Why ‘The Chicago Defender’ Still Matters Why ‘The Chicago Defender’ Still Matters
The history of the paper is a mirror of the larger history of the African American freedom struggle—both of what it already has achieved and what work still needs to be done.
Jul 16, 2019 / Robert Greene II
Artificial Intelligence Is Failing Humans Artificial Intelligence Is Failing Humans
When someone’s always watching, we lose our sense of self.
Jul 16, 2019 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Having an Abortion Was the Most Unselfish Thing I’ve Done Having an Abortion Was the Most Unselfish Thing I’ve Done
A writer reflects on the Trump era, the state of reproductive health in America, and her decision to get an abortion in 1974.
Jul 16, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon
On Not Looking Away On Not Looking Away
All perpetrators ask is that we remain bystanders. But to combat complicity, we must confront tragedy.
Jul 16, 2019 / Arran Skinner
To Fight Trump, Take to the Streets! To Fight Trump, Take to the Streets!
The Trump administration gets more malicious, harmful, and absurd every day. So why aren’t many of us outside protesting?
Jul 15, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
A Weekend of Trumpian Cruelty: Remember, That’s the Point A Weekend of Trumpian Cruelty: Remember, That’s the Point
Mike Pence’s border visit wasn’t sanitized, because the Trump administration wants its base to see brown people in cages. The ICE raids that didn’t happen were pre-announced for th...
Jul 15, 2019 / Joan Walsh
The Class Politics of the Civil War The Class Politics of the Civil War
By naming a common enemy—the privileged class of slaveholders—the Republican Party and Union Army were able to build and then steer a coalition of Americans toward the systematic d...
Jul 15, 2019 / Books & the Arts / James Oakes
When Trump Is Tweeting Racist Attacks on Progressive Democratic Women, It’s Time to Impeach When Trump Is Tweeting Racist Attacks on Progressive Democratic Women, It’s Time to Impeach
Rashida Tlaib sums it up: “Want a response to a lawless and complete failure of a President? He needs to be impeached.”
Jul 15, 2019 / John Nichols
Stars and Stripes. ‘Never Again’ Is Now. Stars and Stripes. ‘Never Again’ Is Now.
Conditions at migrant detention camps are unconscionable, and we all know it.
Jul 15, 2019 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Donald Trump and the Plot to Take Over the Courts Donald Trump and the Plot to Take Over the Courts
How the 45th president has packed the courts with ultraconservatives—and reshaped the judiciary for a generation.
Jul 15, 2019 / Feature / Elie Mystal