The Biden Administration re-opened a Trump-era detention site for migrant children. Rather than seeking out new and better solutions–alternatives that depend on carceral solutions–the administration instead is trying to sell us an image of a kinder, gentler imprisonment. I wrote this for The Guardian. This week, the Biden administration did …
In the wake of the storming of the Capitol, many people have begun calling to expand the War on Terror. This would be a grave error. Here’s why. I wrote this piece for The Nation. A fter last week’s storming of the US Capitol by a right-wing mob resembling an …
The election is over, and every immigrant, refugee, asylum seeker, and human being can now breathe a sigh of a relief. I …
I wrote this essay, prompted by Donald Trump’s photo-op visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, for The Guardian. Here’s part of the essay: It …
I wrote this essay, on how the latest conspiracy theory is yet another example of how Americans are being misled by right-wing …
I wrote this piece for The Nation, and it was published on June 30. Around the same time that I was writing …
I wrote this op-ed for the New York Times on why nuisance abatement laws force stores in low-income neighborhoods to operate almost …
I was asked by Scena 9, a Romanian magazine, to write a very short essay on the Black Lives Matter protests in …
If you venture outside during this pandemic, make sure you cover up!
Donald Trump now refers to himself as a “wartime president” who is fighting the “invisible enemy” of the coronavirus. He’s hardly the …