Change Comes to the Streets of Philadelphia Change Comes to the Streets of Philadelphia
The uprising here may have been inevitable. But the aftermath has been full of surprises.
Jun 17, 2020 / Gene Seymour
The Media Isn’t Ready to Cover Climate Apartheid The Media Isn’t Ready to Cover Climate Apartheid
The press needs to reckon with the prevalence of a worldview that defaults to the perspective of the white and wealthy.
Jun 17, 2020 / Michelle García
Buffalo’s Police Brutality Didn’t Start With Martin Gugino Buffalo’s Police Brutality Didn’t Start With Martin Gugino
In the past three years alone, Buffalo police have killed four young men of color under questionable circumstances.
Jun 16, 2020 / Geoff Kelly
This Isn’t the Way to Push Warren as Biden’s VP This Isn’t the Way to Push Warren as Biden’s VP
She’d be a great pick. But given that her top rivals are mostly black women, the letter that pushed for her should have tried harder to represent her support among voters of color.
Jun 16, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Even in the Darkest Days of Trump’s Misrule, Hope Is Still Alive Even in the Darkest Days of Trump’s Misrule, Hope Is Still Alive
This energy needs to find expression with insurgent candidates defeating tired incumbents.
Jun 16, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Fight to Remove Georgia’s Secretary of Voter Suppression Has Begun The Fight to Remove Georgia’s Secretary of Voter Suppression Has Begun
Election officials who make it hard to vote should be held to account. So Georgia activists are campaigning to recall their secretary of state.
Jun 16, 2020 / John Nichols
Dim Reaper Dim Reaper
Our president endangers public health for the bottom line.
Checking Off Stephen Miller’s Wish List Checking Off Stephen Miller’s Wish List
With new rules targeting undocumented students and asylum-seekers, the Trump administration continues to lash out at immigrants.
Jun 16, 2020 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky
The Deep Roots of Our Housing Crisis The Deep Roots of Our Housing Crisis
By examining the history of housing inequality in San Francisco and California, Conor Dougherty makes a sobering case for how and why our politics and politicians have failed.
Jun 16, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Rachel M. Cohen
The Right Is Scared of the Protests The Right Is Scared of the Protests
Defunding the police? Dethroning Confederate monuments? What’s next, a better tomorrow?
Jun 16, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow