At the University of Virginia, Black Students Are Still Recovering From August 11 At the University of Virginia, Black Students Are Still Recovering From August 11
As the academic year draws to a close, black students at the University of Virginia still experience trauma from the white-supremacist Unite the Right rally.
May 16, 2018 / Black on Campus / Alexis Gravely
In West Texas, the US-Mexico Border Disappeared for a Day In West Texas, the US-Mexico Border Disappeared for a Day
Hundreds of people from sides of the border gathered to celebrate in the Rio Grande—in defiance of the international boundary that divides the community.
May 16, 2018 / Sasha von Oldershausen
Demand That Congress Hold Israel Accountable for the Massacre in Gaza Demand That Congress Hold Israel Accountable for the Massacre in Gaza
You can also get your friends to call their senators about net neutrality and join the Poor People’s Campaign.
May 15, 2018 / no-paywall / NationAction
Trump’s Cruel Folly: Canceling TPS for Hondurans Will Fuel More Violence Trump’s Cruel Folly: Canceling TPS for Hondurans Will Fuel More Violence
For years the United States has helped perpetuate poverty and authoritarian rule in Honduras. Trump’s decision to end temporary protected status only compounds US complicity.
May 15, 2018 / Lauren Carasik
Trump’s Denial of TPS to Hondurans Will Break Up Thousands of Families Trump’s Denial of TPS to Hondurans Will Break Up Thousands of Families
He loathes one of our most successful humanitarian programs because it protects people from what he calls “shithole countries.”
May 7, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky
No Barbed Wire, No Guard Towers No Barbed Wire, No Guard Towers
The photographic legacy of the WWII-era detainment of Japanese Americans is itself a product of historical forces.
May 4, 2018 / Madeleine Han
We’re White. Can We Adopt a Black Child? We’re White. Can We Adopt a Black Child?
Another reader asks about labor organizing in conservative North Dakota.
May 4, 2018 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone
Starbucks Diversity Day Starbucks Diversity Day
Grounds for Legal Action
May 3, 2018 / OppArt / David G. Brown
Yes, Donald Trump Is Making White People More Hateful Yes, Donald Trump Is Making White People More Hateful
A new study finds empirical evidence of the “Trump Effect.”
May 2, 2018 / Joshua Holland
Ida B. Wells-Barnett Deserves a Bigger Statue Ida B. Wells-Barnett Deserves a Bigger Statue
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is extraordinary, and we need more monuments like it.
May 2, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams