The Police Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Is Found Not Guilty The Police Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Is Found Not Guilty
Even a liberal enclave like the one Castile lived in, even having a licensed gun, like Castile had, cannot bring worth to a black man’s life in the eyes of our racist jus...
Jun 16, 2017 / Collier Meyerson
DACA Stays, Even As the Federal Government Pursues DREAMers DACA Stays, Even As the Federal Government Pursues DREAMers
Trump will not revoke Obama’s protections for immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. But his administration is still going after some of them.
Jun 16, 2017 / Julianne Hing
The Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline Is Not Over. Here’s How You Can Join The Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline Is Not Over. Here’s How You Can Join
The water protectors and their allies have been taking aim at the project in a way that the companies behind it are sure to notice: by hitting them in their pocketbooks.
Jun 16, 2017 / no-paywall / Skanda Kadirgamar
Trump Is Appointing Racist Fake-News Purveyors to the Federal Bench Trump Is Appointing Racist Fake-News Purveyors to the Federal Bench
A radical transformation of the judiciary is underway.
Jun 16, 2017 / George Zornick
Systemic Racism Couldn’t Care Less About Your Respectability Politics Systemic Racism Couldn’t Care Less About Your Respectability Politics
What could not save Philando Castile, Jordan Edwards or Richard Collins III is the same thing that I have been told would save me, a young black college student: respectability.
Jun 16, 2017 / StudentNation / Shekinah Mondoua
Megyn Kelly Isn’t a Crusading Journalist. She’s a Bullhorn for Bigots. Megyn Kelly Isn’t a Crusading Journalist. She’s a Bullhorn for Bigots.
Megyn Kelly’s interview with Alex Jones is unconscionable—and true to form.
Jun 16, 2017 / Katherine Stewart
Republican Legislators Want You to Think Confederate Monuments Aren’t Political Republican Legislators Want You to Think Confederate Monuments Aren’t Political
Under the guise of historical preservation, Southern states have passed laws preventing the removal of Confederate symbols.
Jun 15, 2017 / Jonathan S. Blake
Will the Warriors Turn Down a Trip to the White House? Will the Warriors Turn Down a Trip to the White House?
If any team would publicly and collectively decide not to make the White House visit, it would be these Warriors.
Jun 14, 2017 / Dave Zirin
Removing the Confederate Monuments In New Orleans Was Only a First Step Toward Righting the Wrongs of History Removing the Confederate Monuments In New Orleans Was Only a First Step Toward Righting the Wrongs of History
The real sanitization of the past happened when the statues were put up. To correct the record, a museum of Reconstruction should take their place.
Jun 14, 2017 / StudentNation / Scott P. Marler
It’s Time for a Disarmament Race It’s Time for a Disarmament Race
Nelson Mandela knew that racism, injustice, and the bomb are inextricably linked—and that the arms race can only end in oblivion.
Jun 12, 2017 / Archbishop Desmond Tutu