Sinking Presidency Sinking Presidency
The candidate’s yard sign?
Oct 17, 2020 / OppArt / Leonard Stokes
NBA Bubble Postmortem NBA Bubble Postmortem
Were NBA players correct to finish their season, given concerns that they would distract from the movements in the streets? I think they were.
Oct 16, 2020 / Dave Zirin
Eyes Wide Shut Eyes Wide Shut
Dark obsessions. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of October 12.
Oct 16, 2020 / Steve Brodner
Texas and the Long Tail of Voter Suppression Texas and the Long Tail of Voter Suppression
As the growing number of Black and Latinx voters threaten the GOP’s stranglehold on power, attempts to limit safe voting options during the pandemic reveal a deeper sickness in Tex...
Oct 16, 2020 / Michael Barajas and The Texas Observer
The Simple, Profound Message of Pope Francis’s New Encyclical The Simple, Profound Message of Pope Francis’s New Encyclical
Amid the pandemic and worsening marginalization, we have to get better at doing one thing: listening.
Oct 14, 2020 / Sister Simone Campbell
UNCOUNTED, a Memorial for People Killed by Law Enforcement Officers UNCOUNTED, a Memorial for People Killed by Law Enforcement Officers
Countless men, women, and children have been killed at the hands of US law enforcement officers. Breonna Taylor was murdered by Louisville police on March 13, 2020, and recently he...
Oct 13, 2020 / OppArt / Coco Howard
Stanley Crouch, 1945–2020 Stanley Crouch, 1945–2020
Even many of those who at times wanted to throttle Crouch will miss him now that he’s gone.
Oct 12, 2020 / Gene Seymour
If the NBA Stands for Racial Justice, What About Tom Gores? If the NBA Stands for Racial Justice, What About Tom Gores?
The franchise owner of the Detroit Pistons also owns a predatory prison telephone company. Shouldn’t that matter to the NBA?
Oct 12, 2020 / Dave Zirin
It’s Time for Italian Americans to Give Up on Columbus It’s Time for Italian Americans to Give Up on Columbus
For over a century, Italians have mythologized the genocidal explorer to gain access to American whiteness.
Oct 12, 2020 / Chris Gelardi
31 Days Until the Election 31 Days Until the Election
The death toll rises while Trump blusters.
Oct 10, 2020 / OppArt / Bill Bramhall