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Feature
How the New York City School System Failed the Test of Covid-19
The city’s leaders bungled the closing of the schools when the coronavirus struck. Can they be trusted to reopen them safely?
Sarah Jaffe
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How Red Meat Became the Red Pill for the Alt-Right
The brutality of sacrificing human beings to keep meat aisles well stocked might be a turning point in the debate over the future of beef.
Eamon Whalen
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Editorial
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America’s Racist Police Won’t Be Dismantled by 2 Weeks of Protests
It took centuries to build up the system of white supremacy enforced by the police. It will take years of persistent protest to undo it.
Elie Mystal
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Durham Isn’t Burning, but Don’t Light a Match
In response to the protests over George Floyd’s murder, police in Durham refrained from mass arrests and violence. But that doesn’t mean that all is well in our city.
Cynthia Greenlee
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The Missing Element for Police Accountability: Political Will
If politicians are serious about challenging the ingrained problems of police departments, they’ll have to grow a backbone.
Maurice Mitchell and Sochie Nnaemeka
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Keith Ellison on Police Brutality: ‘We Need a Vision That Says There’s Going to Be Accountability’
Minnesota’s attorney general, in an exclusive interview with The Nation, says we must challenge the social order that maintains an unjust status quo.
John Nichols
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Column
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The Violence Didn’t Start With the Protests
Violence has been a constant throughout American history and is woven through countless American systems today.
Kali Holloway
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You Don’t Have to Publish Both Sides When One Side Is Fascism
Elite media still hasn’t figured out how to cover the Trump presidency.
Eric Alterman
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Books & the Arts
The Deep Roots of Our Housing Crisis
By examining the history of housing inequality in San Francisco and California, Conor Dougherty makes a sobering case for how and why our politics and politicians have failed.
Rachel M. Cohen
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The Racist Roots of New Technology
From facial recognition to VR, Ruha Benjamin’s new book illuminates how cutting-edge tech reproduces inequalities.
Stephen Kearse
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The Liberation of Fiona Apple
Her first album in eight years, Fetch the Bolt Cutters, is exquisite.
Rumaan Alam
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Letters
Letters From the June 29/July 6, 2020, Issue
Labor Agonistes… No act of altruism…
Our Readers, Gary Younge and Sasha Abramsky