Capitalism and Slavery Capitalism and Slavery
Each generation seems condemned to have to prove the obvious anew: slavery created the modern world, and the modern world’s divisions are the product of slavery.
May 1, 2015 / Greg Grandin
How American Exceptionalism Covers Up the Injustices of Drone Warfare How American Exceptionalism Covers Up the Injustices of Drone Warfare
The “We’re Number One!” attitude is a disease eating at the very root of our principles.
May 1, 2015 / Mike Farrell
Baltimore’s Inescapable Inequality Baltimore’s Inescapable Inequality
What looks like a night of “chaos” in Baltimore was just one freeze-frame in a long arc of urban crisis.
May 1, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Other Fergusons, Other Baltimores Other Fergusons, Other Baltimores
Can we talk about the economic devastation of American cities and black communities before someone else is killed?
May 1, 2015 / Bryce Covert
Makayla Gilliam-Price and Baltimore’s Debt to a Remarkable Family Makayla Gilliam-Price and Baltimore’s Debt to a Remarkable Family
If you want to understand what is happening in Baltimore, listen to Makayla Gilliam-Price and learn about her family.
May 1, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Defend Charlie Hebdo’s Publishing Disgusting Cartoons About Muslims? Yes. Give Them an Award for It? No. Defend Charlie Hebdo’s Publishing Disgusting Cartoons About Muslims? Yes. Give Them an Award for It? No.
The issue is the cartoons—and what they mean to ordinary French Muslims.
May 1, 2015 / Jon Wiener
New ACLU Cellphone App Automatically Preserves Video of Police Encounters New ACLU Cellphone App Automatically Preserves Video of Police Encounters
Even if the cops seize a phone and destroy it, the video will be saved.
May 1, 2015 / Jon Wiener
May 1, 1941: ‘Citizen Kane’ Is Released May 1, 1941: ‘Citizen Kane’ Is Released
“Hollywood will for a long time be in debt to Mr. Welles,” The Nation’s review predicted.
May 1, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
6 Degrees of Separation Between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton 6 Degrees of Separation Between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton
The very different candidates for the Democratic nomination have a lot to debate.
Apr 30, 2015 / John Nichols
Are the Baltimore Police Using Twitter for Public Safety, or Propaganda? Are the Baltimore Police Using Twitter for Public Safety, or Propaganda?
The police department has used social media as virtual riot gear, manufacturing the narrative of violence in the digital realm as they were escalating it on the ground.
Apr 30, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter