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Paying to Be Locked Up
Private prison companies treat immigrant detainees like convicted criminals—and reap huge profits from the people they hold
by Keramet Reiter | Monday, December 03, 2018
Stress Test for Free Speech
Social media are destroying the democratic culture that the First Amendment is meant to protect
by Lincoln Caplan | Tuesday, September 04, 2018
In the Labyrinth of #MeToo
Addressing sexual aggression and power in contemporary society also means questioning what the feminist movement has really been about
by Sandra M. Gilbert | Monday, June 04, 2018
A Vacuum at the Center
How a demagogue resembles a typhoon, and why it matters to the future of the republic
by W. Robert Connor | Monday, March 05, 2018
Here’s the Beef with Chicken from China
The Trump USDA favored a powerful lobby over American food safety
by James McWilliams | Monday, December 04, 2017
Opioids and Paternalism
To help end the crisis, both doctors and patients need to find a new way to think about pain
by David Brown | Tuesday, September 05, 2017
Our Nuclear Future
We may think the bomb is back, but it never really went away
by Jeffrey Lewis | Monday, June 05, 2017
A Brief History of Secession
Why Calexit might not be as crazy as you think
by Richard Striner | Monday, March 06, 2017
“We Must Not Be Enemies”
Progressives who wish for a less reactionary America could begin by trying to understand the Trump voter
by Amitai Etzioni | Monday, December 05, 2016
The Virtue of an Educated Voter
The Founders believed that a well-informed electorate preserves our fragile democracy and benefits American society as a whole
