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A Honduran man walks with his daughter near Metropolitan Detention Center on October 2nd, 2018, in Los Angeles, California.

Social Justice

The Sudden Release of Asylum Seekers Highlights the Trump Administration’s Failure to Respond to a Surge in Family Arrivals

Hundreds of family asylum seekers were released in Arizona this week without shelter, overwhelming churches and non-profits as communities scrambled to accommodate them.

Jack Herrera

High school students from New Jersey hold American flags as they attend the March For Our Lives rally just north of Columbus Circle in New York City. Thousands of demonstrators, including students, teachers, and parents are gathering in Washington, New York City, and other cities across the country for an anti-gun violence rally organized by survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School school shooting.

Social Justice

Can We Rebuild Community in an Age of Division?

The erosion of social capital has weakened some of America's most entrenched civic organizations and furthered a sense of individualism among its citizens.

Chayenne Polimédio

Two migrants lean against a rail next to the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Tijuana, Mexico, on August 10th, 2018.

Social Justice

How Trump’s Immigration Policies Are Provoking Insecurity at the U.S.-Mexico Border

The administration's mass deportations and refusal to take in escapees from disaster may be fueling organized crime in Tijuana and other border towns.

Massoud Hayoun

President Donald Trump talks to the press as he leaves the White House on October 9th, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

Social Justice

Trump, Kavanaugh, and the Fruits of ‘Dignity Politics’

Political scientist Francis Fukuyama argues we can only heal our national divisions with a new, creed-based American identity.

Tom Jacobs

Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film version of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.

Social Justice

How Reconsidering Atticus Finch Makes Us Reconsider America

In his new book, historian Joseph Crespino offers lessons drawn from Harper Lee's ambivalent treatment of this iconic character.

Brandon Tensley

An immigration detainee stands near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement grievance box in the high security unit at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange, California, on March 14th, 2017.

What You Need to Know About the ACLU’s Case Against the Mandatory Detention of Immigrants

The case—Brett Kavanaugh's first as a Supreme Court justice—deals with mandatory detention laws to keep immigrants in prisons during trials, even if they aren't a public danger or flight risk.

Jack Herrera

Social Justice

What Does Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Mean for Women’s Reproductive Rights?

The deeply conservative judge's position on the court is one of many threats toward abortion rights.

B. Jessie Hill

People protest President Donald Trump's immigration policies in front of a federal courthouse in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on July 11th, 2018.

Social Justice

More Research Finds That Immigrants Increase Economic Growth

A new report from The Hamilton Project refutes claims that immigrants are ruining native-born Americans' job prospects and driving up crime rates.

Dwyer Gunn

Kevin de León often frames himself as a leader of the resistance movement against President Donald Trump.

Social Justice

California Senatorial Candidate Kevin de León Talks Immigration, Health Care, and Standing Up to Trump

After authoring California's sanctuary state law and drafting its 100 percent renewable energy goals, the state senator talks with Pacific Standard about setting his sights on an even higher ambition: unseating Dianne Feinstein.

Jack Herrera