Tag: U.S.

The resurgence of anti-Semitism today is not a quirk of Donald Trump. It has deep roots in powerful institutions.

Despite what Steve King says, the U.S. was never a Christian nation.

Taking a stand against Trump has material consequences for government workers. Here's how we can help.

Stop-and-frisk and broken-windows policing have ravaged black communities, while failing to make cities any safer.

Throughout the twentieth century, bipartisan consensus was that black youth were latent criminals in need of abundant policing.

Many LGBT Americans live in rural places. Their invisibility to the gay rights movement is a problem.

A Massachusetts high court ruling acknowledges that black men aren’t wrong for wanting to run from police.

Undocumented immigrants face horrible conditions in U.S. detention, with little legal recourse.

Government has always played an outsize role in creating jobs—and still can.

America continues to be haunted by our need to grieve.

Integration doesn’t guarantee equality or freedom.

States are stealing from orphans to pad their budgets. And it's legal.

The DOJ says it will stop using private prisons. The truth is more complicated.

Trump may have just been running off at the mouth, but policy experts agree he’s not entirely wrong about our dysfunctional relationship with NATO.

The ideas in the movement’s new manifesto would enrich our practice of democracy.

The U.S. turns a blind eye on the murder of environmentalist Berta Cáceres.

On the cruelties the South doles out to animals, children, and black folks.

Debt still sends many people—especially black people—to jail.

Startups aren't the magic bullet for economic growth.

How social insurance became confused with socialism.

Government incentives may make us less moral, not more.

Local government can't fix our problems. Only big government can.

Images of police violence against African Americans have a radical heritage.