An Island Amid Mississippi’s Covid Madness An Island Amid Mississippi’s Covid Madness
Scenes from a pandemic: 15
Jul 8, 2020 / no-paywall / Makani Themba
Why JPMorgan Chase Should Give $1 Billion to Black Neighborhoods in Chicago Why JPMorgan Chase Should Give $1 Billion to Black Neighborhoods in Chicago
Activist Ja’Mal Green wants the nation’s biggest bank to pay reparations for its history of racist lending.
Jul 6, 2020 / Q&A / Daniel Fernandez
The White Left Needs to Embrace Black Leadership The White Left Needs to Embrace Black Leadership
The current uprisings are what class struggle in the 21st century looks like.
Jul 2, 2020 / Barbara Ransby
Why Be a ‘Model Minority’ When You Could Dismantle White Supremacy? Why Be a ‘Model Minority’ When You Could Dismantle White Supremacy?
Too many Asian Americans have put proximity to whiteness over solidarity with Black people. It’s time for a radical readjustment.
Jun 30, 2020 / Dae Shik Kim Jr.
Rural New York Is in the Streets, Marching for Black Lives Rural New York Is in the Streets, Marching for Black Lives
My town voted overwhelmingly for Trump, so I didn’t expect a big crowd at a recent Black Lives Matter protest. I was wrong.
Jun 24, 2020 / All Politics Is Local / Karen Rothmyer
We Need Police Out of Our Schools—Now We Need Police Out of Our Schools—Now
An interview with Minneapolis student leader Nathanial Genene about the uprising, removing police from public schools, and the need to rethink what school looks like.
Jun 23, 2020 / Q&A / Jesse Hagopian
Systemic Racism Is Social Dynamite Systemic Racism Is Social Dynamite
We are coming together to demand that our elected officials dismantle the system that could destroy us all.
Jun 19, 2020 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Dr. Mary Bassett
The Black Lives Matter Protests Are a Tipping Point in US History The Black Lives Matter Protests Are a Tipping Point in US History
Will America inch closer to its long-articulated ideals, or are we on the brink of a Trumpian backlash?
Jun 16, 2020 / Nick Turse
Even in the Darkest Days of Trump’s Misrule, Hope Is Still Alive Even in the Darkest Days of Trump’s Misrule, Hope Is Still Alive
This energy needs to find expression with insurgent candidates defeating tired incumbents.
Jun 16, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The US Government Kills Black People with Impunity Both at Home and Abroad The US Government Kills Black People with Impunity Both at Home and Abroad
It’s time to reckon with the anti-black brutality that defines American policy from Minneapolis to Somalia.
Jun 16, 2020 / Robtel Neajai Pailey and Amy Niang