A Retelling: The Clubwomen A Retelling: The Clubwomen
A writer reflects on her grandmothers’ struggles with progress and peril in a changing America.
Sep 2, 2015 / Margo Jefferson
US Special Forces May Have Gone On a Murder Spree in Afghanistan—Did the Army Cover It Up? US Special Forces May Have Gone On a Murder Spree in Afghanistan—Did the Army Cover It Up?
Exclusive video: “I saw with my own eyes that they killed people.”
Sep 2, 2015 / Matthieu Aikins
Historians of Color Are Revolutionizing the Narrative of ‘American Exceptionalism’ Historians of Color Are Revolutionizing the Narrative of ‘American Exceptionalism’
For too long, we have looked in the wrong place and race for the genesis of our national story.
Sep 1, 2015 / David Levering Lewis
This Is What Greece’s Refugee Crisis Really Looks Like This Is What Greece’s Refugee Crisis Really Looks Like
“Thanks to God I have made it here. I am free, I am alive!”
Sep 1, 2015 / Jesse Rosenfeld
The Gun Policy Debate in Four Sentences The Gun Policy Debate in Four Sentences
Another day, another shooting
Sep 1, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
Feminism Does Not Depend on Whether You Take Your Husband’s Name Feminism Does Not Depend on Whether You Take Your Husband’s Name
Changing your name is not a feminist act. At the same time, you have not betrayed feminism if you change your name.
Aug 31, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg
The Trailer for ‘Concussion’ Should Give Roger Goodell Night Sweats The Trailer for ‘Concussion’ Should Give Roger Goodell Night Sweats
The forthcoming film Concussion, starring Will Smith, is coming for the NFL.
Aug 31, 2015 / Dave Zirin
What a Band of 20th-Century Alabama Communists Can Teach Black Lives Matter and the Offspring of Occupy What a Band of 20th-Century Alabama Communists Can Teach Black Lives Matter and the Offspring of Occupy
On the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking history, Hammer and Hoe, author Robin D.G. Kelley discusses the lessons Alabama’s forgotten black communists can offer today’s activis...
Aug 31, 2015 / Sarah Jaffe
After the Iran Deal: How to Make the Most of the Next 15 Years After the Iran Deal: How to Make the Most of the Next 15 Years
If the US wants to make the Iran deal stick, we have to face up to our broken nuclear promises.
Aug 31, 2015 / Alice Slater
This Labor Ruling Could Give a Big Boost to the Fight For 15 This Labor Ruling Could Give a Big Boost to the Fight For 15
The National Labor Relations Board just gave “outsourced” workers a new tool to hold employers accountable.
Aug 31, 2015 / Michelle Chen