States

Rethinking Ralph Northam

Rethinking Ralph Northam Rethinking Ralph Northam

Progressives shouldn’t expect infallibility from our leaders.

Feb 13, 2019 / Bill Fletcher Jr.

Virginia’s Top Male Democrats Made a Mess, and Virginia’s Women Are Cleaning It Up

Virginia’s Top Male Democrats Made a Mess, and Virginia’s Women Are Cleaning It Up Virginia’s Top Male Democrats Made a Mess, and Virginia’s Women Are Cleaning It Up

The progressive women who surged to victory in November 2017 are now stuck dealing with the fallout from blackface revelations and sexual-assault charges—instead of passing legisla...

Feb 12, 2019 / Joan Walsh

LaShawn Robinson outside the Connecticut Capitol

A Lawsuit Threatens a Groundbreaking School-Desegregation Case A Lawsuit Threatens a Groundbreaking School-Desegregation Case

After Sheff v. O’Neill, Hartford, Connecticut, created a new model for school integration. Now a conservative law firm wants to dismantle it.

Feb 11, 2019 / Rachel M. Cohen

Laundry in the Suchiate River-img

Will Migrants Stay in Mexico? Will Migrants Stay in Mexico?

Thanks to controversial new policies on both sides of the border, Mexico has become more than just a pitstop for asylum seekers heading north.

Feb 7, 2019 / Feature / Annette Lin

Honduran Refugees in Guatemala

Trump’s War on Migrants Is an Affront to Humanity Trump’s War on Migrants Is an Affront to Humanity

His policies are endangering families facing violence, displacement, and persecution.

Feb 7, 2019 / Arnold Isaacs

US-Mexico border

The Climate Wall: Q&A With Todd Miller The Climate Wall: Q&A With Todd Miller

There is an inextricable link between border militarization and climate change.

Feb 6, 2019 / Q&A / Will Meyer

Occupy Oakland

Economic Nationalism Is Suicide Economic Nationalism Is Suicide

Our inability to think globally pushes us further into a world of growing jingoism and martial confrontation.

Feb 5, 2019 / Jamie Merchant

There Is No Argument for Ralph Northam to Keep His Job

There Is No Argument for Ralph Northam to Keep His Job There Is No Argument for Ralph Northam to Keep His Job

His failed attempts at “damage control” only show how reluctant he is to take responsibility for serious, racist actions.

Feb 2, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Campus Segregation

State Universities Are Being Resegregated State Universities Are Being Resegregated

Nearly half of all elite public universities are enrolling a lower percentage of black students than they were in the mid-1990s.

Jan 30, 2019 / StudentNation / Mark Huelsman

Reverend Dr. Theoharis at rally

How the Poor People’s Campaign Is Building a ‘New Electorate’ How the Poor People’s Campaign Is Building a ‘New Electorate’

A conversation with Reverend Liz Theoharis on the campaign’s broad agenda for 2019.

Jan 21, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann

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