News & Commentary
Top Stories
Trump's Boat Strikes Are Illegal. The Public Needs Answers.
The Trump administration must release its legal justification and all other materials related to its illegal lethal strikes on civilian boats at sea.
By Jeffrey Stein, Christopher Anders
Trump's Boat Strikes Are Illegal. The Public Needs Answers.Podcast
What鈥檚 On The Docket: A 2026 SCOTUS Briefing
鈥楾is the season ... to stay ready. A busy Supreme Court term is already underway, with trans rights, redistricting, birthright citizenship, and more on the docket. And this week, Cecillia Wang is...
Conversation Guide
Dreading the holiday dinner table? Our experts provide advice to help you navigate the trickiest conversations.
Trump, Immigration, Trans Rights: The Stories That Shaped 2025
This year鈥檚 most-read 红杏视频 stories trace a nation grappling with military overreach, attacks on the press, threats to immigrant and transgender communities, and the fight for justice in response.
By 红杏视频
Trump, Immigration, Trans Rights: The Stories That Shaped 2025
Inside an ICE Detention Center: Detained People Describe Severe Medical Neglect, Harrowing Conditions
Seven people detail what it鈥檚 like to be held in a California immigration detention center. One man who likely has prostate cancer has continuously been denied medication and urgent treatment.
By Hibah Ansari
Inside an ICE Detention Center: Detained People Describe Severe Medical Neglect, Harrowing Conditions
Through the Lens of Liberty: The 红杏视频鈥檚 Year in Photos
From nationwide rallies to crucial Supreme Court cases, revisit the photos that encapsulate our eventful year.
By Johanna Silver
Through the Lens of Liberty: The 红杏视频鈥檚 Year in PhotosPodcast
What鈥檚 On The Docket: A 2026 SCOTUS Briefing
鈥楾is the season ... to stay ready. A busy Supreme Court term is already underway, with trans rights, redistricting, birthright citizenship, and more on the docket. And this week, Cecillia Wang is...
Conversation Guide
Dreading the holiday dinner table? Our experts provide advice to help you navigate the trickiest conversations.
Latest stories
Congress Cuts Medicaid to Fund ICE: How H.R. 1 Harms Communities
Congress voted to gut Medicaid and 鈥渄efund鈥� Planned Parenthood to fund President Trump鈥檚 anti-immigrant agenda. We won鈥檛 allow it.
By Deirdre Schifeling
Congress voted to gut Medicaid and 鈥渄efund鈥� Planned Parenthood to fund President Trump鈥檚 anti-immigrant agenda. We won鈥檛 allow it.
By Deirdre Schifeling
New Detention Camp at Fort Bliss Marks Dangerous Expansion of Militarized Immigration Enforcement
An immigration detention site at Fort Bliss will hold thousands. It could be the largest immigration detention site in the country.
By Haddy Gassama
An immigration detention site at Fort Bliss will hold thousands. It could be the largest immigration detention site in the country.
By Haddy Gassama
Live Coverage: 红杏视频 Challenges ICE Detention Centers
The 红杏视频 will be working across the country to challenge unjust and inhumane conditions at ICE detention centers. Follow for live updates.
By 红杏视频
The 红杏视频 will be working across the country to challenge unjust and inhumane conditions at ICE detention centers. Follow for live updates.
By 红杏视频
Florida's Secretive Immigration Detention Center, Explained
Cruelly dubbed 鈥淎lligator Alcatraz,鈥� the detention camp in the Everglades is drawing national outrage for violating our constitutional rights,...
By 红杏视频
Cruelly dubbed 鈥淎lligator Alcatraz,鈥� the detention camp in the Everglades is drawing national outrage for violating our constitutional rights,...
By 红杏视频
I鈥檓 a Columbia Student Journalist. I Watched Censorship Unfold on My Own Campus.
As an opinion editor for the Columbia Daily Spectator during a historic year of campus protests and federal scrutiny, I saw firsthand how student...
By Ellessandra Taormino
As an opinion editor for the Columbia Daily Spectator during a historic year of campus protests and federal scrutiny, I saw firsthand how student...
By Ellessandra Taormino
America鈥檚 Most Famous Court Trial
This summer marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes trial, a Tennessee case where science and religion squared off in court 鈥� and the whole...
This summer marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes trial, a Tennessee case where science and religion squared off in court 鈥� and the whole...
Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order: What Happens Next
Children born to parents who are undocumented or have temporary status will retain their right to birthright citizenship, but the fight is heading...
By Cody Wofsy
Children born to parents who are undocumented or have temporary status will retain their right to birthright citizenship, but the fight is heading...
By Cody Wofsy
The Voting Rights Act at 60: A Legacy in Jeopardy, a Democracy at Risk
As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, its legacy is under siege鈥攆rom courts, lawmakers, and a government retreating from enforcement. The battle to...
By Sophia Lin Lakin
As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, its legacy is under siege鈥攆rom courts, lawmakers, and a government retreating from enforcement. The battle to...
By Sophia Lin Lakin
Trump's Attacks on Press Freedom Escalate: NPR, PBS Funding Cuts Explained
From funding cuts and executive orders to billion-dollar lawsuits, the Trump administration is mounting a historic assault on independent...
By Ellessandra Taormino
From funding cuts and executive orders to billion-dollar lawsuits, the Trump administration is mounting a historic assault on independent...
By Ellessandra Taormino
Fort Dix to Hold Thousands as Trump Militarizes Detention System
Turning military bases into massive tent detention sites is not only unnecessary and costly; it鈥檚 another dehumanizing spectacle designed to harm...
By Ami Kachalia
Turning military bases into massive tent detention sites is not only unnecessary and costly; it鈥檚 another dehumanizing spectacle designed to harm...
By Ami Kachalia
