Activism

Mural

Your Crown Won’t Fall Your Crown Won’t Fall

Mural seen in Wicker Park, Ill.

Aug 4, 2021 / OppArt / Robyn Krakkem

Erica Malunguinho

Why Brazil’s First Trans State Legislator Built a Refuge for Black Queer and Trans People Why Brazil’s First Trans State Legislator Built a Refuge for Black Queer and Trans People

Erica Malunguinho, an artist, educator, and politician, is fighting for an inclusive future.

Aug 3, 2021 / Q&A / Thomas Jean Lax

Canada's Crystal Emmanuel

A Covid Surge and Record Heat Have Created a Cursed Olympic Games A Covid Surge and Record Heat Have Created a Cursed Olympic Games

The “2020” Tokyo Olympics are being held in dangerous heat during a deadly pandemic. 

Aug 3, 2021 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

Image

Lock Down (Again?) Lock Down (Again?)

Creating a safe haven.

Aug 2, 2021 / OppArt / Roz Chast

What It Takes

What It Takes What It Takes

Exit through the grift shop. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of July 26.

Jul 30, 2021 / The Greater Quiet / Steve Brodner

Voting rights

New York City’s Radical Proposal for Noncitizen Voting New York City’s Radical Proposal for Noncitizen Voting

The “Our City, Our Vote” bill would add almost 1 million new potential voters to the rolls—the largest addition of voters in this country in half a century.

Jul 30, 2021 / John Washington

Nurses Know Better Than Kevin McCarthy: Bring Masks Back

Nurses Know Better Than Kevin McCarthy: Bring Masks Back Nurses Know Better Than Kevin McCarthy: Bring Masks Back

The National Nurses United union is pleading that masks be “universal, in all settings, for all people, regardless of vaccination status.”

Jul 29, 2021 / John Nichols

Homeless on the Range

Homeless on the Range Homeless on the Range

Between the lines.

Jul 29, 2021 / OppArt / Ann Telnaes

Bob Moses teaching

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

Tokyo’s Games Are Harming the Nuclear Weapons Ban Movement

Tokyo’s Games Are Harming the Nuclear Weapons Ban Movement Tokyo’s Games Are Harming the Nuclear Weapons Ban Movement

By paying lip service to the Fukushima disaster and the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan, these games are downplaying the growing danger of nuclear catastrophe.

Jul 29, 2021 / Alyn Ware

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