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Four Takeaways From the Supreme Court’s Census Citizenship Question Ruling
The court’s decision was a victory for a fair and inclusive count, but dangers still remain.
Inside the Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths
The group has roughly 9,500 members and is known for its graphic imagery of migrants and politicians.
Online Database Is Tracking and Exposing Police Officers’ Racist Facebook Posts
It’s found more than 5,000 racist, sexist and Islamophobic Facebook posts and comments by law enforcement.
In the Trump Era, Big-Time Sports Have Entered a Jockpocalypse
The worst values and sensibilities of our increasingly corrupted civic society are affecting the world of sports.
To Create a New Deal That Works for Everyone, We Must Shun Centrism
The New Deal left many behind. It's time to create even bolder policies that confront the racist status quo.
The White Man’s Biden
Has Joe Biden ever met a vicious conservative he doesn’t like?
Let’s Shut Down the Authoritarian Machine
In an age of fascist politics, we must fight the emergence of apocalyptic nationalism and racist authoritarianism.
We Are Witnessing Imperial Decline in an Age of Planetary Decline
The Trump phenomenon isn’t just an American problem, it’s distinctly global.
Chicago Police Killing of Laquan McDonald Exposed a System Built on Lies
A new documentary examines the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald and the attempted cover-up by Chicago police.
Bringing Police Torture in Chicago to the Full Light of Day
Flint Taylor's “The Torture Machine” is a personal history of the legal battle to expose Chicago's human rights abuses.