Selma and the Unfulfilled Promise of Civil Rights Selma and the Unfulfilled Promise of Civil Rights
The city’s 20th-century history not only marked a high point in the civil-rights movement; it also captures why America needs more than sporadic intervention if it is to uproot the...
Mar 21, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques
6 Months After Maria, Puerto Ricans Face a New Threat—Education Reform 6 Months After Maria, Puerto Ricans Face a New Threat—Education Reform
Colonialism and disaster capitalism are dismantling Puerto Rico's public-school system.
Mar 21, 2018 / Yarimar Bonilla, Rima Brusi, and Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan
Letters From the April 16, 2018, Issue Letters From the April 16, 2018, Issue
Beyond #MeToo… A place to be… After Parkland… A scandal [web only]…
Mar 21, 2018 / Our Readers
‘The Social Ladder Is Broken’: Hope and Despair in the French Banlieues ‘The Social Ladder Is Broken’: Hope and Despair in the French Banlieues
Emmanuel Macron promised to reduce urban inequality, but his policies are out of touch with the impoverished reality on Paris’s periphery.
Mar 21, 2018 / Karina Piser
Why Are US Colleges Collaborating With Saudi Arabia? Why Are US Colleges Collaborating With Saudi Arabia?
Harvard, Georgetown, Yale Law School, UNH—all have taken money from the Saudi government or businessmen allied with it.
Mar 20, 2018 / Stanley Heller
‘The New York Times’ Has a War-Coverage Problem ‘The New York Times’ Has a War-Coverage Problem
Why doesn’t the newspaper connect the dots in the “Global War on Terror”?
Mar 20, 2018 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Get Ready to ‘March For Our Lives’ and Vote Out the Gun Lobby Get Ready to ‘March For Our Lives’ and Vote Out the Gun Lobby
You can also call out Democrats who’ve sided with the big banks over their constituents.
Mar 20, 2018 / NationAction
Gina Haspel’s Role in the Torture Era Demands Attention Gina Haspel’s Role in the Torture Era Demands Attention
Democrats need to insist on the fundamental principle that a torturer is unfit to serve in government in any capacity.
Mar 20, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
If Trump Fires Mueller, Congress Must Impeach If Trump Fires Mueller, Congress Must Impeach
The founders gave us the exact tools we need to deal with such a full-scale constitutional crisis.
Mar 20, 2018 / John Nichols
The Gospel Of Guns The Gospel Of Guns
Ending gun culture will take more than prayers.
Mar 20, 2018 / OppArt / Patrick McGrath Muñiz