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From Paris to Raqqa
The Paris terror attacks prompt lawmakers on Capitol Hill to take aim at refugees and encryption.
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Police Brutality: “The Violence Is Not New, It’s the Cameras That Are New”
Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses white supremacy and being Black in the US.
Victory: Columbia University Divests $10 Million From Private Prisons
Behind the scenes with the student campaign that forced Columbia University to divest $10 million from private prisons.
There’s No Such Thing as a Climate Change Refugee, but There Ought to Be
The challenges of climate change are not merely technical and economic; they are legal as well.
Noam Chomsky | The Hubris of the United States
The US always claims that when it kills, it's in the name of democracy and virtue.
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No Thanks: How Thanksgiving Narratives Erase the Genocide of Native Peoples
Thanksgiving has nothing to do with Native American and Indigenous people. Its purpose is to serve the capitalism of empire.
Kochs’ Push for Criminal Legal Reform Is Aimed at Protecting Corporate Lawbreakers
The Kochs appear to want to change sentencing laws to help protect themselves and their ilk.
The Dangerously Limited Foreign Policy Discourse of the Democratic Candidates
After the Paris attacks, the Democratic candidates had a chance to offer progressive foreign policy ideas. They missed that chance.
Thanksgiving Thoughts on the Children of War
Our fear of the few is exacerbating the suffering of the many.
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On Holiday Myths and State Violence
Just as Thanksgiving whitewashes a period soaked in the blood of Natives slaughtered during crimes of conquest, the myth of police as guardians of the public whitewashes the reality …