Jeff Adachi: How America Came to Have the World’s Biggest Prison Population
The Japanese-American public defender tells how his family's past affects his present and reveals why he withdrew his support of California's new bail law.
Susan Lacy: Jane Fonda Is a Living, Breathing Rebuke of the Patriarchy
The "Jane Fonda in Five Acts" director reflects on the film star's personal evolution and her sui generis brand of political activism.
Anand Giridharadas: Billionaires Are the Lethal Monkey on the Back of the American Public
The "Winners Take All" author explains how the philanthropy of the 1 percent creates harmful illusions.
Helen Sklar: Bill Clinton Enabled Trumps Immigration Policy
The immigration attorney explores Democrats' key role in forging some of our country's most xenophobic policies.