Racism and Discrimination

We Can’t Let the Kaepernick Era Be Erased From History

We Can’t Let the Kaepernick Era Be Erased From History We Can’t Let the Kaepernick Era Be Erased From History

Critics say the Black Lives Matter movement in sports went too far. In reality, it didn’t go far enough, and the backlash to it has been brutal.

Sep 9, 2026 / Dave Zirin

Can Senator Jon Ossoff Hold On to His Seat?

Can Senator Jon Ossoff Hold On to His Seat? Can Senator Jon Ossoff Hold On to His Seat?

He’s the most vulnerable incumbent in the Senate race, and his state is ground zero for the new Jim Crow attacks on voting rights.

Sep 9, 2026 / Feature / Joan Walsh

A parade of Jewish Bundists on May Day.

The Bund and the Radical History of Jewish Anti-Zionism The Bund and the Radical History of Jewish Anti-Zionism

Molly Crabapple’s Here Where We Live Is Our Country revisits the past of the Jewish Labor Bund and considers what it might mean for our future.

Sep 8, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

Eli Harold, Colin Kaepernick, and Eric Reid of the San Francisco 49ers kneel in protest during the anthem in October 2016 in New York.

Kaepernick and the Movement He Inspired Kaepernick and the Movement He Inspired

I once thought the protests of athletes after George Floyd’s murder would launch a new era of sports activism. Ten years after Kaepernick first kneeled, I revisit what I wrote.

Sep 3, 2026 / Dave Zirin

Supporters leave flowers and photographs after taking part in a vigil for late Cambridge professor Jason Arday in Trafalgar Square in central London on August 17, 2026, following his death at age 41 on August 14.

Oxford and Cambridge Have Always Been Racist Oxford and Cambridge Have Always Been Racist

I was one of the few Black scholars at both institutions. I understand—and loathe—how their tendency to undermine the suffering of Black people led to Jason Arday’s demise.

Aug 22, 2026 / Gazelle Mba

Trump’s Ballroom Isn’t Just a Farce Anymore—It’s a Threat

Trump’s Ballroom Isn’t Just a Farce Anymore—It’s a Threat Trump’s Ballroom Isn’t Just a Farce Anymore—It’s a Threat

In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent explains how the ballroom could gut key environmental protections. Plus, the heartbreak of Jason Arday.

Aug 21, 2026 / Elie Mystal

Demonstrators, many with signs, protest outside the White House, Washington DC, March 12, 1965.

American Democracy Has Been Killed American Democracy Has Been Killed

The Supreme Court put the final nail in the coffin this summer. Now we have to raise democracy from the dead.

Aug 21, 2026 / Edward H. Williams

The Hollywood Gerrymander

The Hollywood Gerrymander The Hollywood Gerrymander

The proposed Paramount/Warner Bros. merger does not just represent media monopoly—it is another form of gerrymandering, of rigging the rules to limit who has power.

Aug 20, 2026 / Rashad Robinson

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on ABC's “This Week,” on August 9, 2026.

No, Woke 1 Was Not Crazy No, Woke 1 Was Not Crazy

AOC and others are laughing off 2020 as a wild, isolated moment. None of that is true.

Aug 20, 2026 / Zito Madu

A photo of late Cambridge professor Jason Arday is pictured along with floral tributes that are attached to the fencing around the Senate House at the University of Cambridge on August 18, following his death at age 41 on August 14.

The Machine That Came for Jason Arday The Machine That Came for Jason Arday

It wasn't a scandal but a machine—funded, transatlantic, and still running.

Aug 20, 2026 / Jafari Sinclaire Allen

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