Essentially Brooklyn Essentially Brooklyn
Essential workers by youth/adult community artists—a multi-panel mural on view in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, until November 2020. (Vanessa by Angel Garcia.)
Aug 13, 2020 / OppArt / Joe Matunis and Los Muralistas de El Puente
After Charlottesville, Protesters Are Still in Danger After Charlottesville, Protesters Are Still in Danger
I nearly died in the attack that killed Heather Heyer. Three years later, the conditions that led to the violence have not changed.
Aug 12, 2020 / Aubtin Heydari
That Will Show Us! That Will Show Us!
Police violently respond to protests against police brutality!
Aug 12, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Grief in Florida Grief in Florida
Chaos distorts the common stages of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance—but Florida is not alone.
Aug 12, 2020 / Gregg DeChirico
Ending Mass Incarceration Is Only the Beginning Ending Mass Incarceration Is Only the Beginning
Victoria Law and Maya Schenwar, authors of Prison By Any Other Name, argue that prison reform just widens the net of the criminal justice system.
Aug 12, 2020 / Q&A / Daniel Fernandez
Representative Barbara Lee: ‘The Public Is With Us’ Representative Barbara Lee: ‘The Public Is With Us’
In an exclusive interview with The Nation, the representative talks about cutting the defense budget, what Covid-19 has revealed about systemic racism, and her mentor Shirley Chish...
Aug 11, 2020 / Q&A / John Nichols
Letters From the August 24/31, 2020, Issue Letters From the August 24/31, 2020, Issue
An ounce of prevention… Abortion and the court… Color-blind reporting…
Aug 11, 2020 / Our Readers and Maia Hibbett
Woody Guthrie Lives! Woody Guthrie Lives!
Fighting Trump’s attack on our postal system.
Aug 11, 2020 / OppArt / Mike Shine
Inconvenient by Design Inconvenient by Design
Black Lives Matter Protests continue in New York and around the country.
Aug 10, 2020 / OppArt / Cathleen Campbell
Julian Bond’s Life in Protest and Politics Julian Bond’s Life in Protest and Politics
A new collection of essays demonstrates how the civil rights icon’s thinking evolved amid the upheavals of the 20th century.
Aug 10, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II