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Sanctuary Cities Are Fighting the Trump Administration—and Winning Sanctuary Cities Are Fighting the Trump Administration—and Winning

Dispatches from the urban resistance, from Chicago to Minneapolis and beyond.

Apr 30, 2018 / Sophie Kasakove

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‘There’s No Substitute for Confrontation’: An Interview With Howard Bryant on Today’s Political Black Athlete ‘There’s No Substitute for Confrontation’: An Interview With Howard Bryant on Today’s Political Black Athlete

Bryant’s new book explores what happens when black athletic struggle is revived, but collides with our post-9/11 world. 

Apr 30, 2018 / Dave Zirin

The Significance of Armenia’s ‘April Revolution’

The Significance of Armenia’s ‘April Revolution’ The Significance of Armenia’s ‘April Revolution’

The massive street protests forced the country’s longtime leader to resign. But what’s next for Armenia?

Apr 30, 2018 / Pietro A. Shakarian

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A New Generation Against the Bomb A New Generation Against the Bomb

What the burgeoning youth-led fight against gun violence can learn from the global antinuclear movement.

Apr 27, 2018 / Ray Acheson

The Very Specific 2006-ishness of Those Alleged Joy Reid Posts

The Very Specific 2006-ishness of Those Alleged Joy Reid Posts The Very Specific 2006-ishness of Those Alleged Joy Reid Posts

I don’t know if Reid wrote the posts in question, but it wouldn’t surprise me if she, or any liberal blogger at the time, had.

Apr 27, 2018 / Richard Kim

PHOTOS: These Students Are Sick and Tired of Gun Violence

PHOTOS: These Students Are Sick and Tired of Gun Violence PHOTOS: These Students Are Sick and Tired of Gun Violence

“That could be me, my friends, my family.”

Apr 26, 2018 / Photo Essay / Tracie Williams

Ensaf Haidar and Raif Badawi

This Saudi Blogger Called for Modernization. So Has the Crown Prince. So Why Is the Blogger in Jail? This Saudi Blogger Called for Modernization. So Has the Crown Prince. So Why Is the Blogger in Jail?

If Mohammed bin Salman truly wants to promote freedom of expression, he must release Raif Badawi.

Apr 26, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt

March Madness

Battling the NCAA in the Court Battling the NCAA in the Court

Legal analyst Michael McCann stops by to talk about the NCAA and Colin Kaepernick’s collusion case against the NFL.

Apr 25, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Can the ACLU Remake Itself as a Mass Movement for Progressive Change?

Can the ACLU Remake Itself as a Mass Movement for Progressive Change? Can the ACLU Remake Itself as a Mass Movement for Progressive Change?

Through a new “People Power” initiative, the country’s oldest civil-liberties organization wants to go beyond the courts—and into the streets.

Apr 25, 2018 / Feature / Dale Maharidge

The Selfless Servant Leadership of the African-American Women of the Civil-Rights Movement

The Selfless Servant Leadership of the African-American Women of the Civil-Rights Movement The Selfless Servant Leadership of the African-American Women of the Civil-Rights Movement

These women didn’t stand on ceremony; they accepted the risks of activism and fought for worlds where others might have freedoms that they themselves would never enjoy.

Apr 25, 2018 / Feature / Janet Dewart Bell

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