Adam Rhodes / PrismA Department of Justice memo obtained by Prism says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order.Activism
Jake Pearson / ProPublicaAs a congressman, Sean Duffy made an impassioned legal case against executive overreach. A decade later, judges have used those arguments to rebuke him for withholding billions in transportation funding.
Conor Lynch / TruthdigThe Trump economy has been a disaster for working people. But in exposing the moral rot permeating our ruling elite, it offers Democrats an opening.Immigration
Mel Leonor Barclay, Shefali Luthra / The 19thNayra Guzmán was arrested 15 days after her daughter’s difficult birth. Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE.
Jennifer Shutt / States NewsroomNearly 60% of enrollees say they are unable to cover the costs of a $300 increase in their premiums. Another 20% can’t afford a $1,000 increase.Economic Justice
Claudia Irizarry Aponte, Katie Honan / THE CITYMayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Sen. Bernie Sanders joined striking employees in Brooklyn after the coffee chain agreed to the city’s largest-ever worker protection settlement.
Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann ReportBecause the United States is not legally “at war” with drug traffickers, killing the people on that boat “amounts to murder.”TD Original
Christopher Lord / TruthdigWashington’s buffoonish diplomacy and trade bluster has left Beijing unamused but nonplussed.
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Dig Scape
A sonic exploration of the relationship between motor vehicles, pollution and extreme weather incidents.
Prison Reform
A Department of Justice memo obtained by Prism says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order.
Activism
Student activists have already won important victories — and they’re just getting started.
Politics
As a congressman, Sean Duffy made an impassioned legal case against executive overreach. A decade later, judges have used those arguments to rebuke him for withholding billions in transportation funding.
TD Column
The Trump economy has been a disaster for working people. But in exposing the moral rot permeating our ruling elite, it offers Democrats an opening.
Immigration
Nayra Guzmán was arrested 15 days after her daughter’s difficult birth. Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE.
Environment
Researchers estimate that 44% of the population in 2012 had dietary habits fueling food-related emissions.
Economic Justice
Nearly 60% of enrollees say they are unable to cover the costs of a $300 increase in their premiums. Another 20% can’t afford a $1,000 increase.
Economic Justice
Housing is the issue that can make or break New York’s experiment in municipal socialism.
Labor
Trump's second term in office has seen an all-out assault on organized labor.
Labor
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Sen. Bernie Sanders joined striking employees in Brooklyn after the coffee chain agreed to the city’s largest-ever worker protection settlement.
Opinion
Because the United States is not legally “at war” with drug traffickers, killing the people on that boat “amounts to murder.”
TD Original
Washington’s buffoonish diplomacy and trade bluster has left Beijing unamused but nonplussed.