Vietnam Is the War That Didn’t End Vietnam Is the War That Didn’t End
Forty years later, we still haven’t confronted the true lesson of Vietnam.
May 5, 2015 / William Greider
Snapshot: Malcolm X Across America Snapshot: Malcolm X Across America
Award-winning photographer Camilo José Vergara has snapped dozens of pictures of Malcolm X, as depicted in murals in poor communities of color across the United States. A drug-treatment center in Detroit features this mural of Malcolm standing out among a crowd of great black intellectuals, organizers, and artists.
May 5, 2015 / Camilo José Vergara
How Long Can Genius Last? How Long Can Genius Last?
In this week’s Altercation Eric honors artists and writers whose careers have stood the test of time.
May 5, 2015 / Eric Alterman
With Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton In, Democrats Prepare for 6 Debates With Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton In, Democrats Prepare for 6 Debates
Democratic National Committee accepts that 2016 race will be competitive. Here's how to make the debates better.
May 5, 2015 / John Nichols
Why ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Is Not Pamela Geller Why ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Is Not Pamela Geller
A more apt comparison would be between the surviving staff of the satirical magazine and the brave abortion providers who carried on after the murder of Dr. George Tiller.
May 5, 2015 / Stuart Klawans
The Enduring Shame of ‘Separate and Unequal’ The Enduring Shame of ‘Separate and Unequal’
The unrest in Baltimore is about more than a single death—it’s about the structural racism, inequality, and poverty that have plagued our society for too long.
May 5, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
5 Tools the Police Are Using in Their War Against Activists 5 Tools the Police Are Using in Their War Against Activists
From Ferguson to Baltimore, the message is clear: protest at your peril.
May 5, 2015 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
The Bold Experimentation of Gwendolyn Brooks The Bold Experimentation of Gwendolyn Brooks
“Where the subject is the Negro people, or the Negro person, Miss Brooks has gone considerably beyond…quaint and for-tourists-only self-consciousness.”
May 5, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Helpful Responses to Baltimore Helpful Responses to Baltimore
Helpfulness not guaranteed.
May 5, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
How Yemen’s Civil Conflict Turned Into a Regional Proxy War How Yemen’s Civil Conflict Turned Into a Regional Proxy War
“There should be legal and political accountability for the involvement of Western countries in this war,” says activist-turned-journalist Farea al-Muslimi.
May 4, 2015 / Laura Kasinof