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Letters From the October 16, 2017, Issue Letters From the October 16, 2017, Issue

A peek inside the rogues’ gallery… A real Shonda… End of the line… Tending our rural roots…

Sep 28, 2017 / Our Readers and Eric Alterman

The Rage of White Folk

The Rage of White Folk The Rage of White Folk

How the silent majority became a loud and angry minority.

Sep 27, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Steven Hahn

Jose Garcia Vicente holds a piece of plumbing he picked up, as he shows his destroyed home, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Aibonito, Puerto.

Demand Immediate Aid for Puerto Rico Demand Immediate Aid for Puerto Rico

You can also register your friends and family to vote and march for racial justice.

Sep 26, 2017 / NationAction

Black Voters Casting Ballots

Democrats Must Stop Taking the Black Working Class for Granted Democrats Must Stop Taking the Black Working Class for Granted

A new report from Working America found that black Ohioans were suffering economically during the 2016 presidential election—but did not think a Democratic president would make a d...

Sep 26, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

Colin Kaepernick

Fearlessly Speaking Truth to Power Fearlessly Speaking Truth to Power

The examples of Manning and Kaepernick show some of America’s most powerful institutions treating the truth as an inconvenience or, worse, an enemy to defeat.

Sep 26, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Robert E. Lee Statue

Have the White Supremacists Left Charlottesville? Have the White Supremacists Left Charlottesville?

The city has a reputation as a liberal oasis in the South. But racism is homegrown here.

Sep 25, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

Trump in Alabama

Why Donald Trump Attacked the NFL Players Who Take a Knee Why Donald Trump Attacked the NFL Players Who Take a Knee

He’s stoking racial divisions in order to maintain a grip on a Senate seat that Democrats are surprisingly competitive for.

Sep 25, 2017 / John Nichols

Kaepernick Reid Anthem Kneel

For the NFL, It Was ‘Choose-Your-Side Sunday’ For the NFL, It Was ‘Choose-Your-Side Sunday’

Donald Trump thought targeting NFL players with his racialized venom would be smart politics. He was wrong.

Sep 24, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Basketball

Is the NBA a ‘Safer Space’ for Political Athletes? Is the NBA a ‘Safer Space’ for Political Athletes?

The NBA wants to be seen as more friendly to player activism than the NFL. Let’s find out.

Sep 22, 2017 / Dave Zirin

The Real Crisis of European Multiculturalism

The Real Crisis of European Multiculturalism The Real Crisis of European Multiculturalism

As a set of policies and as an ideal for a more pluralist society, it has failed not because of recent waves of immigration but because of how Europeans view their own culture and ...

Sep 20, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Joan W. Scott

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