Reopening America Is Only Safe in Trump’s Dreams Reopening America Is Only Safe in Trump’s Dreams
Someone bring Trump into reality.
May 5, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
‘Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming’ ‘Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming’
The shootings at Kent State and Jackson State at 50.
May 4, 2020 / Robert Cohen and Michael Koncewicz
Kent State: 50 Years After the Shootings Kent State: 50 Years After the Shootings
The radical notion that repression breeds resistance was borne out at Kent State in the years after the killings.
May 4, 2020 / Thomas M. Grace
Remembering the Jackson State Tragedy Remembering the Jackson State Tragedy
The violence wasn’t caused by anti-war student protest; it was another chapter in the long history of state violence against African Americans.
May 4, 2020 / Nancy K. Bristow
Lies All, Trumptown Lies All, Trumptown
Have a taste; on a cleanse.
It’s Time to Bring the Supreme Court Into the Modern Era—and the Light It’s Time to Bring the Supreme Court Into the Modern Era—and the Light
Justice means making the Supreme Court as transparent as possible—and that means turning on the cameras.
May 4, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal
What We Know About the Covid-19 Race Gap What We Know About the Covid-19 Race Gap
The CDC is finally releasing more data that show just how unequal the toll of the pandemic is. But we can’t stop there.
May 4, 2020 / Zoë Carpenter
Parenting During a Pandemic Parenting During a Pandemic
The coronavirus works like a highlighter, making our long-standing societal inequities more visible.
May 4, 2020 / Alice Proujansky, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation
A Prayer for Justice and Compassion During the Pandemic A Prayer for Justice and Compassion During the Pandemic
“May we who are merely inconvenienced remember those whose lives are at stake. May we who have no risk factors remember those most vulnerable.”
May 3, 2020 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
The Pandemic in Our Minds The Pandemic in Our Minds
A classic horror movie reveals how authoritarianism and scapegoating flourish during a plague.
May 1, 2020 / Jeet Heer