Injustice


The Real Book About the White Working Class

An interview with Les Leopold By Matt Taibbi In late February a new book by journalist Paul Waldman and University of Maryland professor Thomas Schaller, White Rural Rage, hit the bookshelves. The book was a…



How I Became a Migrant Trafficker in Mexico

By Belén Fernández In February 2024, far-right American activist and white nationalist Laura Loomer—whom former United States president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump once praised as “really very special”—descended upon Panama for a weeklong…


Biden Vowed to Reform Immigration Detention

Instead, Private Prisons Benefited By Ted Hesson, Mica Rosenberg and Kristina Cooke PHILIPSBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug 7 (Reuters)—As a presidential candidate in 2020, Joe Biden pledged to end for-profit immigration detention, saying: “No business should profit…


ICE and Solitary

Solitary confinement is torture. By Rachel Reed People held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce­ment, or ICE, were placed in solitary confinement 14,264 times in the past five years alone—a stunning figure that is likely…


Julian Assange’s Grand Inquisitor

Commentary by Chris Hedges The prosecution for the U.S., which is seeking to deny Julian Assange’s appeal of an extradition order, begun by the Trump administration and embraced by the Biden administration, grounded its arguments…



The Food on Your Table

Brought to You by Prison Labor Jamiles Lartey If you’ve shopped at Walmart, Target, Costco, Whole Foods or many other large grocery chains recently, there’s a chance you purchased food produced by prison labor, according…


Illusions of Safety

On freedom from policing By Mariame Kaba We’re in the midst of yet another bipartisan crime panic. Democratic mayors in San Fran­cisco, Chicago, D.C., Atlanta, and New York City are loudly demanding “law and order”…