Racism and Discrimination

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Breathing While Black Breathing While Black

Unlike Eric Garner or George Floyd, the author lived to tell his story.

May 28, 2020 / LeAlan M. Jones

We Can’t Breathe

We Can’t Breathe We Can’t Breathe

George Floyd is added to an endless list of African Americans dying in police custody.

May 28, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper, Andrea Arroyo, and Steve Brodner

There’s Only One Possible Conclusion: White America Likes Its Killer Cops

There’s Only One Possible Conclusion: White America Likes Its Killer Cops There’s Only One Possible Conclusion: White America Likes Its Killer Cops

There’s a straight line connecting Derek Chauvin to Amy Cooper—and that line is white support of police violence.

May 27, 2020 / Elie Mystal

Israel’s Mizrahi Activists Are Fighting the Racist Nation-State Law

Israel’s Mizrahi Activists Are Fighting the Racist Nation-State Law Israel’s Mizrahi Activists Are Fighting the Racist Nation-State Law

Echoing the country’s Black Panther movement of the early 1970s, they’re challenging the false binary of Arab vs. Jew, which the law strengthens.

May 27, 2020 / Jen Marlowe

Birding While Black: Just the Latest Bad Reason for White People to Call Police

Birding While Black: Just the Latest Bad Reason for White People to Call Police Birding While Black: Just the Latest Bad Reason for White People to Call Police

In parks across America, bird-watchers and dog owners regularly clash over space. But when a white dog owner called the cops on a black birder, only one was in danger.

May 26, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Shut Up and Play, or Shut Up and Die?

Shut Up and Play, or Shut Up and Die? Shut Up and Play, or Shut Up and Die?

Donald Trump and NFL ownership are demanding a 2020 season, health of the players be damned.

May 22, 2020 / no-paywall / Dave Zirin

Cruise Ship of State

Cruise Ship of State Cruise Ship of State

A president without a moral compass steers us toward the rocks.

May 22, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Black Lives MATTER

Black Lives MATTER Black Lives MATTER

Racism kills. #Ahmaud Arbery

May 21, 2020 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández

MISSING

MISSING MISSING

Portraits of a Pandemic

May 20, 2020 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

The Murder That Threatened to Divide the Two Harlems

The Murder That Threatened to Divide the Two Harlems The Murder That Threatened to Divide the Two Harlems

After a Barnard student was stabbed to death in Morningside Park, long-timers and gentrifiers feared they’d find themselves at odds.

May 19, 2020 / Feature / Joan Walsh

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