The White Left Needs to Embrace Black Leadership The White Left Needs to Embrace Black Leadership
The current uprisings are what class struggle in the 21st century looks like.
Jul 2, 2020 / Barbara Ransby
ICE Just Became Even Less Transparent ICE Just Became Even Less Transparent
The new classification protects the identity of officials from public disclosure.
Jul 2, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein
Representative Barbara Lee: ‘Defund the Pentagon Budget’ Representative Barbara Lee: ‘Defund the Pentagon Budget’
The California representative is calling for reallocation from military budgets to meet human needs. And she’s got allies like Bernie Sanders.
Jul 2, 2020 / John Nichols
Jon Fosse’s Existential Doppelgängers Jon Fosse’s Existential Doppelgängers
In the Norwegian author’s hypnotic novel The Other Name, two men come face to face with the limits of art and life.
Jul 2, 2020 / Dustin Illingworth
How Did Police Unions Get So Powerful? How Did Police Unions Get So Powerful?
Police unions are on the defensive for perhaps the first time since their formation. It’s been a long time coming.
Jul 2, 2020 / Ross Barkan
‘We Are Not Even Beginning to Be Over This Pandemic’ ‘We Are Not Even Beginning to Be Over This Pandemic’
CDC Deputy Director Anne Schuchat did something really radical. She told the truth about Covid-19 in the US.
Jul 2, 2020 / Gregg Gonsalves
Tear Gas and Clubs in Lafayette Square Were Just the Beginning Tear Gas and Clubs in Lafayette Square Were Just the Beginning
Trump and Barr are turning to the “Occupy model” to crush the current uprising against police brutality.
Jul 2, 2020 / Dave Lindorff
Black Visibility Matters—and Not Just During Trauma Black Visibility Matters—and Not Just During Trauma
The recent increase in the representation and prominence of Black voices amid the nation’s racial uprising is bittersweet—and limiting.
Jul 2, 2020 / Ernest Owens
We Take Homelessness for Granted. The Pandemic Should Change That. We Take Homelessness for Granted. The Pandemic Should Change That.
The problem is not that there is no money, but that the decisions have already been made not to spend it on homelessness and the injustices that create and perpetuate it.
Jul 2, 2020 / Mary Kate Bacalao