Cuomo’s Medical Marijuana Proposal Dodges the Real Problems with Pot Criminalization Cuomo’s Medical Marijuana Proposal Dodges the Real Problems with Pot Criminalization
Is the New York governor’s modest concession an attempt to duck the big-picture problems with racially discriminatory marijuana arrests?
Jan 8, 2014 / Matt Taylor
Reading Melville in Post-9/11 America Reading Melville in Post-9/11 America
The author's half-forgotten masterpiece, Benito Cereno, provides fascinating insight into issues of slavery, freedom, individualism—and Islamophobia.
Jan 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin
Melville and the Language of Denial Melville and the Language of Denial
The events behind his story Benito Cereno are more than two centuries old, but the deceptions of racial inferiority that Melville exposes resonate today.
Jan 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Toni Morrison
Three Ways to Fight Racism in 2014 Three Ways to Fight Racism in 2014
Key issues on my racial justice agenda for this year.
Jan 3, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
America After 9/11 America After 9/11
A systematic look at the patterns of rights abuses in the United States’ domestic “war on terror” since September 11, 2001.
Jan 2, 2014 / The Nation
How Tarek Mehanna Went to Prison for a Thought Crime How Tarek Mehanna Went to Prison for a Thought Crime
As the government embraces a “counter-radicalization” approach to counterterrorism, prosecutors are turning radical beliefs into criminal acts.
Dec 31, 2013 / Amna Akbar
The Names: de Blasio and the Meaning of Diversity The Names: de Blasio and the Meaning of Diversity
The mayor-elect is getting pressure to include more blacks and Latinos among his appointments.
Dec 30, 2013 / Jarrett Murphy
Duck Dynasty and the Fake Outrage Machine Duck Dynasty and the Fake Outrage Machine
Let us not dignify this incident by calling it a culture war.
Dec 26, 2013 / Richard Kim
Sympathy for Justine Sacco Sympathy for Justine Sacco
Justine Sacco’s tweet was outrageous. So was the online mob campaign that turned her into the most vilified woman in the world.
Dec 23, 2013 / Michelle Goldberg
Scott Walker Goes All ‘Duck Dynasty’ on the First Amendment Scott Walker Goes All ‘Duck Dynasty’ on the First Amendment
The ACLU accuses Walker of “bogus appropriation” of free speech arguments to defend offensive acts by government.
Dec 23, 2013 / John Nichols