We Need to Talk About the GOP’s ‘Black Friends’ We Need to Talk About the GOP’s ‘Black Friends’
The Republican National Convention has been all about using Black people to convince white people it’s OK to vote for a bigot.
Aug 27, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Republicans Have Organized a Backlash Convention, and It’s Tearing This Country Apart Republicans Have Organized a Backlash Convention, and It’s Tearing This Country Apart
The shooting of two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wis., again draws attention to Trump’s apocalyptic rhetoric.
Aug 27, 2020 / John Nichols
The RNC’s Pitch to Black America Is Not Just Ridiculous—It’s Sick The RNC’s Pitch to Black America Is Not Just Ridiculous—It’s Sick
The GOP tries to peel off voters of color while Tucker Carlson calls for a race war.
Aug 26, 2020 / Jeet Heer
The Milwaukee Bucks and Brewers Strike for Racial Justice The Milwaukee Bucks and Brewers Strike for Racial Justice
The decision by the Bucks and Brewers to sit out their games is unprecedented.
Aug 26, 2020 / Dave Zirin
Why I Can’t Watch the RNC Why I Can’t Watch the RNC
The level of Trump toxicity in my system makes it impossible for me to consume the RNC’s festival of fear and cynicism.
Aug 26, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Masai Ujiri and Police Who Live Above the Law Masai Ujiri and Police Who Live Above the Law
Wresting justice from the police requires resources far beyond those of an ordinary citizen. And that’s the problem.
Aug 26, 2020 / Dave Zirin
Scholars of Poverty and Inequality Face Their Own Racial Reckoning Scholars of Poverty and Inequality Face Their Own Racial Reckoning
Beliefs about Black cultural deficiencies show up regularly in the field of inequality and poverty studies. It’s time to call that what it is: racism.
Aug 25, 2020 / Nicole Sussner Rodgers and Deadric T. Williams
At the RNC, Republicans Go All In on Police Impunity At the RNC, Republicans Go All In on Police Impunity
As Jacob Blake lay in his hospital bed, Republicans began their convention by defending “the Blue” and refusing to say Black lives matter.
Aug 25, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Birtherism 2.0 Birtherism 2.0
Trump spreads doubt about Kamala Harris’s citizenship.—news reports No citizen, though Oakland-born, Hints Donald and his claque— Just like Obama, culpable Of being born while bla…
Aug 25, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin