Social Justice

Two congresspeople sit next to each other during President Biden's State of the Union address.

The Latest Act in New York’s Redistricting Circus Is a Killer The Latest Act in New York’s Redistricting Circus Is a Killer

For national Democrats counting on the state’s redistricting to help hold the House, the latest electoral maps, which pit progressives against each other in several districts, are ...

May 27, 2022 / Ross Barkan

Colin Kaepernick Gets His Chance—and It’s Tough to Care

Colin Kaepernick Gets His Chance—and It’s Tough to Care Colin Kaepernick Gets His Chance—and It’s Tough to Care

If Kaepernick is in fact signed by the Las Vegas Raiders, the NFL media machine will work in overdrive to rewrite history.

May 27, 2022 / Dave Zirin

Urvashi Vaid holds up a sign that says

Urvashi Vaid, 1958–2022 Urvashi Vaid, 1958–2022

Telling the truth, standing together, and fighting for liberation.

May 26, 2022 / Obituary / Laura Flanders

People stand around colorful signs with their fists raised.

The Most Important Recent Labor Victory You Never Read About The Most Important Recent Labor Victory You Never Read About

At this GM plant in Mexico, workers on both sides of the border came together across national boundaries to challenge corporate power.

May 25, 2022 / Bruce Hobson

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Fossil Fuels Are a Threat to National Security Fossil Fuels Are a Threat to National Security

The youth movement urges President Biden to act—with or without Congress.

May 25, 2022 / Jerome Foster, Julia Jackson, and Alexandria Villaseñor

When “Jackie Robinson” Is Used as a Racial Slur

When “Jackie Robinson” Is Used as a Racial Slur When “Jackie Robinson” Is Used as a Racial Slur

What happened at Yankee Stadium is not about one incident. It’s about how Major League Baseball chooses to remember Robinson’s legacy.

May 24, 2022 / Dave Zirin

Hungarian Rhapsody: The Right Dreams of an “American Orbánism”

Hungarian Rhapsody: The Right Dreams of an “American Orbánism” Hungarian Rhapsody: The Right Dreams of an “American Orbánism”

Whether it’s a new variation of “the socialism of fools” or the same old fascist shell game, the Hungarian leader’s illiberal democracy has the American right under its spell.

May 23, 2022 / Jeet Heer

Prison Sentencing

Is Every Sentence a Life Sentence? Is Every Sentence a Life Sentence?

Around 1.3 million Americans are currently incarcerated, and they will continue to be punished long after their release.

May 23, 2022 / StudentNation / Dylan Cohen and Dexter Peters

A Laborers’ Local Union 79 protest against Alba Services.

Immigrant Construction Workers Fight Back Against Exploitation Immigrant Construction Workers Fight Back Against Exploitation

Los Demolicionistas—“the Demolitionists”—have organized to stop nonunion employers from taking advantage of immigrant workers.

May 19, 2022 / Ashley Bishop

Dr. Ashish Jha

“Case Numbers Don’t Matter”—and Other Fatal Covid Fallacies “Case Numbers Don’t Matter”—and Other Fatal Covid Fallacies

The logic behind “cases don’t matter”—the drumbeat of medical professionals pushing us back to normal—is a direct violation of the oath to “first, do no harm.”

May 19, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves

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