Progressives Are Rallying Behind Karen Bass for VP Progressives Are Rallying Behind Karen Bass for VP
More than 300 Democratic National Convention delegates are urging Biden to pick the Congressional Black Caucus chair.
Aug 7, 2020 / John Nichols
A Biden Administration Will Have to Confront Trump’s Corruption A Biden Administration Will Have to Confront Trump’s Corruption
If Biden wins the presidency, he’ll face strong pressure to move on in the name of national unity. He’ll have to resist.
Aug 7, 2020 / Jeet Heer
What Happens When Covid-19 Becomes Old News? What Happens When Covid-19 Becomes Old News?
News cycles have historically tended to forget ongoing disasters, from the polio outbreak to our various endless wars. The same could happen with this pandemic.
Aug 7, 2020 / Patrick Cockburn
Love Mask Love Mask
Masks save lives. A part of a multi-panel community mural created by Los Muralistas de El Puente in Domino Park in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Aug 7, 2020 / OppArt / Juan Carlos Pinto
Russia Needs a New Gorbachev Russia Needs a New Gorbachev
A dialogue between the Russian government and people protesting in the streets is still possible.
Aug 7, 2020 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
Trump Supports Housing Segregation—and So Do a Lot of White Liberals Trump Supports Housing Segregation—and So Do a Lot of White Liberals
The vast Black-white disparities in housing are the foundation of America’s systemic racial inequalities, and white folks of all political stripes are loath to upset the status quo...
Aug 7, 2020 / Column / Kali Holloway
The NCAA Finally Faces a Reckoning The NCAA Finally Faces a Reckoning
The pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, and a long-thwarted push for economic justice has players on the march and the NCAA on defense.
Aug 7, 2020 / Dave Zirin
Believing ‘Wall Street Journal’ Op-Eds Can Be Deadly Believing ‘Wall Street Journal’ Op-Eds Can Be Deadly
The newspaper’s own reporters are challenging the Trumpian opinion section.
Aug 7, 2020 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Next Progressive Insurgent You Haven’t Heard of Yet The Next Progressive Insurgent You Haven’t Heard of Yet
In the district where George Floyd was killed, Omar Fateh wants to bring the progressive wave to the state legislature.
Aug 6, 2020 / Caleb Brennan