Running for Governor, Stacey Abrams Has a Plan to Turn Georgia Blue Running for Governor, Stacey Abrams Has a Plan to Turn Georgia Blue
She united the Democratic Party’s competing wings to launch her historic campaign. Now she has to turn out a different kind of electorate.
Jun 20, 2017 / Joan Walsh
Introducing ‘Take Action Now,’ a New Tool to Help You Connect to the Resistance Introducing ‘Take Action Now,’ a New Tool to Help You Connect to the Resistance
Every Tuesday, “Take Action Now” will feature three actions involving time commitments ranging from five minutes to many days.
Jun 20, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction
Inside the Fight to Take Down the Confederate Monuments in New Orleans Inside the Fight to Take Down the Confederate Monuments in New Orleans
Activists are taking on their city’s racist legacy—and winning.
Jun 19, 2017 / Collier Meyerson
Another Terror Attack in London, as Grief and Anger Build in the Wake of the Grenfell Tower Fire Another Terror Attack in London, as Grief and Anger Build in the Wake of the Grenfell Tower Fire
The conflagration was a lethal consequence of years of putting profit before people’s lives.
Jun 19, 2017 / Maria Margaronis
Colin Kaepernick, Philando Castile, and the Lost Wisdom of Roger Goodell’s Father Colin Kaepernick, Philando Castile, and the Lost Wisdom of Roger Goodell’s Father
The need for radical voices has never been more pressing. Defending voices that are being silenced is a task for all of us.
Jun 18, 2017 / Dave Zirin
The Police Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Is Found Not Guilty The Police Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Is Found Not Guilty
Even a liberal enclave like the one Castile lived in, even having a licensed gun, like Castile had, cannot bring worth to a black man’s life in the eyes of our racist jus...
Jun 16, 2017 / Collier Meyerson
DACA Stays, Even As the Federal Government Pursues DREAMers DACA Stays, Even As the Federal Government Pursues DREAMers
Trump will not revoke Obama’s protections for immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. But his administration is still going after some of them.
Jun 16, 2017 / Julianne Hing
The Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline Is Not Over. Here’s How You Can Join The Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline Is Not Over. Here’s How You Can Join
The water protectors and their allies have been taking aim at the project in a way that the companies behind it are sure to notice: by hitting them in their pocketbooks.
Jun 16, 2017 / no-paywall / Skanda Kadirgamar
Trump Is Appointing Racist Fake-News Purveyors to the Federal Bench Trump Is Appointing Racist Fake-News Purveyors to the Federal Bench
A radical transformation of the judiciary is underway.
Jun 16, 2017 / George Zornick
Systemic Racism Couldn’t Care Less About Your Respectability Politics Systemic Racism Couldn’t Care Less About Your Respectability Politics
What could not save Philando Castile, Jordan Edwards or Richard Collins III is the same thing that I have been told would save me, a young black college student: respectability.
Jun 16, 2017 / StudentNation / Shekinah Mondoua