What We Talk About When We Talk About Immigration What We Talk About When We Talk About Immigration
Donald Trump is changing the terms of the debate. How should progressives respond?
Feb 15, 2018 / Column / Laila Lalami
John Kelly Has Got to Go John Kelly Has Got to Go
His awful response to domestic-abuse charges involving a top aide is just the latest in a series of toxic blunders.
Feb 8, 2018 / John Nichols
Climate Change Isn’t Just About the Planet Climate Change Isn’t Just About the Planet
It’s about justice: racial, social, socioeconomic, reproductive, and environmental. It’s about immigration reform, LGBTQIA+ rights, and religious freedom.
Feb 7, 2018 / StudentNation / Leehi Yona
The Way We Talk About Immigration Is Profane The Way We Talk About Immigration Is Profane
Trump’s “shithole” remarks only scratch the surface.
Feb 7, 2018 / Column / Kai Wright
50 Years Ago, Late-Night TV Woke Us 50 Years Ago, Late-Night TV Woke Us
Harry Belafonte’s week hosting the Tonight show brought together the best of the ’60s—and prefigured the era’s decline.
Feb 5, 2018 / Joan Walsh
White Anti-Racism Must Be Based in Solidarity, Not Altruism White Anti-Racism Must Be Based in Solidarity, Not Altruism
Altruism is too often carried along by the currents of racist capitalism.
Feb 5, 2018 / Jesse A. Myerson
The US Turns Its Back on the World’s Most Vulnerable The US Turns Its Back on the World’s Most Vulnerable
The Trump administration reveals, again, its contempt for TPS and will stop giving protected status to Syrians.
Feb 1, 2018 / Julianne Hing
Latinos Are the Key to Taking Back the Senate in 2018 Latinos Are the Key to Taking Back the Senate in 2018
A smart infusion of time and money could flip Arizona, Nevada, and Texas.
Jan 31, 2018 / Steve Phillips
In the Legal System, Talking White Is a Precursor to Justice—and That’s Wrong In the Legal System, Talking White Is a Precursor to Justice—and That’s Wrong
If the legal system keeps treating AAE as a lesser form of English, it can never claim to view black people with the same legitimacy as white people.
Jan 29, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld
Trump’s Xenophobic Vision of America Is Inciting Racist Violence Trump’s Xenophobic Vision of America Is Inciting Racist Violence
Attacks against Muslim, South Asian, Sikh, Hindu, Arab, and Middle Eastern communities in the US were up a staggering 45 percent in 2017.
Jan 27, 2018 / Suman Raghunathan