What Does It Mean to Be Anti-Police? What Does It Mean to Be Anti-Police?
Apparently, to criticize the police is to be anti-police. But if I call and point out that the swings in the playground are broken, am I anti-parks?
Dec 23, 2014 / Alex S. Vitale
Why Is No One Talking About the NYPD Shooter’s Other Target? Why Is No One Talking About the NYPD Shooter’s Other Target?
Before Ismaaiyl Brinsley killed two police officers, he shot Shaneka Thompson. That matters more than law enforcement’s blame game.
Dec 23, 2014 / Blog / Dani McClain
Thank Postal Workers by Fighting to Save the Postal Service Thank Postal Workers by Fighting to Save the Postal Service
The USPS will deliver 15.5 billion pieces of mail this season. Yet it is threatened by devastating closures and cuts.
Dec 23, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
Liberalism Doesn’t Start With Liberty Liberalism Doesn’t Start With Liberty
In Edmund Fawcett’s new history, liberalism begins with capitalism and revolution.
Dec 23, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina Forrester
Zephyr Teachout, Hands Up United and John Oliver Made Our 2014 Progressive Honor Roll. Who Else Made the List? Zephyr Teachout, Hands Up United and John Oliver Made Our 2014 Progressive Honor Roll. Who Else Made the List?
From the huge climate march in September to racial-justice activism, it was a year that saw renewal of movement-based politics.
Dec 22, 2014 / Feature / John Nichols
The Deaths of Two NYPD Officers Is Tragic, but Not an Indictment of the Anti-Brutality Movement The Deaths of Two NYPD Officers Is Tragic, but Not an Indictment of the Anti-Brutality Movement
We all should mourn the deaths of Liu and Ramos—but that mourning doesn't mean we become less critical of the police as a violent and racist tool of oppression.
Dec 22, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
As the Semester Ends, the Student Movement for Black Lives Turns Up As the Semester Ends, the Student Movement for Black Lives Turns Up
From the classrooms to the streets, the movement keeps growing.
Dec 22, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Poetry and Voting in the Age of Eric Garner Poetry and Voting in the Age of Eric Garner
Poet Crystal Valentine: “Maybe politics aren’t Armageddon enough for us”
Dec 22, 2014 / Blog / Leslie Savan
How to Survive a Cop Coup: What Bill de Blasio Can Learn From Ecuador How to Survive a Cop Coup: What Bill de Blasio Can Learn From Ecuador
In late 2010, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa faced down a cop revolt and won—emerging stronger and more popular.
Dec 21, 2014 / Blog / Greg Grandin
2014 Was Awful, Part 1 2014 Was Awful, Part 1
Here's to a new year!
Dec 19, 2014 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow