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
The End of the Campaign Is Not the End of the Movement The End of the Campaign Is Not the End of the Movement
What Sanders and Warren supporters can learn from the long tail of Jesse Jackson’s presidential runs.
Apr 28, 2020 / Steve Phillips
Lorraine Hansberry’s Radicalism Lorraine Hansberry’s Radicalism
For the playwright and activist, neither liberal reform nor countercultural art were enough. The very foundations of American democracy needed to be transformed.
Apr 21, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques
It’s Time We Celebrate Ella Baker Day It’s Time We Celebrate Ella Baker Day
Honoring Baker alongside Martin Luther King would highlight the long and patient work of building a social movement.
Jan 17, 2020 / Mark Engler
William Barr’s Police-Fueled War on Civil Rights William Barr’s Police-Fueled War on Civil Rights
The attorney general’s obsession with protecting the police is a throwback to the crackdown on protesters in the 1960s.
Dec 27, 2019 / Joshua Clark Davis
Elijah Cummings Took On the Powerful Elijah Cummings Took On the Powerful
The civil rights movement veteran, who was a stalwart champion of unions, challenged abusive presidents, and called out Scott Walker for lying to Congress, died Thursday at 68.
Oct 17, 2019 / Editorial / John Nichols
Ro Khanna Reflects on Gandhi’s 150th Birthday Ro Khanna Reflects on Gandhi’s 150th Birthday
Gandhi's lessons of pluralism and peace could serve us well during this time of division and strife, the representative writes.
Oct 2, 2019 / Rep. Ro Khanna
Letters From the August 12-19, 2019, Issue Letters From the August 12-19, 2019, Issue
Forgotten history… Debating Biden…
Jul 30, 2019 / Letters / Our Readers
Half a Century Before Colin Kaepernick, Jackie Robinson Said, ‘I Cannot Stand and Sing the Anthem.’ Half a Century Before Colin Kaepernick, Jackie Robinson Said, ‘I Cannot Stand and Sing the Anthem.’
A segregationist senator tried to use Robinson to destroy Paul Robeson. Instead, Robinson called out racism.
Jul 18, 2019 / Peter Dreier
What AOC Owes MLK What AOC Owes MLK
The civil-rights leader’s vision of an equitable economy lives on in Congress’s emerging left.
Jan 21, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman