The Tactics Change, but the Police State Stays the Same The Tactics Change, but the Police State Stays the Same
Police will continue to abuse the rights of the already marginalized because we, as American citizens, refuse to question the fundamental goals of policing.
May 13, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
No One Cares If You Never Apologize for Your White Male Privilege No One Cares If You Never Apologize for Your White Male Privilege
There are no American institutions of power that are founded on wholesale discrimination against white men. That’s not the case for the rest of us.
May 5, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
Will HRC Do Right By the South? Will HRC Do Right By the South?
Southern organizers have tips on how the LGBT group can make its foray into the region work. HRC responds: “We got this.”
May 1, 2014 / Blog / Dani McClain
Cracking Down on Subway Dancers Is Just Another Way of Criminalizing Black Youth Cracking Down on Subway Dancers Is Just Another Way of Criminalizing Black Youth
The ease with which we criminalize and abuse black youth in this country would be astounding if it weren’t so routine.
May 1, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
Learning From Mexico Learning From Mexico
Richard Rodriguez’s vision of racial mixing as New World destiny.
Apr 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Brook
What Cliven Bundy Learned From the Koch Brothers What Cliven Bundy Learned From the Koch Brothers
The real “takers” are the biggest corporations and banks, the richest Americans.
Apr 29, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Donald Sterling’s Impolite Racism Donald Sterling’s Impolite Racism
The embattled basketball team owner broke the rules of how one should go about being racist in America.
Apr 28, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
The NYPD Has Disbanded Its Most Notorious Spy Unit, but Is the Age of Muslim Surveillance Really Over? The NYPD Has Disbanded Its Most Notorious Spy Unit, but Is the Age of Muslim Surveillance Really Over?
Many worry that the architecture of NYPD’s surveillance system remains largely intact.
Apr 23, 2014 / Anna Lekas Miller
The Unbearable Whiteness of the American Left The Unbearable Whiteness of the American Left
From education to gun control, progressive movements need to do a better job empowering the people whose interests they claim to serve.
Apr 23, 2014 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge
Racial and Environmental Justice Are Two Sides of the Same Coin Racial and Environmental Justice Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
Those of us who haven’t been paying enough attention to climate change can no longer take for granted that others will do the work. It’s time for all of us to show up. ...
Apr 22, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith