Society

Facing Race 2016

Trump Reminds Us the Racial Justice Movement Is Growing Trump Reminds Us the Racial Justice Movement Is Growing

Backlash only exists when we are making progress, so let’s keep going.

Nov 16, 2016 / Rinku Sen

Utah Protesters

28 Students Respond to Donald Trump’s Election 28 Students Respond to Donald Trump’s Election

“We can no longer afford to run from uncomfortable conversations.”

Nov 15, 2016 / StudentNation / Various Contributors

Seattle Seahawk Doug Baldwin, Jr.

Seattle Seahawk Doug Baldwin With the Words We Need to Hear Seattle Seahawk Doug Baldwin With the Words We Need to Hear

Tweet by tweet, he spoke out against the economic inequality that paved the way for Trump—and the importance of fighting for something better.

Nov 15, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Did Republicans Rig the Election?

Did Republicans Rig the Election? Did Republicans Rig the Election?

Voter suppression was all too real, and 14 states—including important swing states—had new voting restrictions in place.

Nov 15, 2016 / Feature / Ari Berman

‘We Are Not Leaving’

‘We Are Not Leaving’ ‘We Are Not Leaving’

Arizona’s immigrant communities are moving from fear to fight.

Nov 15, 2016 / Feature / Julianne Hing

An Unabashed Misogynist Is in Charge of Our Country. Now What?

An Unabashed Misogynist Is in Charge of Our Country. Now What? An Unabashed Misogynist Is in Charge of Our Country. Now What?

We thought Trump’s sexism would be repudiated when America elected its first female president. Then he won.

Nov 15, 2016 / Feature / Katha Pollitt

Dakota Pipeline police

How You Can Stand With Standing Rock How You Can Stand With Standing Rock

Today’s #NoDAPL action targets the Army Corps of Engineers. Watch this video—then call them.

Nov 15, 2016 / Julia Mead

Responsible Hedonists

Responsible Hedonists Responsible Hedonists

Emily Witts new book, Future Sex, captures the ways in which free love and countercultural experiments are no longer as liberating as they once seemed.

Nov 15, 2016 / Books & the Arts / J.C. Pan

Vladimir Putin, 2014.

Now That They’ve Been Proven Wrong, Will Putin’s Demonizers Apologize for Their Slanders? Now That They’ve Been Proven Wrong, Will Putin’s Demonizers Apologize for Their Slanders?

Probably not. Blaming the Russian president for everything is now a national hobby, the facts be damned.

Nov 15, 2016 / James Carden

Steve Bannon

Activists Everywhere Are Calling for Trump to Rescind His Appointment of a White Nationalist Activists Everywhere Are Calling for Trump to Rescind His Appointment of a White Nationalist

The Steve Bannon appointment “signals that white supremacists will be represented at the highest levels in Trump’s White House.”

Nov 14, 2016 / John Nichols

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