They Got Their Voting Rights Back, But Will They Go to the Polls?
Detric Linner, 41, is considering voting for the first time. Akasha Rabut/The Marshall Project This article was originally published by The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletter, or follow The Marshall Project on Facebook or Twitter. Most Sundays, Clint Williams attends service at one…
“It Felt Like We Were Responding to a Natural Disaster”: Inside the Chaos Following a Huge ICE Raid
Two women console each other while ICE agents raid the Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Mississippi.ASSOCIATED PRESS Stephanie Teatro was in her office in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday when the news hit: 680 workers in several Mississippi poultry plants had been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the largest workplace raid in more than…
Attention! We Have a New Commenting System.
The Coral Project As many of you already know, we have been testing a new commenting system called Coral over the past couple of months, and on Tuesday morning it goes live. To be specific, it goes live at 6 am Eastern time. If you want to know more about Coral and our plans for…
Attorney General William Barr Slams Progressive Prosecutors as “Dangerous”
Attorney General William Barr speaks during a tour of a federal prison on July 8 in Edgefield, South Carolina.John Bazemore/AP In a speech to law enforcement officers on Monday, Attorney General William Barr condemned a wave of progressive-minded district attorneys who have been elected in cities like Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago on pledges to reduce the…
Job Openings vs. Job Seekers
Alexia Fernández Campbell points out today that there are more job openings than there are unemployed to take them, something that’s been true for the past year and a half. Just to provide a slightly different perspective, however, here’s a chart that shows job openings vs. a broader measure of unemployment: The orange line is…
Trump Revives a 19th-Century Scheme to Block Poor Immigrants
An 1893 cartoon titled “Looking Backward” depicts the irony of American immigrants turning away additional newcomers. The caption reads: “They would close to the new-comer the bridge that carried them and their fathers over.” In 1882, four decades before the creation of the Border Patrol, the United States established one of its first ways of…