This Is What Solidarity Looks Like: Why Soccer-Star Megan Rapinoe Stands With Colin Kaepernick This Is What Solidarity Looks Like: Why Soccer-Star Megan Rapinoe Stands With Colin Kaepernick
The US Women’s National Team star said, “It’s important to have white people stand in support of people of color.”
Sep 6, 2016 / Dave Zirin
The Democrats Are Branding Themselves as the Party of Inclusion—but Is That Enough? The Democrats Are Branding Themselves as the Party of Inclusion—but Is That Enough?
Missing from this picture is any sustained acknowledgement of economic pain.
Jul 28, 2016 / Richard Kim
What I Learned at an Orlando Gun Show What I Learned at an Orlando Gun Show
The queer fight against guns must be broader than background checks and no-fly lists. We need a culture war on violence.
Jun 24, 2016 / Kung Li
I Would Have Told Him to Love Himself I Would Have Told Him to Love Himself
Thoughts on being queer and Muslim in the wake of Omar Mateen’s massacre.
Jun 20, 2016 / HXA
Senators Crack the NRA’s Congressional Wall of Silence With a Filibuster Demand for Action on Gun Violence Senators Crack the NRA’s Congressional Wall of Silence With a Filibuster Demand for Action on Gun Violence
This is the beginning of a new politics that says moments of silence must be replaced with moments of action.
Jun 16, 2016 / John Nichols
Let’s Make Gun Control a Gay Issue Let’s Make Gun Control a Gay Issue
It’s time to glitter bomb the NRA. Who’s in?
Jun 16, 2016 / Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum
Targeting Queer People of Color in the Name of ‘National Security’ Targeting Queer People of Color in the Name of ‘National Security’
Too many queer communities of color are trapped between vigilante violence on the one hand and state oppression on the other.
Jun 16, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Life and Death in Gay Orlando Life and Death in Gay Orlando
Nadine Smith on Gay Orlando before, and after, Saturday’s attack; plus Harold Meyerson on what’s next for Hillary and Bernie, and Adam Hochschild on the Spanish Civil War.
Jun 16, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Gay Pride, Ramadan, and Solidarity After Orlando Gay Pride, Ramadan, and Solidarity After Orlando
Those of us who join both celebrations know the promise—and the challenge—of a shared struggle.
Jun 14, 2016 / Muneer I. Ahmad
House Democrats Are So Fed Up With the GOP’s Failure to Act on Guns That They Walked Out on the Speaker House Democrats Are So Fed Up With the GOP’s Failure to Act on Guns That They Walked Out on the Speaker
Walkouts, chants, and demands for action on gun violence rock the first House session after an attack on an LGBTQ club.
Jun 14, 2016 / John Nichols