Liberals: Don’t Be Afraid of Calls to Defund the Police Liberals: Don’t Be Afraid of Calls to Defund the Police
The increasingly popular slogan is expanding the nation’s long-overdue debate about what public safety really means.
Jun 9, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Jim Mattis vs. Tom Cotton: No Contest Jim Mattis vs. Tom Cotton: No Contest
The former defense secretary’s scathing attack on Trump’s shredding the Constitution showed how wrong The New York Times was to publish Cotton.
Jun 4, 2020 / Joan Walsh
How White People Can Step Up—and Step Back—Right Now How White People Can Step Up—and Step Back—Right Now
Listen, learn, and do what you’re asked to do.
Jun 3, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Trump’s Authoritarian Porn Has a Lot of Fans Trump’s Authoritarian Porn Has a Lot of Fans
Some cops and Trump’s supporters are thrilling to the cowardly president’s inciting violence. We have to stop them.
May 31, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Birding While Black: Just the Latest Bad Reason for White People to Call Police Birding While Black: Just the Latest Bad Reason for White People to Call Police
In parks across America, bird-watchers and dog owners regularly clash over space. But when a white dog owner called the cops on a black birder, only one was in danger.
May 26, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Trump’s Crackpot Claims Are a Distraction—and We’re Taking the Bait Trump’s Crackpot Claims Are a Distraction—and We’re Taking the Bait
The president’s claim that he’s taking a discredited Covid treatment is throwing the media off the real news.
May 20, 2020 / Joan Walsh
The Murder That Threatened to Divide the Two Harlems The Murder That Threatened to Divide the Two Harlems
After a Barnard student was stabbed to death in Morningside Park, long-timers and gentrifiers feared they’d find themselves at odds.
May 19, 2020 / Feature / Joan Walsh
A Fox News Anchor Egged On a Clash With Police. It Didn’t Work. A Fox News Anchor Egged On a Clash With Police. It Didn’t Work.
New Jersey gym owners defied the state’s coronavirus lockdown to reopen Monday. Protesters gathered. Police let it happen. Fox blew the real story.
May 18, 2020 / Joan Walsh
‘If Not Now, When?’ Behind the Growing Push for a Black Woman VP Nominee. ‘If Not Now, When?’ Behind the Growing Push for a Black Woman VP Nominee.
Acknowledged as the “backbone” of the Democratic Party, black women want to be recognized as national leaders, too.
May 1, 2020 / Joan Walsh
The Troublesome Tara Reade Story The Troublesome Tara Reade Story
Left- and right-wing Biden haters demanded that the media investigate her sexual assault charge. It did—and uncovered many reasons to doubt.
Apr 15, 2020 / Joan Walsh