Martin Luther King Jr.: 50 Years Later Martin Luther King Jr.: 50 Years Later
Activists today are taking up Dr. King’s mantle and reviving the Poor People’s Campaign.
Apr 3, 2018 / Feature / Michael K. Honey
Sacramento Is Seething Over the Police Killing of Stephon Clark Sacramento Is Seething Over the Police Killing of Stephon Clark
His fate has sent a collective shudder of horror through the city’s African-American community.
Mar 30, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky
Trump and Brexit Are Symptoms of the Same Failure to Reckon With Racism Trump and Brexit Are Symptoms of the Same Failure to Reckon With Racism
The US and UK remain in denial about race, immigration, and their place in the world.
Mar 30, 2018 / Column / Gary Younge
What to Do About the Police? What to Do About the Police?
Two new books examine the austerity policies and administrative overreach behind the expansion of local law enforcement.
Mar 29, 2018 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim
The Left’s Embrace of Empire The Left’s Embrace of Empire
The history of the left in the United States is a history of betrayal.
Mar 28, 2018 / Lyle Jeremy Rubin
What Happens When You Put Young People of Color at the Center of #NeverAgain What Happens When You Put Young People of Color at the Center of #NeverAgain
Gun control becomes only one part of the larger solution to violence in our communities.
Mar 27, 2018 / Lori Bezahler
6 Minutes and 20 Seconds That Could Change the World 6 Minutes and 20 Seconds That Could Change the World
Thanks to young people, especially those of color, this time might be different.
Mar 24, 2018 / Joan Walsh
Under Trump, ICE Has Become a Vast, Cruel Bureaucracy Under Trump, ICE Has Become a Vast, Cruel Bureaucracy
Children seeking asylum are being separated from their parents for no good reason.
Mar 22, 2018 / Column / Laila Lalami
Antifa Has Richard Spencer on the Run. Does That Vindicate Its Tactics? Antifa Has Richard Spencer on the Run. Does That Vindicate Its Tactics?
There’s good reason to believe that antifa’s success has come despite violent tactics, not because of them.
Mar 21, 2018 / Joshua Holland
Selma and the Unfulfilled Promise of Civil Rights Selma and the Unfulfilled Promise of Civil Rights
The city’s 20th-century history not only marked a high point in the civil-rights movement; it also captures why America needs more than sporadic intervention if it is to uproot the...
Mar 21, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques