Eco-Apartheid Is Real Eco-Apartheid Is Real
The climate crisis is converging with a housing crisis. We need to tackle both with a Green New Deal for Housing.
Jul 26, 2019 / Daniel Aldana Cohen
Half a Century Before Colin Kaepernick, Jackie Robinson Said, ‘I Cannot Stand and Sing the Anthem.’ Half a Century Before Colin Kaepernick, Jackie Robinson Said, ‘I Cannot Stand and Sing the Anthem.’
A segregationist senator tried to use Robinson to destroy Paul Robeson. Instead, Robinson called out racism.
Jul 18, 2019 / Peter Dreier
Black Capitalism Won’t Save Us Black Capitalism Won’t Save Us
Celebrities like Killer Mike and Jay-Z equate black ownership with liberation—but you can’t end racial inequality with consumerism.
May 22, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman
Why the Highlander Attack Matters Why the Highlander Attack Matters
The arson attack on the Highlander Center, a longtime leader in racial and social-justice work, is not merely a hate crime—it’s an act of war.
Apr 12, 2019 / Feature / Robin D.G. Kelley and Makani Themba
Kyle Korver Challenges Every White Athlete to Listen and Act Kyle Korver Challenges Every White Athlete to Listen and Act
The NBA player’s essay in The Players’ Tribune is a game changer.
Apr 9, 2019 / Dave Zirin
San Jose State Will Build a Parking Structure on Hallowed Ground San Jose State Will Build a Parking Structure on Hallowed Ground
By paving a historic track to put up a parking lot, the school is erasing history.
Apr 5, 2019 / Dave Zirin
First, They Came for Ilhan Omar First, They Came for Ilhan Omar
The congresswoman was smeared—nothing she said warranted the criticism she received. But progressives should not fall into the trap of denying that anti-Semitism exists on the left...
Mar 15, 2019 / D.D. Guttenplan
The Man With the SS Tattoo The Man With the SS Tattoo
How do we deal with the Nazis living among us?
Mar 14, 2019 / Between the Lines / Laila Lalami
Schools Are Policing Black Kids’ Hair, and Betsy DeVos Needs to Stop Them Schools Are Policing Black Kids’ Hair, and Betsy DeVos Needs to Stop Them
Efforts to “fix” black students’ hair are a vestige of our segregated past that deemed blackness inferior.
Mar 5, 2019 / StudentNation / Andre Perry
Is Trump a Racist? Is Trump a Racist?
Yes, but that’s the wrong question.
Feb 20, 2019 / Steve Phillips