Society

Kiara Williams holds a megaphone in the air that says

The White Left Needs to Embrace Black Leadership The White Left Needs to Embrace Black Leadership

The current uprisings are what class struggle in the 21st century looks like.

Jul 2, 2020 / Barbara Ransby

Matthew Albence

ICE Just Became Even Less Transparent ICE Just Became Even Less Transparent

The new classification protects the identity of officials from public disclosure.

Jul 2, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein

Alt Trump Rallies

Alt Trump Rallies Alt Trump Rallies

(But read the fine print.)

Jul 2, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

How Did Police Unions Get So Powerful?

How Did Police Unions Get So Powerful? How Did Police Unions Get So Powerful?

Police unions are on the defensive for perhaps the first time since their formation. It’s been a long time coming.

Jul 2, 2020 / Ross Barkan

Anne Schuchat

‘We Are Not Even Beginning to Be Over This Pandemic’ ‘We Are Not Even Beginning to Be Over This Pandemic’

CDC Deputy Director Anne Schuchat did something really radical. She told the truth about Covid-19 in the US.

Jul 2, 2020 / Gregg Gonsalves

Regina Perkins

Black Visibility Matters—and Not Just During Trauma Black Visibility Matters—and Not Just During Trauma

The recent increase in the representation and prominence of Black voices amid the nation’s racial uprising is bittersweet—and limiting.

Jul 2, 2020 / Ernest Owens

We Take Homelessness for Granted. The Pandemic Should Change That.

We Take Homelessness for Granted. The Pandemic Should Change That. We Take Homelessness for Granted. The Pandemic Should Change That.

The problem is not that there is no money, but that the decisions have already been made not to spend it on homelessness and the injustices that create and perpetuate it.

Jul 2, 2020 / Mary Kate Bacalao

Defund—and Disarm—the Police

Defund—and Disarm—the Police Defund—and Disarm—the Police

Kelly Lytle Hernandez, D.D. Guttenplan, and Zoë Carpenter.

Jul 2, 2020 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

SCOTUS abortion

A Small Victory for Reproductive Rights A Small Victory for Reproductive Rights

Trump’s Supreme Court appointees lost this battle, but the war on abortion is far from over.

Jul 1, 2020 / Katha Pollitt

The Climate Emergency Won’t Wait for the Press to Play Catch-up Again

The Climate Emergency Won’t Wait for the Press to Play Catch-up Again The Climate Emergency Won’t Wait for the Press to Play Catch-up Again

Newsrooms have to cover the real horse race in 2020: the race against climate breakdown.

Jul 1, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

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