Fortress America Fortress America
How 20th-century liberals helped create our age of mass incarceration.
Sep 27, 2016 / Books & the Arts / James Forman Jr.
Black Charlotte Is Frustrated—and That’s by Design Black Charlotte Is Frustrated—and That’s by Design
The Queen City has boomed in recent years. But its growth and prosperity has only hardened a racial divide established decades ago.
Sep 26, 2016 / Greg Lacour
The Case Against Prisons The Case Against Prisons
Alternatives to imprisonment are working around the world—so why isn’t the United States on board?
Sep 26, 2016 / Rebecca Gordon
How to Protest Without Offending Anyone How to Protest Without Offending Anyone
Alternatives for kneeling during the National Anthem, blocking traffic, and more.
Sep 23, 2016 / Khalid Rahmaan
The NBA Is Trying to Convince Players Not to Protest Police Brutality on the Court The NBA Is Trying to Convince Players Not to Protest Police Brutality on the Court
But WNBA players have shown why it's probably not going to work.
Sep 23, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Colin Kaepernick on Terence Crutcher and ‘Racism Disguised as Patriotism’ Colin Kaepernick on Terence Crutcher and ‘Racism Disguised as Patriotism’
A new generation of athletes and sports fans are learning that courage is contagious.
Sep 21, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Oliver Stone’s ‘Snowden’ Is a Horror Movie—and the Monster Is Our National Security State Oliver Stone’s ‘Snowden’ Is a Horror Movie—and the Monster Is Our National Security State
For Trump to have these instruments of power would be a catastrophe.
Sep 19, 2016 / Juan Cole
Bigots Beware: White Athletes Are Becoming Sympathetic to Anthem Protests Bigots Beware: White Athletes Are Becoming Sympathetic to Anthem Protests
We have, as of this writing, not seen white, male pro athletes join the “Kaepernick protests.” But you can sense that it is coming.
Sep 19, 2016 / Dave Zirin
The Seahawks Are Trying to Reroute Kaepernick’s Protest, and They’re Completely Missing the Point The Seahawks Are Trying to Reroute Kaepernick’s Protest, and They’re Completely Missing the Point
The Seahawks’ latest move ignores community organizations on the ground and treats police violence like it’s a communication problem.
Sep 15, 2016 / Dave Zirin
A New Generation of Freedom Fighters Is Taking It to the Streets—and the World A New Generation of Freedom Fighters Is Taking It to the Streets—and the World
As schools, states, and corporations redraw their borders, young people are launching transnational campaigns to fight back.
Sep 14, 2016 / StudentNation / Rachel Gilmer, Christopher Lopez, Kerrina Williams, Lorena Buñi, and Adrian Bonifacio