What We Can Learn From Sports Fandom’s Moral Drift What We Can Learn From Sports Fandom’s Moral Drift
Fandom has taken on the worst of the corrupted tribalism that has dominated so much of life outside the arena, the ballpark, and the stadium.
Dec 8, 2021 / Robert Lipsyte
How I Fight Racism in the World and Within Me How I Fight Racism in the World and Within Me
After George Floyd was killed, I questioned ways I’d been toning down my Blackness.
Nov 25, 2021 / StudentNation / Eli Elvin
How Progressives Can Mobilize to Win How Progressives Can Mobilize to Win
The Democratic strategy of pivoting to the center isn’t meant to succeed, just to placate the party’s wealthy donors. Time for a new approach.
Nov 18, 2021 / DaMareo Cooper and Analilia Mejia
White People Explain Racism to Me White People Explain Racism to Me
I’ve lived my whole life as a Black man in America, but every day I have to contend with some white person schooling me on what is and isn’t racist.
Nov 15, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Colin Kaepernick, the Virginia Elections, and the Canary in the Coal Mine Colin Kaepernick, the Virginia Elections, and the Canary in the Coal Mine
The recent controversy sparked by his Netflix special’s depiction of slavery and the NFL is a microcosm of the political battles defining our country.
Nov 3, 2021 / Dave Zirin
What if City Governments Paid Reparations? What if City Governments Paid Reparations?
Evanston, Ill., will lead the way in December, when it awards Black residents the first reparations provided by a municipal government.
Nov 2, 2021 / Mattea Kramer
The Use and Disadvantage of Doctrine in the Classroom The Use and Disadvantage of Doctrine in the Classroom
What does the debate over critical race theory in schools tell us about the place of doctrine in education?
Oct 29, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich
Black Residents of Minneapolis Say They Need More Cops—Not Fewer Black Residents of Minneapolis Say They Need More Cops—Not Fewer
As voters head to the polls to decide the fate of the city’s police department, most Black residents want more police—who will value Black lives.
Sep 30, 2021 / Column / Ibrahim Hirsi
Texas Is the New Republican Template Texas Is the New Republican Template
What’s happening there is about much more than the fight over reproductive rights. It’s about political control.
Sep 8, 2021 / John Nichols
Bob Moses: The Fullness of the Man Bob Moses: The Fullness of the Man
More reflections on the passing of “a straight cat.”
Jul 29, 2021 / Feature / Charles M. Payne