Racism and Discrimination

Missing Persons

Missing Persons Missing Persons

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

Aug 21, 2020 / 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 / 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

Milwaukee Has a Lot to Teach Joe Biden and the Democrats

Milwaukee Has a Lot to Teach Joe Biden and the Democrats Milwaukee Has a Lot to Teach Joe Biden and the Democrats

Representative Gwen Moore spoke of a “city where blood was shed for labor rights, where a fugitive slave was freed from prison, where women’s right to vote was first ratified.”

Aug 19, 2020 / John Nichols

Daddying, Celebrating Black Fathers

Daddying, Celebrating Black Fathers Daddying, Celebrating Black Fathers

Black Lives Matter, every day.

Aug 18, 2020 / OppArt / Tau Battice

Bernie Sanders on How He’ll Rally Progressives

Bernie Sanders on How He’ll Rally Progressives Bernie Sanders on How He’ll Rally Progressives

In an exclusive interview with The Nation, the Vermont senator says backing Biden/Harris is the start of their work, not the finish.

Aug 17, 2020 / John Nichols

Systemic Racism

Systemic Racism Systemic Racism

Eyeing that history.

Aug 17, 2020 / OppArt / Jos Sances

80 Days Until Election Day

80 Days Until Election Day 80 Days Until Election Day

Trump’s Covid response has cost untold American lives.

Aug 15, 2020 / OppArt / Mark Bryan

The Greater Quiet

The Greater Quiet The Greater Quiet

The first installment of our new series, featuring portraits of the people affecting and affected by the coronavirus crisis.

Aug 14, 2020 / Steve Brodner

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