Society

Why Apple Should Cooperate With the FBI

Why Apple Should Cooperate With the FBI Why Apple Should Cooperate With the FBI

Far from serving civil liberties and the public interest, its refusal to do so undermines corporate accountability and civil rights.

Feb 29, 2016 / Bruce Shapiro

Trump Baton Rouge

Get a Grip: Donald Trump Isn’t Ushering in a Fascist Movement in America Get a Grip: Donald Trump Isn’t Ushering in a Fascist Movement in America

The reality-TV star holds a commanding lead in the GOP race, but fewer than 6 percent of voters in the early states supported him.

Feb 29, 2016 / Joshua Holland

The First Senator to Endorse Donald Trump Is a Longtime Opponent of Civil Rights

The First Senator to Endorse Donald Trump Is a Longtime Opponent of Civil Rights The First Senator to Endorse Donald Trump Is a Longtime Opponent of Civil Rights

Alabama Republican Jeff Sessions has a lengthy history of making racist statements and falsely prosecuting black activists for voter fraud.

Feb 29, 2016 / Ari Berman

Melissa Harris-Perry

Thank You, Melissa Harris-Perry Thank You, Melissa Harris-Perry

The most diverse, intellectually bracing show on network news was treated as expendable, and its host would not have it. She and her show will be sorely missed.

Feb 29, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Trump’s Racism Didn’t Scare Me. Now It Does.

Trump’s Racism Didn’t Scare Me. Now It Does. Trump’s Racism Didn’t Scare Me. Now It Does.

His primary victories have proved that explicit appeals to racism are politically viable again.

Feb 29, 2016 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Tell Paul Ryan: Leave Planned Parenthood Alone

Tell Paul Ryan: Leave Planned Parenthood Alone Tell Paul Ryan: Leave Planned Parenthood Alone

Planned Parenthood has been vindicated again and again. Demand that the witch hunt end.

Feb 26, 2016 / NationAction

Ashley Williams interrupts Hillary

We Spoke to Ashley Williams, the Black Queer Organizer Who Interrupted Hillary Clinton We Spoke to Ashley Williams, the Black Queer Organizer Who Interrupted Hillary Clinton

Their thoughts on presidential politics, the Black Lives Matter movement, and what can be gleaned from movements of the past.

Feb 26, 2016 / Alex Lubben

What the Academy Awards Tell Us About the Value of Black Work

What the Academy Awards Tell Us About the Value of Black Work What the Academy Awards Tell Us About the Value of Black Work

The Oscars aren’t just a competition for cultural value: They double as an assessment tool that helps pick the industry’s economic winners and losers.

Feb 26, 2016 / Michael J. Brewer

Jacqueline Susann

Jacqueline Susann’s Queer Feminism Jacqueline Susann’s Queer Feminism

How does Valley of the Dolls actually hold up as a read 50 years later?

Feb 26, 2016 / Tim Murphy

This Radical Librarian May Soon Run the World’s Largest Library

This Radical Librarian May Soon Run the World’s Largest Library This Radical Librarian May Soon Run the World’s Largest Library

Dr. Carla Hayden will be the first woman and African American to fill the post—unless Senate Republicans stand in her way.

Feb 25, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

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