Archive - The Watch

Where do we go from here?

Trump has broken our democracy. What happens next is up to us.

Jun 4 •

May 2025

On "unleashing" the police

Donald Trump doesn't really want cops to be unrestrained. He just wants to be the one holding the lead.

May 3 •

April 2025

March 2025

The redeem team

Collectively, they spent 155 years in prison. Now they counsel other people facing their own long sentences. A conversation with five "peer advocates…

Mar 15 •

Three things the Democrats can do right now

We're in dire times. The opposition party should start acting like it.

Mar 10 •

February 2025

January 2025

Clapping for Stalin

“At the conclusion of the conference, a tribute to Comrade Stalin was called for.

Jan 20 •

A Chicago judge just erased her predecessor's historic ruling on forensic firearms analysis

The courts continue to think that legitimacy comes not from correcting their mistakes, but insisting that they never make them.

Jan 14 •

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