The New Vigilantes
They claim to protect the nation while violating it: the rising reports of ICE impersonation—and what Black and brown communities know about counterfeit authority.
The Last Door Before the Chamber
Eugene Goodman did not set out to become a symbol. On January 6, he became a human barrier between a mob and a Senate door—and then spent years living inside the consequences.
Who Gets to Be Innocent in Trump’s America?
The Exonerated Central Park Five were cleared by DNA and confession. Meanwhile, this slate of pardoned Capitol rioters kept colliding with the law—now with presidential clemency
A Rule Change, a Familiar Strategy
Trump’s crusade against mail voting relied on suspicion. The new USPS postmark standard could supply something more powerful: a technicality.
The Ledger of Other People’s Wealth
A century after Leopold’s private Congo, a U.S. president speaks about Venezuelan crude as if it were salvage—and the old extractive grammar finds new verbs.
The Slave Auction-Block Echoes of Rhetoric by Black Conservative Men
Why sexualized attacks on Black women in politics keep returning—and why some of the loudest amplifiers look like “family.”
When the Grand Jury Says No
Ordinary citizens twice refused to indict Letitia James. Their quiet rebellion may be the loudest verdict yet on Trump’s justice agenda.
Feeding the State: Trump, SNAP and the Price of Personal Data
The White House wants five years of personal information on food-aid recipients. Democratic states are refusing. The fight is about more than privacy—it’s about who gets to eat
Closing the Gate on King, History & Culture
Why the Trump administration ended free admission on MLK Day and Juneteenth—while adding the president’s birthday—and how conservative activists are reshaping the story of ci