Sex and the Stricken City: In Praise of Proximity Sex and the Stricken City: In Praise of Proximity
The politics of fear is potent, but it may be losing its grip
Jun 26, 2020 / Feature / JoAnn Wypijewski
Bill de Blasio Broke His Promise to New York Bill de Blasio Broke His Promise to New York
The mayor’s retreat on police reform is a wound that won’t heal.
Jun 26, 2020 / The Editors
The Rule of Law Is Being Gutted Because ‘Moderate’ Republicans Stayed Silent The Rule of Law Is Being Gutted Because ‘Moderate’ Republicans Stayed Silent
Never-Trumpers and other GOPers could have stopped the rise of people like William Barr, Michael Flynn, and Neomi Rao—but they didn’t.
Jun 25, 2020 / Elie Mystal
LGBTQI Rights Are Human Rights LGBTQI Rights Are Human Rights
The Supreme Court ruled a landmark civil rights law protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination.
Jun 25, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Hong Kong’s Cartoonists Aren’t Giving Up on Dissent Hong Kong’s Cartoonists Aren’t Giving Up on Dissent
As the city braces for a new law that could stifle free speech, local artists are still spurring on the protest movement.
Jun 25, 2020 / Rachel Cheung
It’s Time to Disarm the Police It’s Time to Disarm the Police
It can be done. Just look at London!
Jun 25, 2020 / D.D. Guttenplan
How Visual Culture Is Implicated in Mass Incarceration How Visual Culture Is Implicated in Mass Incarceration
Art historian Nicole R. Fleetwood’s Marking Time explores the creative practices and cultural institutions shaped by the prison industrial complex.
Jun 25, 2020 / Jessica Lynne
‘We Can’t Be Duped by Petty Reforms’: A Q&A With a Black Panther ‘We Can’t Be Duped by Petty Reforms’: A Q&A With a Black Panther
Kent Ford, who founded the Portland, Ore., chapter of the Black Panther Party, says we’re finally seeing Fred Hampton’s multiracial coalition in action.
Jun 25, 2020 / Jules Boykoff
How Racism Works in a Democratic City How Racism Works in a Democratic City
Michele Goodwin, plus Mia Birdsong on abolishing the police.
Jun 25, 2020 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Black Lives Matter Protests Are Everywhere, Even in the Unlikeliest Places Black Lives Matter Protests Are Everywhere, Even in the Unlikeliest Places
While massive crowds and police crackdowns rocked major cities, countless other demonstrations occurred in small cities and towns—even in conservative areas with no history of prot...
Jun 25, 2020 / Zoë Carpenter