Good Riddance to Robert E. Lee Good Riddance to Robert E. Lee
…and to “very fine people on both sides” apologias for Confederate infamy.
Dec 22, 2020 / John Nichols
How Should We Remember Ellis Island? How Should We Remember Ellis Island?
Ellis Island: A People’s History looks at the everyday injustices that have haunted the country’s stance on immigration for centuries.
Dec 22, 2020 / Books & the Arts / J. Howard Rosier
You Can Refuse to Work for Fossil Fuel Companies—These Law Students Show How You Can Refuse to Work for Fossil Fuel Companies—These Law Students Show How
“We should all disagree with a business model that condemns future generations to disaster and displacement.”
Dec 22, 2020 / StudentNation / Josh Kirmsse and Catherine Rocchi
The Latinx Future Will Not Look Like the Latinx Past The Latinx Future Will Not Look Like the Latinx Past
My generation is more outspoken—about inequality, assimilation, racism, and more—than those that came before.
Dec 22, 2020 / Photo Essay / Luis Manuel Diaz and Magnum Foundation
The Socialists vs. Andrew Cuomo The Socialists vs. Andrew Cuomo
Newly elected DSA members in the New York legislature will work with grassroots organizers to force the governor to tax the rich. Will their inside/outside strategy work?
Dec 22, 2020 / Liza Featherstone
Can Biden Finish What Obama Started With Cuba? Can Biden Finish What Obama Started With Cuba?
Here’s a smart blueprint for returning to normalized relations.
Dec 21, 2020 / Peter Kornbluh
The CIA Is Running Death Squads in Afghanistan The CIA Is Running Death Squads in Afghanistan
Reports of atrocities supported by the American intelligence agency underscore the need to end America’s longest war.
Dec 21, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Family Separations Family Separations
The parents of over 600 children, separated at the border by the US government, have not been located.
Dec 21, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
The Frenzied Paris of Virginie Despentes The Frenzied Paris of Virginie Despentes
Her trilogy of novels, Vernon Subutex, tell the story of a city and its inhabitants’ capacity for radical change.
Dec 21, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jacqueline Feldman
Iran Is Nearing Collapse Under the Strain of Covid-19 Iran Is Nearing Collapse Under the Strain of Covid-19
Tens of millions are reeling under an unholy trinity of pandemic, US sanctions, and government misrule.
Dec 21, 2020 / Ahmad Jalalpour