North Carolina’s Legislative Coup Shows What Voter Suppression Will Look Like Under Trump North Carolina’s Legislative Coup Shows What Voter Suppression Will Look Like Under Trump
Republicans have turned North Carolina into a laboratory for subverting democracy.
Dec 19, 2016 / Ari Berman
Why Are We Still Reliving the Nightmarish Death of Emmett Till? Why Are We Still Reliving the Nightmarish Death of Emmett Till?
When I went to Mississippi to cover the trial, I had no idea that the story would become so relevant again more than 60 years later.
Dec 19, 2016 / Dan Wakefield
Land of the Free? This Firsthand Report From the Emmett Till Murder Trial Is Chilling to Read Today Land of the Free? This Firsthand Report From the Emmett Till Murder Trial Is Chilling to Read Today
“The crowds are gone and this Delta town is back to its silent, solid life that is based on cotton and the proposition that a whole race of men was created to pick it.”
Dec 19, 2016 / Dan Wakefield
Trump’s Pick for Ambassador to Israel Could Kill the Two-State Solution Trump’s Pick for Ambassador to Israel Could Kill the Two-State Solution
David Friedman is an extremist. If he gets his way, he’ll reverse decades of US policy and encourage apartheid rule over Palestine.
Dec 16, 2016 / Eli Clifton
Christmas in Caracas? Worse Than the Grinch! Christmas in Caracas? Worse Than the Grinch!
Amid today’s crisis, what is salvageable from the Bolivarian Revolution? A conversation with Alejandro Velasco.
Dec 16, 2016 / Greg Grandin
Larry Kudlow Isn’t an Economist, but He Plays One on TV Larry Kudlow Isn’t an Economist, but He Plays One on TV
And that’s what makes him a perfect fit in the Trump administration.
Dec 16, 2016 / David Dayen
In the Wake of Trump, a Black-Student Groundswell In the Wake of Trump, a Black-Student Groundswell
We know, from our history and social-studies and literature classes, the value of peaceful protest and civil disobedience.
Dec 16, 2016 / StudentNation / Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation, Grace Dolan-Sandrino, and Zahri Jackson
How the Trump Administration Could Change the American Landscape, Literally How the Trump Administration Could Change the American Landscape, Literally
Get ready for a rush to plunder our public lands.
Dec 16, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
Driving Uber Toward Unionization Driving Uber Toward Unionization
Despite significant legal hurdles, the ridesharing company’s drivers are fighting for fair working conditions.
Dec 16, 2016 / Michelle Chen
What Is the Left Without Identity Politics? What Is the Left Without Identity Politics?
Four writers consider the question dividing the Democratic Party.
Dec 16, 2016 / Walter Benn Michaels, Charles W. Mills, Linda Hirshman, and Carla Murphy