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End Qualified Immunity
We need not wait for Congress or the Supreme Court. State attorneys general and city law departments can—and should—lead the charge themselves.
Hold Prosecutors Accountable, Too
In order to achieve lasting change, we must remedy systemic problems across the criminal justice system—not just among police.
Power over Policing
Reform efforts will fail. Only a power shift to communities can improve public safety.
Rights in a Pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis creates a conflict not between individual rights and the community, but rather between individual rights themselves—including, above all, the right to health.
The Murderous Legacy of Cold War Anticommunism
How the Washington-backed Indonesian mass killings of 1965 reshaped global politics, securing a decisive victory for U.S. interests against Third World self-determination.
The Cruelty of Trump’s ICE Under COVID-19
The Trump administration has rejected calls for mass humanitarian release and continues to deport detainees to Latin America.
What 30 Percent Unemployment Looks Like
As we know from South Africa's crisis, political and social fault lines will shape the contours of joblessness.
Trump, WHO, and Half a Century of Global Health Austerity
Any attempt to revive solidarity between rich and poor nations must begin by recapturing the commitment to social and economic rights on which the World Health Organization was founded.
International Labor Solidarity in a Time of Pandemic
A new geoeconomic order is creating opportunities for organizing along supply chains.
The Urgent Need for Civil Justice Reform
We face a surge of civil litigation in the wake of COVID-19—from eviction fights to loan disputes—but the system has languished in dire need of reform for decades.
Let the People Go
States should release from prison far more than the very small percentage of low-level, nonviolent offenders they hold.
No, Autocracies Aren’t Better for Public Health
Some have praised China’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but its suppression of information helped cause the problem in the first place.
Who’s in Charge?
It’s easy to interpret the disorder of our COVID-19 response through the lens of unpreparedness or partisanship. But that misses the complex legal structure of emergency governance.
How to Mend Our Broken Electoral Process
We must institute a method of electing a president that is sensitive to the votes of Americans everywhere.
Courting War
Despite claims to the contrary, the Trump administration wants regime change in Iran and is risking a full-scale war in order to get it.
Impeaching for Imperialism
Beneath Trump’s impeachment lurks a troubling complacency—among Democrats and Republicans alike—with the nature of U.S. imperial power.
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