Can This Muslim Community Create a Model for Rebuilding Detroit? Can This Muslim Community Create a Model for Rebuilding Detroit?
Dream of Detroit is uniting Muslims across race and background to rebuild one of the city’s long-neglected neighborhoods.
Jul 26, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jenna Krajeski
Justine Damond’s Murder Deserves Sympathy and Outrage. So Does Every Incident of Police Violence. Justine Damond’s Murder Deserves Sympathy and Outrage. So Does Every Incident of Police Violence.
The Minneapolis Police Department should be held accountable, but we can’t forget that police shootings disproportionately impact people of color.
Jul 25, 2017 / Collier Meyerson
How America Is Failing Native American Students How America Is Failing Native American Students
Punitive discipline, inadequate curriculum, and declining federal funding created an education crisis.
Jul 24, 2017 / Feature / Rebecca Clarren
Johnny Manziel: The NFL Owners’ ‘Good Boy’ Johnny Manziel: The NFL Owners’ ‘Good Boy’
In Colin Kaepernick, NFL owners see a threat. In Johnny Manziel, they see themselves.
Jul 17, 2017 / Dave Zirin
The Caravan Against Fear Is Fighting Trump’s Border Wall The Caravan Against Fear Is Fighting Trump’s Border Wall
Resistance, in this environment, is at least as much about crafting alternative stories of community and humanity.
Jul 14, 2017 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Americans Oppose School Segregation in Theory—but Not in Practice Americans Oppose School Segregation in Theory—but Not in Practice
A debate over integration of a wealthy school in New York City shows that change is no easy task.
Jul 13, 2017 / StudentNation / Perpetual Baffour
I Tried to Use My Privilege to Defend a Stranger From Racism—and I Might Have Made the Situation Worse I Tried to Use My Privilege to Defend a Stranger From Racism—and I Might Have Made the Situation Worse
And a reader with radical dreams is trapped in a lame nonprofit job.
Jul 13, 2017 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone
This Chicago Politician Is Showing How to Govern From the Left This Chicago Politician Is Showing How to Govern From the Left
In 2015, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa became the city’s youngest alderman. Then he really began breaking ground.
Jul 13, 2017 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
The Arabs of Latin America The Arabs of Latin America
The first wave of migrants from the Middle East to Latin America found acceptance by the locals as successful, hardworking merchants. Newer arrivals have had a harder time.
Jul 12, 2017 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Lamia Oualalou
Venus Williams, a Car Accident, and the Outrageous Police Response Venus Williams, a Car Accident, and the Outrageous Police Response
The tennis legend was publicly blamed for a man’s death, only to be exonerated thanks to TMZ. Something is wrong with this picture.
Jul 10, 2017 / Editorial / Dave Zirin