America’s Racist Police Won’t Be Dismantled by 2 Weeks of Protests America’s Racist Police Won’t Be Dismantled by 2 Weeks of Protests
It took centuries to build up the system of white supremacy enforced by the police. It will take years of persistent protest to undo it.
Jun 15, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Now More Than Ever, We Need Images of Black Dignity and Resistance Now More Than Ever, We Need Images of Black Dignity and Resistance
Since the 1980s, I’ve been making photographs that go against the dominant representations of Black people.
Jun 15, 2020 / Photo Essay / Jamel Shabazz, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation
Police Reform Won’t Fix a System That Was Built to Abuse Power Police Reform Won’t Fix a System That Was Built to Abuse Power
The history of American policing shows that it was designed to eat up resources and subjugate the civilian population.
Jun 12, 2020 / Stuart Schrader
The Violence Didn’t Start With the Protests The Violence Didn’t Start With the Protests
Violence has been a constant throughout American history and is woven through countless American systems today.
Jun 12, 2020 / Column / Kali Holloway
Dockworkers to Shut Down West Coast Ports in Memory of George Floyd Dockworkers to Shut Down West Coast Ports in Memory of George Floyd
One of the most radical antiracist unions in the country makes a show of solidarity with all those threatened by police violence and exploitation.
Jun 11, 2020 / Daniel Boguslaw
In Defense of Destroying Property In Defense of Destroying Property
We cannot conflate the destruction of plateglass with the violence that is being protested.
Jun 10, 2020 / R.H. Lossin
The Bravery of Marching for Black Lives in the Middle of a Pandemic The Bravery of Marching for Black Lives in the Middle of a Pandemic
While masked protesters struggle to keep both cops and Covid-19 at bay, a cadre of white pundits are busy sniping about the “hypocrisy” of protesters who don’t socially distance.
Jun 10, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Stop Blaming ‘Outside Agitators’ for America’s Problems Stop Blaming ‘Outside Agitators’ for America’s Problems
Some liberals have joined Trump in scapegoating fringe individuals and movements for a deep-seated social crisis.
Jun 10, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Liberals: Don’t Be Afraid of Calls to Defund the Police Liberals: Don’t Be Afraid of Calls to Defund the Police
The increasingly popular slogan is expanding the nation’s long-overdue debate about what public safety really means.
Jun 9, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx
In his Democratic primary challenge to the House Foreign Affairs Committee chair, a New York educator outlines “a progressive foreign policy.”
Jun 9, 2020 / John Nichols