-
Election 2020June 19, 2019
The Charter School Industry’s Dishonest Attack on Bernie Sanders
Arguing that charter schools offer unique opportunities for poor African American children isn’t borne out by the facts.
Adolph Reed Jr. and Cornel West
-
Election 2016December 2, 2015
Bernie Sanders’s ‘College for All’ Plan Is Fair, Smart and Achievable
Of all the candidates, only Sanders proposes an alternative to the neoliberal model of higher ed.
Heather Gautney and Adolph Reed Jr.
-
Racism and DiscriminationAugust 17, 2015
Equality: Why We Can’t Wait
In a 1991 special issue, Julian Bond argued that the fight for racial and gender equality wasn’t a “special interest”—it was essential to the progressive struggle.
Julian Bond and Adolph Reed Jr.
-
HistoryMarch 23, 2015
Adolph Reed Destroys ‘The Bell Curve’
Despite their concern to insulate themselves from the appearance of racism, Herrnstein and Murray display a perspective worthy of an Alabama filling station.
Adolph Reed Jr.
-
The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.
-
ElectionsMarch 3, 2014
What Nihilism? A Response to Michelle Goldberg
The focus of left politics must be to change the terms of a debate that leaves us with impoverished choices. It’s only in the context of a shriveled political imagination that that looks like nihilism.
Adolph Reed Jr.
-
Labor OrganizingJune 15, 2012
OpinionNation: Labor’s Bad Recall?
Unions invested heavily in the campaign to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Was that a huge mistake?
Gordon Lafer, Doug Henwood, Jane McAlevey, Bill Fletcher Jr., Mike Elk and Adolph Reed Jr.
-
HistoryMarch 20, 2008
Race and the New Deal Coalition
Most New Deal programs were anything but race- and gender-neutral in their impact. They were both racially discrminatory and a boon to many black Americans.
Adolph Reed Jr.
-
Campaigns and ElectionsOctober 10, 2007
Malcolm Suber: Good for New Orleans
A longtime activist, running in a special City Council election, is just what New Orleans needs.
Adolph Reed Jr.
-
CitiesAugust 31, 2006
Undone by Neoliberalism
Before the storm, neoliberalism shaped the social and economic inequities of New Orleans; after Hurricane Katrina, it worsened them by making government the tool of corporations and investors.
Adolph Reed Jr.
-
CitiesSeptember 15, 2005
Class-ifying the Hurricane
What happened in New Orleans is an extreme and criminally tragic consequence of the belief that cutting public spending makes for a better society.
Adolph Reed Jr.