Activism

Now More Than Ever, We Need Images of Black Dignity and Resistance

Now More Than Ever, We Need Images of Black Dignity and Resistance Now More Than Ever, We Need Images of Black Dignity and Resistance

Since the 1980s, I’ve been making photographs that go against the dominant representations of Black people.

Jun 15, 2020 / Editorial / Jamel Shabazz, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation

Person with arm raised in front of burning building

Burning Down the 3rd Police Precinct Changed Everything Burning Down the 3rd Police Precinct Changed Everything

By seizing the cops’ home base, rioters showed that law enforcement is not above the forces of history.

Jun 12, 2020 / Vicky Osterweil

A Tribute to the Victims of the Mass Shooting at Pulse

A Tribute to the Victims of the Mass Shooting at Pulse A Tribute to the Victims of the Mass Shooting at Pulse

On June 12, 2016, a gunman killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla.

Jun 12, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Longshoremen

Dockworkers to Shut Down West Coast Ports in Memory of George Floyd Dockworkers to Shut Down West Coast Ports in Memory of George Floyd

One of the most radical antiracist unions in the country makes a show of solidarity with all those threatened by police violence and exploitation.

Jun 11, 2020 / Daniel Boguslaw

The Rev. Jesse Jackson: ‘Every City Has Its George Floyd’

The Rev. Jesse Jackson: ‘Every City Has Its George Floyd’ The Rev. Jesse Jackson: ‘Every City Has Its George Floyd’

“The outrage at the murder of George Floyd breaks open doors that have been locked for decades,” the reverend told The Nation in an exclusive interview.

Jun 11, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage

Hiding Behind a Badge

Hiding Behind a Badge Hiding Behind a Badge

Racism undermines police authority.

Jun 11, 2020 / OppArt / Giulio Bonasera

Georgia Shows How Serious the Threat of Voter Suppression Will Be This November

Georgia Shows How Serious the Threat of Voter Suppression Will Be This November Georgia Shows How Serious the Threat of Voter Suppression Will Be This November

Time has almost run out.

Jun 10, 2020 / John Nichols

Man leaving A Stopplere

In Defense of Destroying Property In Defense of Destroying Property

We cannot conflate the destruction of plateglass with the violence that is being protested.

Jun 10, 2020 / R.H. Lossin

Military police face crowd of marching protesters

Protests Force the US Military to Face Its Own Racism Protests Force the US Military to Face Its Own Racism

The crisis provoked by George Floyd’s death endangers Pentagon efforts to rally Western nations against the supposedly more autocratic regimes in China and Russia.

Jun 10, 2020 / Michael T. Klare

masked protesters

The Bravery of Marching for Black Lives in the Middle of a Pandemic The Bravery of Marching for Black Lives in the Middle of a Pandemic

While masked protesters struggle to keep both cops and Covid-19 at bay, a cadre of white pundits are busy sniping about the “hypocrisy” of protesters who don’t socially distance.

Jun 10, 2020 / no-paywall / Elie Mystal

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