Racism and Discrimination

How Federal Housing Programs Failed Black America

How Federal Housing Programs Failed Black America How Federal Housing Programs Failed Black America

In Race for Profit, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor shows how even those housing policies that sought to create more Black homeowners were stymied by racism and a determination to shr...

Aug 25, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Marcia Chatelain

The Kids Are Getting Pepper-Sprayed

The Kids Are Getting Pepper-Sprayed The Kids Are Getting Pepper-Sprayed

Kids as young as 10 years old were among the 200 peaceful student protesters that Chicago police surrounded—tackling, pepper-spraying, and arresting several.

Aug 25, 2020 / StudentNation / Mary Retta

USPS Out of Sorts

USPS Out of Sorts USPS Out of Sorts

The postmaster general undermines voting-by-mail.

Aug 24, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

The Color of Contagion

The Color of Contagion The Color of Contagion

The pandemic has intensified racial disparities. We have to address them without reinforcing them.

Aug 24, 2020 / Feature / Patricia J. Williams

How Yale Became the Latest Target in the Plot to Kill Affirmative Action

How Yale Became the Latest Target in the Plot to Kill Affirmative Action How Yale Became the Latest Target in the Plot to Kill Affirmative Action

In the coming days, the DOJ will borrow a page from the conservative playbook and likely sue Yale for violating the rights of white and Asian students.

Aug 24, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal

73 Days Until We Can Vote Him Out

73 Days Until We Can Vote Him Out 73 Days Until We Can Vote Him Out

Nearly 20,000 false claims since 2017 that are costing lives.

Aug 22, 2020 / OppArt / Josh Gosfield

Missing Persons

Missing Persons Missing Persons

Mounting toll.  Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of August 17.

Aug 21, 2020 / The Greater Quiet / Steve Brodner

A woman holds a large piece of cardboard above her head, with the words

How to Dismantle White Supremacy How to Dismantle White Supremacy

To end systemic racism, the country needs a comprehensive racial justice program even more sweeping than the Marshall Plan.

Aug 21, 2020 / Editorial / Barbara Smith

Margaret Sanger

Canceling Margaret Sanger Only Helps Abortion Opponents Canceling Margaret Sanger Only Helps Abortion Opponents

When Planned Parenthood took the name of the organization’s founder off its flagship clinic in Manhattan, they bought into anti-choice propaganda. 

Aug 20, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Please Mr. Postman

Please Mr. Postman Please Mr. Postman

Trump keeps pushing a false argument on vote-by-mail fraud in the upcoming election in November.

Aug 20, 2020 / OppArt / Hooked Hands

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