How a Trip to Prison Cost Kenneth Clark His Right to Be a Parent How a Trip to Prison Cost Kenneth Clark His Right to Be a Parent
Clark wanted desperately to be a father to his kids. But prison, along with a Clinton-era child welfare law, conspired to take them away from him—for good.
Jul 20, 2020 / Feature / Sylvia A. Harvey
We’re in a Pandemic. Cancel Student Debt Now. We’re in a Pandemic. Cancel Student Debt Now.
Student borrowers say that congressional relief has been woefully insufficient. And they’re terrified facing its end in September.
Jul 20, 2020 / StudentNation / Veronica Irwin
Building Community Control in a White Supremacist Country Building Community Control in a White Supremacist Country
A tactic with deep roots in Black freedom movements shows promise, and pitfalls, for building a more equal future.
Jul 20, 2020 / Audrea Lim
Baseball’s Stadium Workers Are Getting Peanuts From the Billionaire Owners Baseball’s Stadium Workers Are Getting Peanuts From the Billionaire Owners
When baseball shut down, 39,000 stadium workers lost their jobs, and the MLB has done little to help them out.
Jul 20, 2020 / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
Burning Down the House Burning Down the House
Trump’s mounting failures and corruption devastate the US.
Jul 16, 2020 / OppArt / J.T. Williamson
Say Their Names. Black Lives Matter. Say Their Names. Black Lives Matter.
Photograph of painting intervention on plywood-covered store windows in NYC, June 2020.
Jul 15, 2020 / OppArt / Chris Schiavo
This Pandemic Is Already Hitting the Homeless Hard. It’s About to Get Worse. This Pandemic Is Already Hitting the Homeless Hard. It’s About to Get Worse.
With as many as 23 million American renters facing eviction, homelessness will likely grow worse.
Jul 15, 2020 / Rajan Menon
Ayanna Pressley to Betsy DeVos: ‘I Wouldn’t Trust You to Care for a House Plant Let Alone My Child’ Ayanna Pressley to Betsy DeVos: ‘I Wouldn’t Trust You to Care for a House Plant Let Alone My Child’
You shouldn’t either.
Jul 14, 2020 / John Nichols
Letters From the July 27/August 3, 2020, Issue Letters From the July 27/August 3, 2020, Issue
A family legacy… The beef with red meat… Taxing efforts…
Jul 14, 2020 / Our Readers and Jane McAlevey
