Facebook Settles Suits Over Ad-Targeting Discrimination
The social network agrees to overhaul its practices to root out bias, allow oversight and pay fees in "historic" and "sweeping" agreement.
Trump Issues His First Veto After Rebuke of Border Order
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls the president's overruling of Congress's rejection of his emergency declaration a "lawless power grab."
The Trump Administration Is Breaking Up Families Because It Can
A Salvadoran father provided evidence that he's not a member of the MS-13 gang. The U.S. government separated him from his children anyway.
Police Release Video of Officers’ Fatal Struggle With Teen
The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland joins the call for an independent investigation into the death of Anton Brown last fall.
Leaked Memo Reveals Government Plan to 'Traumatize' Migrant Children
In a new interview with MSNBC, Sen. Jeff Merkley accuses the Trump administration of "intentionally [creating] a humanitarian disaster."
TD originals
The West Has Islam Dangerously Wrong
University of Michigan professor and author Juan Cole explores our biggest misconceptions about the world's second-largest religion. (Pictured: author Sam Harris.)
Government Mistakenly Wanted to Deport U.S. Veteran, Says ACLU
A Marine veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder is held for three days for possible deportation.
TD originals
Federal Court Foils Trump Administration Bid to Rewrite Census
This is the first of many lawsuits that could go all the way to the Supreme Court.
Book Review
Dubious History
In an age of alternative facts, this new edition of the classic "Lies My Teacher Told Me" is an essential cornerstone of historical literacy.
Progressives Demand Democrats Stonewall on All Senate Bills
Amid a government shutdown, organizations such as Indivisible call on elected officials to force the hand of Donald Trump and the GOP.
