A Modi Victory Puts India’s 200 Million Muslims in Danger A Modi Victory Puts India’s 200 Million Muslims in Danger
The Hindu nationalist party ran a hate-filled campaign and now seems poised to return to power with a terrifying mandate.
May 21, 2019 / Ruchira Gupta
Conservatives’ Real Fight Is for the Future of the Family Conservatives’ Real Fight Is for the Future of the Family
As misogyny and white supremacy are making a frightening comeback, conservatives have been emboldened to relitigate basic assumptions about women’s equality.
May 21, 2019 / Nicole Sussner Rodgers and Julie Kohler
Julius Scott’s Epic About Black Resistance in the Age of Revolution Julius Scott’s Epic About Black Resistance in the Age of Revolution
Modeled after Braudel’s masterpiece on the Mediterranean, The Common Wind helps recovers the radical world of black mariners, rebels, and runaways banding together to realize ...
May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Manisha Sinha
Anthony Abraham Jack Wants to Redefine How We Think About College Campus Inequality Anthony Abraham Jack Wants to Redefine How We Think About College Campus Inequality
His new book, The Privileged Poor, examines the way elite colleges and universities welcome, and don’t welcome, students from the working classes.
May 17, 2019 / Q&A / Edwin Aponte
Eurovision’s Muddled DNA Eurovision’s Muddled DNA
Pop genetics don’t belong in a musical event—or its marketing.
May 16, 2019 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Red Sox Players Are Divided Over White House Visit Red Sox Players Are Divided Over White House Visit
Most of the team’s players of color have declined Trump’s invitation. The 20 who are attending are nearly all white.
May 9, 2019 / Dave Zirin
A Reporter’s Long, Strange Trip Into the Darkest Parts of the American Mind A Reporter’s Long, Strange Trip Into the Darkest Parts of the American Mind
In Republic of Lies, Anna Merlan documents our age of conspiracy.
May 9, 2019 / Talia Lavin
DC’s Leaders Shouldn’t Wait to Prioritize Racial Equity DC’s Leaders Shouldn’t Wait to Prioritize Racial Equity
Activists in Washington say the mayor’s proposed budget would worsen disinvestment in black communities.
May 7, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann
When the Black Panthers Came to Algeria When the Black Panthers Came to Algeria
In Algiers, Third World Capital, Elaine Mokhtefi captures a lost world of camaraderie, shared ideals, and frequent miscommunication.
May 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques
The Disturbing Rise of ‘Femonationalism’ The Disturbing Rise of ‘Femonationalism’
Across Europe, politicians are hijacking feminist language to further right-wing ideologies.
May 7, 2019 / Edna Bonhomme