How Did We End Up With Our Current Public Defender System? How Did We End Up With Our Current Public Defender System?
Sara Mayeux’s new history highlights how without a more fundamental transformation of criminal law, public defenders often provide only a limited form of equality and fairness befo...
Dec 14, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Clair
This Is Not a President This Is Not a President
This is the loser.
Dec 12, 2020 / OppArt / Edel Rodriguez
Is It Really Terry McAuliffe’s Turn in Virginia—Again? Is It Really Terry McAuliffe’s Turn in Virginia—Again?
Two Black women were already in the governor’s race, but McAuliffe wagers that his experience, fundraising prowess, and ties to the state’s older Black leaders can propel him past ...
Dec 11, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Hinch-22 Hinch-22
Bilgewater on back order. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of December 7.
Dec 11, 2020 / Steve Brodner
Trumpists Are Ranting About Election Fraud as Americans Die of Covid Trumpists Are Ranting About Election Fraud as Americans Die of Covid
This during the deadliest week so far in the pandemic, with infection rates at upwards of 220,000 per day.
Dec 11, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Fighting From Federal Death Row in the Memory of My Friends Fighting From Federal Death Row in the Memory of My Friends
“These are the names of the humans on federal death row and the dates that the Trump administration intends to kill them before leaving office.”
Dec 11, 2020 / Billie Allen
The British Labour Party’s Anti-Semitism Problem The British Labour Party’s Anti-Semitism Problem
For their opponents, the Labour Party’s self-inflicted wound over anti-Semitism is the gift that keeps on giving.
Dec 10, 2020 / Feature / Rachel Shabi
Human Rights Day Human Rights Day
Will the USA remember our promise?
Dec 10, 2020 / OppArt / Jos Sances
A Guide to Giving: Worst Year Ever Edition A Guide to Giving: Worst Year Ever Edition
Get a fresh start after a rotten year—help those who help others.
Dec 10, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt