The Obsession With White Voters Could Cost Democrats the Virginia Governor’s Race The Obsession With White Voters Could Cost Democrats the Virginia Governor’s Race
If Ralph Northam’s campaign is any indication, Democrats have learned the wrong lesson from 2016.
Oct 23, 2017 / Steve Phillips
Airlines Are Policing the Bodies and Behavior of Women-of-Color Passengers Airlines Are Policing the Bodies and Behavior of Women-of-Color Passengers
And they’re inadvertently revealing the racist and misogynistic assumptions and codes of behavior that are thrust upon us.
Oct 23, 2017 / Deepa Iyer
Sexual Assault When You’re on the Margins: Can We All Say #MeToo? Sexual Assault When You’re on the Margins: Can We All Say #MeToo?
To effectively combat sexual harassment, we must understand how a survivor’s identity shapes his or her ability to tell a boss, sue a company, or even join the hashtag #metoo.
Oct 19, 2017 / Collier Meyerson
Colin Kaepernick Was Mocked and Threatened for Taking a Knee. He’s Also Winning. Colin Kaepernick Was Mocked and Threatened for Taking a Knee. He’s Also Winning.
Protesting players have wrung major concessions out of the NFL.
Oct 19, 2017 / Dave Zirin
Letters From the November 6, 2017, Issue Letters From the November 6, 2017, Issue
Kneeling down, rising up… The wrong idol… False flag… Digital redistricting?… A worthy candidate… From the stacks…
Oct 19, 2017 / Letters / Our Readers
America Is Waking Up to the Injustice of Cash Bail America Is Waking Up to the Injustice of Cash Bail
Seventy percent of people in jail haven’t been convicted of a crime. They just can’t afford bail.
Oct 19, 2017 / Feature / Bryce Covert
Puerto Rico Still Needs Our Help. Here’s What You Can Do. Puerto Rico Still Needs Our Help. Here’s What You Can Do.
Demand debt forgiveness, show up for protests, and donate.
Oct 17, 2017 / no-paywall / Ariana Rosas Cárdenas
With Trump’s Latest Muslim Ban Blocked, Take Action to Defeat It for Good With Trump’s Latest Muslim Ban Blocked, Take Action to Defeat It for Good
You can also demand that Congress save the Iran nuclear deal and share your net neutrality story.
Oct 17, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction
It Feels Surreal Being a Puerto Rican in the United States These Days It Feels Surreal Being a Puerto Rican in the United States These Days
The disaster has revealed our ambiguous status as citizen-strangers.
Oct 17, 2017 / Javier Morillo
The Values Voters Summit Props Up Our White-Supremacist Corporate Oligarchy The Values Voters Summit Props Up Our White-Supremacist Corporate Oligarchy
These Christian nationalists serve only the wealthiest Americans and take every opportunity to hurt the poor.
Oct 17, 2017 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II