Society

Gwen Berry

The IOC Is Now Daring Olympic Athletes to Protest The IOC Is Now Daring Olympic Athletes to Protest

By trying to stamp out protest at the Tokyo Games, the IOC has set the stage for a more meaningful dissent.

May 13, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Bastian Rodriguez

‘It’s Like a Black Hole’: ICE Has Been Holding Kids in Indefinite Detention ‘It’s Like a Black Hole’: ICE Has Been Holding Kids in Indefinite Detention

The agency has sent an unknown number of teenagers to juvenile jails and won’t tell anyone why.

May 13, 2021 / Ashoka Mukpo

Black Families Matter

Black Families Matter Black Families Matter

Honoring black lives, every day.

May 12, 2021 / OppArt / Isis Davis-Marks

The Nation Fund for Independent Journalism

Introducing The Nation Fund for Independent Journalism Introducing The Nation Fund for Independent Journalism

A multifaceted 501c3 educational organization will train and nurture next generation of diverse independent journalists.

May 12, 2021 / Press Room

‘Sometimes I Miss the Lockdown’

‘Sometimes I Miss the Lockdown’ ‘Sometimes I Miss the Lockdown’

On silence, solidarity and a feeling, a year later, of life on thin ice in the city.

May 12, 2021 / Thomas McKean

COVID-19 cremation

Parking Lot Crematoria Burn Through the Night as Covid-19 Overwhelms Delhi Parking Lot Crematoria Burn Through the Night as Covid-19 Overwhelms Delhi

Rage at Modi builds amid catastrophic government failure.

May 11, 2021 / Fahad Shah

Covid’s Spread Ignores All Borders

Covid’s Spread Ignores All Borders Covid’s Spread Ignores All Borders

This global pandemic must remain our collective battle.

May 11, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Scott Stringer arrives for rally by coalition of union

Rushing to Judgment on Scott Stringer Rushing to Judgment on Scott Stringer

The facts are too scarce, and the stakes are too high, to jump to conclusions.

May 11, 2021 / Katha Pollitt

Covid: Un-United States of Guns

Covid: Un-United States of Guns Covid: Un-United States of Guns

The battle over gun safety laws in America.

May 10, 2021 / OppArt / Gary Taxali

President Richard Nixon

The UC System’s Policing Expansion Belies Its Stated Commitment to Racial Justice The UC System’s Policing Expansion Belies Its Stated Commitment to Racial Justice

The license for the rise of the law-and-order campus dates back to President Richard Nixon and The Report of the President’s Commission on Campus Unrest.

May 10, 2021 / Robin D.G. Kelley, Paola Bacchetta, and David Theo Goldberg

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