Recent Highlights
The Shameful Truth About Britain’s Response to Grenfell
It’s not that we don’t see injustice such as Grenfell or Windrush, it’s that we get bored by it.
By Gary Younge in the Guardian.
House Democrats Hold Trump Officials in Contempt for Withholding Census Documents
The attorney general and commerce secretary have refused to provide key documents about why they added a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
By Ari Berman in Mother Jones.
McConnell And Trump: Democracy’s Enemies Within
Among the most disturbing moments during the last presidential election cycle occurred in September 2016, when a group of top intelligence officials briefed congressional leaders on the Kremlin’s aggressive hacking campaign.
By Joe Conason in the National Memo.
The Problem With Billionaires Fighting Climate Change? The Billionaires
It’s great that philanthropists are pouring money into environmental causes. But it would be better for the planet if billionaires didn’t exist at all.
By Kate Aronoff in the Guardian.
Toxic PFAS Chemicals Found In Maine Farms Fertilized With Sewage Sludge
The evidence of PFAS in sludge comes just days after an FDA investigation revealed that the nonstick compounds had made their way into some foods.
By Sharon Lerner in the Intercept.
Tiffany Cabán Wants to Reimagine Criminal Justice in Queens
Tiffany Cabán, a career public defender, is running for district attorney of Queens with an ambitious criminal-justice-reform agenda.
By Collier Meyerson in the Intelligencer.
Wall Street Goes Silent on #MeToo
You might think that, a year and a half into the #MeToo movement, sexual harassment would be a front-burner issue for the people paid to diversify Wall Street.
By Susan Antilla in the Intercept.
Changing the Game
Naomi Klein argues that tackling environmental and economic problems must coincide.
By Naomi Klein in the Times Literary Supplement.
Force-Feeding Is Cruel, Painful, and Degrading—and American Prisons Won’t Stop
In a Colorado supermax facility, hunger-striking inmates have been force-fed and barred from sharing their ordeal with the outside world. A prisoner breaks his silence for the first time.
By Aviva Stahl in the Nation.
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