Society

Beyoncé performing at the 2023 Grammys

When Black Women Are Punished for Winning Too Much When Black Women Are Punished for Winning Too Much

Every time we get an unvarnished look-see at how the awards sausages get made, voters unwittingly confirm that racism and misogyny are key ingredients.

Feb 17, 2023 / Column / Kali Holloway

Naomi Oreskes

America’s Toxic Romance With the Free Market America’s Toxic Romance With the Free Market

A conversation with Naomi Oreskes about her new book with Erik M. Conway, The Big Myth, and how market fundamentalists convinced Americans to loathe government.

Feb 17, 2023 / Q&A / Claudia Dreifus

Survivors outside collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras on February 8, 2023

Erdoğan Can’t Hide Any Longer Erdoğan Can’t Hide Any Longer

In Turkey, millions of people are suffering from a natural disaster without timely government aid. Meanwhile, Erdogan is planning for his next election. 

Feb 17, 2023 / Ece Temelkuran

memorial for Isidro Valverde

After Another Police Killing in Chicago, We Need to Focus on Care, Not Cops After Another Police Killing in Chicago, We Need to Focus on Care, Not Cops

Officers in Chicago killed Isidro Valverde and then lied about it—part of a pattern at CPD. We must reallocate excessive police funding to build systems of supportive care.

Feb 17, 2023 / Rossana Rodriguez and Eric Reinhart

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

Ron DeSantis Is Lying About Why Bookshelves in Florida Classrooms Are Empty Ron DeSantis Is Lying About Why Bookshelves in Florida Classrooms Are Empty

The Florida governor claims that it’s not his legislation that is limiting what books students can read. But local parents beg to differ.

Feb 16, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Trey Lamar speaks at a hearing

Apartheid American-Style Apartheid American-Style

The City of Jackson versus the Mississippi State Legislature.

Feb 16, 2023 / Makani Themba

The Fight for the Soul of American Medicine

The Fight for the Soul of American Medicine The Fight for the Soul of American Medicine

More and more physicians are rejecting the forces of conservatism within their field and joining the grassroots movement to revolutionize American medicine.

Feb 16, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves

DACA Protest

How DACA Helped This Student Achieve His Dreams How DACA Helped This Student Achieve His Dreams

Born in Uganda to Pakistani parents, Fahad Paryani came to the US at the age of 3. Because of DACA, he's now a full-time medical researcher at Columbia University.

Feb 16, 2023 / StudentNation / Jordan Coll

Ida B. Wells  (1862–1931)

Ida B. Wells  (1862–1931) Ida B. Wells  (1862–1931)

An American investigative journalist, educator, and leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the NAACP. “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of ...

Feb 15, 2023 / OppArt / Jos Sances

A prison inmate makes one of her daily allotment of six phone calls at the York Community Reintegration Center on May 24, 2016 in Niantic, Connecticut.

Even After a Landmark Bill, the Fight for Prison Phone Justice Isn’t Over Even After a Landmark Bill, the Fight for Prison Phone Justice Isn’t Over

The FCC needs to understand its landmark mission.

Feb 15, 2023 / Wanda Bertram

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