Kirsten Gillibrand Isn’t Afraid of Anything Kirsten Gillibrand Isn’t Afraid of Anything
The New York senator is a Medicare for All, Green New Deal progressive who wants to win over Trump’s voters. Can she convince Democrats to give her a shot?
Apr 11, 2019 / Feature / Joan Walsh
See No Climate Change? See No Climate Change?
What’s evil is denial. (From the DC Climate March.)
Kirsten Gillibrand’s Journey to the Left Kirsten Gillibrand’s Journey to the Left
Joan Walsh on the candidate, Eric Foner on Reconstruction, and Amy Wilentz on Jared Kushner.
Apr 11, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Women of Color Will Hold Joe Biden Accountable Women of Color Will Hold Joe Biden Accountable
No Democrat will win the nomination, or the White House, without women of color voters in 2020.
Apr 10, 2019 / Aimee Allison
In Claudia Rankine’s ‘The White Card’, Timely Questions of Race and Representation Take Center Stage In Claudia Rankine’s ‘The White Card’, Timely Questions of Race and Representation Take Center Stage
The poet’s debut play addresses appropriation, cultural ownership, and dirty money in the art world.
Apr 10, 2019 / Alisa Solomon
The Salad Giant Sweetgreen Has Used Hip Hop to Turn Lettuce Into Gold The Salad Giant Sweetgreen Has Used Hip Hop to Turn Lettuce Into Gold
But if the salad giant is so woke, why are 95 percent of its shops in majority white neighborhoods?
Apr 10, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman
Frog March Frog March
The Mueller Report has trouble passing a very low Barr.
Apr 10, 2019 / OppArt / Steve Brodner
America’s Drug War Is Ruining the World America’s Drug War Is Ruining the World
A half-century of Washington’s harsh drug prohibition policies has brought misery to millions across the globe.
Apr 9, 2019 / Alfred McCoy
In Arizona, High-School Students Are Making Mental Health the Focus of Anti-Gun-Violence Legislation In Arizona, High-School Students Are Making Mental Health the Focus of Anti-Gun-Violence Legislation
They’re tired of seeing overworked counselors, and they’re tired of not being listened to—students’ mental health, they say, matters.
Apr 9, 2019 / StudentNation / Jordan Harb and Emma Rowland
Take Action Now: Stop the Government Crackdown on Immigrants Take Action Now: Stop the Government Crackdown on Immigrants
Speak out against a radical new anti-immigrant law in Florida and learn how to volunteer visit immigrants in detention.
Apr 9, 2019 / NationAction