Civil rights

Legal Aid rally against ICE

Legal-Aid Services Are Being Starved Legal-Aid Services Are Being Starved

Law schools are trying to address this chronic underfunding, but there needs to be a broader rallying cry.

Mar 22, 2018 / Douglas Grant

Selma and the Unfulfilled Promise of Civil Rights

Selma and the Unfulfilled Promise of Civil Rights Selma and the Unfulfilled Promise of Civil Rights

The city’s 20th-century history not only marked a high point in the civil-rights movement; it also captures why America needs more than sporadic intervention if it is to uproot the...

Mar 21, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

When Harassment Is the Price of a Job

When Harassment Is the Price of a Job When Harassment Is the Price of a Job

As decades of activism meet the #MeToo moment, could the food-service industry be poised for sweeping change?

Feb 7, 2018 / Feature / Bryce Covert

‘It Becomes Your Job to Provide the Girlfriend Experience’: Women’s Stories of Work in Food Service

‘It Becomes Your Job to Provide the Girlfriend Experience’: Women’s Stories of Work in Food Service ‘It Becomes Your Job to Provide the Girlfriend Experience’: Women’s Stories of Work in Food Service

Whether they’re waitresses, bartenders, hostesses, or fast-food workers, the women who serve our food and drinks face routine sexual harassment.

Feb 7, 2018 / Feature / Bryce Covert

Reverend William Barber

White Anti-Racism Must Be Based in Solidarity, Not Altruism White Anti-Racism Must Be Based in Solidarity, Not Altruism

Altruism is too often carried along by the currents of racist capitalism.

Feb 5, 2018 / Jesse A. Myerson

George Zimmerman trial

In the Legal System, Talking White Is a Precursor to Justice—and That’s Wrong In the Legal System, Talking White Is a Precursor to Justice—and That’s Wrong

If the legal system keeps treating AAE as a lesser form of English, it can never claim to view black people with the same legitimacy as white people.

Jan 29, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

LeBron James at Utah Jazz

The NBA Has Become a Site of Resistance Against Racism and Trump The NBA Has Become a Site of Resistance Against Racism and Trump

MLK Day wasn’t a day for syrupy tributes, as players connected King’s holiday to the current moment.

Jan 17, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Cash bail inmate

In 2017, It’s Still a Crime to Be Poor In 2017, It’s Still a Crime to Be Poor

But across the country, a new movement is pushing back against the criminalization of poverty.

Nov 3, 2017 / Peter Edelman

Domestic Workers United

Women in the Service Sector Are at the Forefront of Resisting Sexual Harassment Women in the Service Sector Are at the Forefront of Resisting Sexual Harassment

Strength in numbers is more powerful than naming and shaming.

Nov 3, 2017 / Column / Kai Wright

Mark Halperin

Are Sexual Predators in the Workplace Finally Facing Justice? Are Sexual Predators in the Workplace Finally Facing Justice?

It’s hard to believe that a country that elected Donald Trump will take a no-tolerance attitude with the mini-Trumps all around us.

Nov 2, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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