The new president could take executive action on many of the largest problems within the United States, right away, on his own.
LEE CAMP: What Biden Can Do Without Congress (But Won’t)
Category: Immigration
10 Worst Things Trump Did & 5 Things He Didn’t Do
Donald Trump has left the White House. We look back at his tumultuous four years in the Oval Office, judging the worst, and not so worst, things he did, and some things he didn’t do.
ELECTION 2020: More Humane Cages?
Passing as a Refugee
For those who are stateless, “fraud” can allow for the smuggling of truths into administrative lies, writes Keren Weitzberg.
A Convergence of Calamities
Nick Turse reports on a humanitarian catastrophe that has only begun to unfold and has already uprooted more people than during all of World War II.
ELECTION 2020: US Suburbs & Politics Have Radically Changed
These days they vary a great deal by well-being, race and ethnicity and that makes them politically dynamic, says Jan Nijman.
Taking Money With One Hand & Fooling Us With the Other
The hidden costs of capitalism to human lives and the natural world are beginning to be laid bare, writes Jonathan Cook, but the Establishment is fighting back.
ELECTION 2020: Trump’s Law & Order Campaign Taps US Tradition of Racist & Anti-Immigrant Politics
Throughout this nation’s history, appeals to law and order have been as much about defending privilege as dealing with crime, writes Austin Sarat.
Seeking Asylum? Not Here!
Rich and poor countries alike are closing their borders to the rising number of people fleeing poverty, human rights abuse, violence, failing states and climate change, writes Joseph Chamie.
BEIRUT EXPLOSION: Impending Food Crisis in Lebanon Looms Over Migrant Workers After Blast
Even before the blast, many in this vulnerable community were stranded by pandemic travel restrictions.