-lasting challenges for drinking water treatment.
Trump’s Acquittal Has Ushered in a New Era of McCarthyist Purges
Trump is using the power of the soft purge to enforce a culture of absolute loyalty.
AI Algorithms Intended to Catch Welfare Fraud Often Punish the Poor Instead
These tools are often built on the assumption that fraud among the poor is endemic. In fact, it is rare.
Medicare for All Helps Unions by Taking Health Care Off the Bargaining Table
When health care is treated as a universal right, bosses cannot use it as a bargaining tool against workers.
Six Key Questions We Should Be Asking About the US’s Never-Ending Wars
For almost two decades, we have been engaged in the longest U.S. war in history.