Collier Meyerson
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GovernmentJune 27, 2018
When Kids Don’t Count
The Census already drastically undercounts children. Will “zero tolerance” make it worse?
Collier Meyerson
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HistoryJune 11, 2018
It’s Time for Americans to Reckon With the True History of Racial Oppression in This Country
In “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America,” Jeffery Robinson aims to help us do just that.
Collier Meyerson
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SocietyMay 24, 2018
For Women of Color, the Child-Welfare System Functions Like the Criminal-Justice System
Mothers of color are scrutinized by authority figures—and then punished.
Collier Meyerson
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PoliticsApril 13, 2018
Economic vs. Racial Justice Is a ‘False Choice,’ Says the New Working Families Party Director
Maurice Mitchell wants the WFP to be a political home for working-class people of every race.
Collier Meyerson
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ActivismMarch 16, 2018
Black Americans Face ‘Impossible Choices’ at Election Time. Alicia Garza Wants to Change That.
The co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement talked to The Nation about her initiative to engage skeptics and build political power among black communities.
Collier Meyerson
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CitiesMarch 12, 2018
A Crop of Reform-Minded Mayors Is Trying to Fix Policing and Fight Mass Incarceration
In their choice of a police chief and through other local initiatives, mayors can make major strides in improving the way their constituents interact with police and the criminal justice system.
Collier Meyerson
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SocietyMarch 2, 2018
Do We Need to Redefine Masculinity—or Get Rid of It?
It might not be enough to expand on masculinity’s so-called “innate properties.” We might have to rethink the idea of innate manhood altogether.
Collier Meyerson
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Fine ArtFebruary 13, 2018
The First Black Presidential Couple in the National Portrait Gallery—and the First Black Presidential Portrait Artists
Rujeko Hockley, an assistant curator at the Whitney, reflects on the importance of the works by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald.
Collier Meyerson
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FeminismJanuary 24, 2018
#MeToo Is Changing the Definition of ‘Bad Sex’
The “enthusiastic consent” standard imagines a future in which pressure and coercion aren’t part of bad sex at all.
Collier Meyerson
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ActivismJanuary 12, 2018
Why Claudia Rankine Writes for the Resistance
The poet and essayist sees this as a moment of opportunity, not just struggle.
Collier Meyerson