02 July 19
Donald Ayer | Why Bill Barr Is So Dangerous
Donald Ayer, The Atlantic
Ayer writes: "The first few months of his current tenure, and in particular his handling of the Mueller report, suggest [...] that he is using the office he holds to advance his extraordinary lifetime project of assigning unchecked power to the president."
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Donald Ayer, The Atlantic
Ayer writes: "The first few months of his current tenure, and in particular his handling of the Mueller report, suggest [...] that he is using the office he holds to advance his extraordinary lifetime project of assigning unchecked power to the president."
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts took part in a Congressional fact-finding mission at migrant detention centers in Texas. (photo: Luke Montavon/Getty Images)
Ocasio-Cortez Details 'Horrifying' Conditions at Migrant Detention Facility
Tom McCarthy, Guardian UK
McCarthy writes: "Following a visit to a migrant detention center in Texas on Monday, the New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called conditions 'horrifying' and denounced sexualized threats against her - allegedly made by Customs and Border Protection officers - in the lead-up to the visit."
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Tom McCarthy, Guardian UK
McCarthy writes: "Following a visit to a migrant detention center in Texas on Monday, the New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called conditions 'horrifying' and denounced sexualized threats against her - allegedly made by Customs and Border Protection officers - in the lead-up to the visit."
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Demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in April to protest against the Trump administration's efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. (photo: Mandel Ngan/Getty Images)
Trump Administration's Delay in Census Printing Sets Up Count's 'Biggest Risk'
Hansi Lo Wang, NPR
Wang writes: "Justice Department attorneys told a federal judge in Maryland on Monday that the administration has not reached a final decision on whether it will try to make another case in court for adding a hotly contested citizenship question to census forms."
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Hansi Lo Wang, NPR
Wang writes: "Justice Department attorneys told a federal judge in Maryland on Monday that the administration has not reached a final decision on whether it will try to make another case in court for adding a hotly contested citizenship question to census forms."
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A caravan of migrants moving north after crossing the border from Honduras into Guatemala. (photo: John Moore/Getty Images)
20 Ways You Can Help Immigrants Now
Julia Travers, YES! Magazine
Travers writes: "Immigrant children are dying in federal custody. Children in detention are being denied basic supplies like soap and blankets - and the Trump administration says that's fine."
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Julia Travers, YES! Magazine
Travers writes: "Immigrant children are dying in federal custody. Children in detention are being denied basic supplies like soap and blankets - and the Trump administration says that's fine."
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The problem is dire: The U.S., with its enormous civilian-owned arsenal of guns, leads the developed world in gun violence. (photo: Javier Zarracina/Vox/Getty Images)
Democrats Have Been Discussing the Same Ideas on Guns for 25 Years. It's Time to Change That.
German Lopez, Vox
Excerpt: "There should be a Medicare-for-all or Green New Deal for ending gun violence."
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German Lopez, Vox
Excerpt: "There should be a Medicare-for-all or Green New Deal for ending gun violence."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders. (photo: Joshua Lott/Reuters)
Why Bernie Was Right to Oppose US Intervention in Central America
Hilary Goodfriend, Jacobin
Goodfriend writes: "Recently, an indignant Bernie Sanders called the New York Times to respond to a May 17 hit piece."
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Hilary Goodfriend, Jacobin
Goodfriend writes: "Recently, an indignant Bernie Sanders called the New York Times to respond to a May 17 hit piece."
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A severe water shortage is stalking Chennai, whose metropolitan area is home to 9 million people. (photo: Uday Deolekar)
As a Major Indian City Runs Out of Water, 9 Million People Pray for Rain
Niha Masih and Joanna Slater, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "A severe water shortage is stalking Chennai, whose metropolitan area is home to 9 million people. The city's reservoirs and lakes are parched and its wells have run dry after two years of scanty rains here."
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Niha Masih and Joanna Slater, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "A severe water shortage is stalking Chennai, whose metropolitan area is home to 9 million people. The city's reservoirs and lakes are parched and its wells have run dry after two years of scanty rains here."
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