Danez Smith Makes Room for the Messiness of Language Danez Smith Makes Room for the Messiness of Language
We talked to Smith about their new poetry collection, Homie, and what it means to create poetic space for your community.
Mar 5, 2020 / Q&A / Rosemarie Ho
Trump’s Education Policy Is an Opportunity for Democrats Trump’s Education Policy Is an Opportunity for Democrats
Republicans are running away from Betsy DeVos’s “education freedom” agenda as fast as they can. So why haven’t Democrats noticed?
Mar 5, 2020 / Jennifer C. Berkshire
Washington Hawks Are Softening Their Hard Line on Sanctions Against North Korea Washington Hawks Are Softening Their Hard Line on Sanctions Against North Korea
They fear Mike Pompeo’s diplomacy is backfiring and may be alienating South Korea—and they worry that sanctions will vastly worsen the COVID-19 epidemic.
Mar 5, 2020 / Tim Shorrock
Syracuse Students Are Still Occupying Their Campus Administration Building Syracuse Students Are Still Occupying Their Campus Administration Building
Students say faculty response to their first protest against over 30 racist incidents on campus didn’t go far enough.
Mar 5, 2020 / StudentNation / Max Kalnitz
Those Shoes Were Made by a Uighur Detainee Those Shoes Were Made by a Uighur Detainee
China forces Muslim minorities to produce materials that may be used by Nike, Uniqlo, Zara, and other retail giants. It’s time for the fashion industry to talk about divestment.
Mar 5, 2020 / Jasmin Malik Chua
Biden May Now Be the Front-Runner, but Sanders’s Huge California Win Can’t Be Ignored Biden May Now Be the Front-Runner, but Sanders’s Huge California Win Can’t Be Ignored
The Vermont senator retains great power in the West, among Latinos, and in urban centers across the nation—and his key issues are now embedded in the Democratic Party.
Mar 4, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
The Weinstein Verdict Means Everything Is Different—and Nothing Is The Weinstein Verdict Means Everything Is Different—and Nothing Is
It took so much to get this one man. Will his conviction bring justice to other victims of sexual harassment?
Mar 4, 2020 / Bryce Covert
The Coronavirus Exposes Why the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Should Be Canceled The Coronavirus Exposes Why the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Should Be Canceled
The Tokyo Olympics were already unsafe. Now, they’re even more so.
Mar 4, 2020 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
Our Capitalist, Corporatist Country Is Drastically Unprepared for the Coronavirus Our Capitalist, Corporatist Country Is Drastically Unprepared for the Coronavirus
Stemming the tide of coronavirus may require lots of people to stay home from work. The problem is, that’s a luxury many workers can’t afford.
Mar 4, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Can Sanders Blunt Biden’s Surge? Can Sanders Blunt Biden’s Surge?
As the race narrows, the Sanders campaign’s best hope is to draw contrasts on Social Security and foreign policy.
Mar 4, 2020 / Jeet Heer