American Journalism’s Role in Promoting Racist Terror American Journalism’s Role in Promoting Racist Terror
History must be acknowledged before justice can be done.
Apr 19, 2021 / Feature / Channing Gerard Joseph
Trump Bump Gives Way to Post-Trump Slump Trump Bump Gives Way to Post-Trump Slump
Sixty years ago the radical journalist I.F. Stone attended John F. Kennedy’s first press conference. Immune—or so he thought—to the new president’s charm, Stone had spent the 1960…
Apr 14, 2021 / D.D. Guttenplan
Dear Media, Let’s Treat the Climate Emergency Like the Pandemic Emergency Dear Media, Let’s Treat the Climate Emergency Like the Pandemic Emergency
Journalism must reflect what science says.
Apr 12, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard
Free Dr. Seuss! Free Dr. Seuss!
Corporate ownership of his classic works shouldn’t prevent us from having a grown-up conversation about racism and children’s literature.
Migrant Massage Workers Don’t Need to Be Rescued Migrant Massage Workers Don’t Need to Be Rescued
Wu, a member of the sex worker collective Red Canary Song, discusses body work at the intersection of class, race, gender, and whorephobia.
Apr 2, 2021 / Q&A / Rosemarie Ho
Dr. Seuss’s Mistakes Are the Least of Our Troubles Dr. Seuss’s Mistakes Are the Least of Our Troubles
If we insist on holding cultural history to contemporary standards, what will we have left?
Apr 1, 2021 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Media Must Stop Demonizing Immigrants The Media Must Stop Demonizing Immigrants
Before someone else “having a really bad day” decides to pick up a gun in response to their lies.
Mar 31, 2021 / Erika Andiola
Why Big Tech Shouldn’t Be Scared of Unions Why Big Tech Shouldn’t Be Scared of Unions
Unions could not only strengthen tech companies but also improve tech policy-making.
Mar 30, 2021 / David Goodfriend