Articles

Barber

‘Hope’ Is a Verb, and It Can Revive Our Democracy ‘Hope’ Is a Verb, and It Can Revive Our Democracy

Our moral movement is spreading out from North Carolina, one powerful gathering at a time.

Aug 12, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

5 Signs That You’re Paying Too Much Attention to the Election

5 Signs That You’re Paying Too Much Attention to the Election 5 Signs That You’re Paying Too Much Attention to the Election

Step away from the Internet.

Aug 12, 2016 / Khalid Rahmaan

Hillary Clinton

Can Hillary Clinton End the Southern Strategy Forever? Can Hillary Clinton End the Southern Strategy Forever?

Demographic shifts mean that, for the first time in half a century, Democrats have a real chance at winning states in the South and Southwest.

Aug 12, 2016 / Steve Phillips

Women in STEM

80 Percent of Patents Belong Solely to Men 80 Percent of Patents Belong Solely to Men

Female inventors are claiming only a tiny sliver of patents, reflecting a gender bias in technological and scientific invention.

Aug 12, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Yaa Gyasi

Leaving Home to Go Home Leaving Home to Go Home

Yaa Gyasi’s ideas about fiction are suffused with her lifelong attention to the fluctuating shadows that race casts on American life.

Aug 12, 2016 / Erin Vanderhoof

Asking for a Friend: Should I Put Up a Black Lives Matter Sign in Our Lily-White Neighborhood?

Asking for a Friend: Should I Put Up a Black Lives Matter Sign in Our Lily-White Neighborhood? Asking for a Friend: Should I Put Up a Black Lives Matter Sign in Our Lily-White Neighborhood?

And another inquirer could move into the middle class by buying a house—but not without gentrifying.

Aug 12, 2016 / Liza Featherstone

Gretchen Carlson at Fox News

Don’t Bother Reporting Sexual Harassment Unless You’ve Got 10 Other Women Saying the Same Thing Don’t Bother Reporting Sexual Harassment Unless You’ve Got 10 Other Women Saying the Same Thing

One woman’s complaint is rarely enough for an employer—or for us.

Aug 11, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Barcelona Skyline

Welcome to Sunny Barcelona, Where the Government Is Embracing Coops, Citizen Activism, and Solar Energy Welcome to Sunny Barcelona, Where the Government Is Embracing Coops, Citizen Activism, and Solar Energy

The city that resisted Franco is looking to its radical past to build a progressive future.

Aug 11, 2016 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

Rio Teacher Protest

Teachers and Students Occupy Schools in the Shadow of Olympic Rio Teachers and Students Occupy Schools in the Shadow of Olympic Rio

Organizing to reform teachers’ working conditions as well as standardized testing has been met with brutal police violence.

Aug 11, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Trump Fascist

What Donald Trump Got Very Wrong About Sexual Harassment What Donald Trump Got Very Wrong About Sexual Harassment

Katha Pollitt on Fox News, plus Ari Berman on voting-rights victories, and Dave Zirin in Rio.

Aug 11, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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