Race and Ethnicity

The Coronavirus Will Test Whether We’ve Learned Anything From 9/11

The Coronavirus Will Test Whether We’ve Learned Anything From 9/11 The Coronavirus Will Test Whether We’ve Learned Anything From 9/11

Many of us would be happy to exchange some basic rights for safety right now, but we have to be vigilant about protecting our liberties.

Mar 30, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal

Candi Brings Plenty prays outside SD capitol

To Stop Anti-Trans Legislation, Abolish the Settler State To Stop Anti-Trans Legislation, Abolish the Settler State

Candi Brings Plenty, a two-spirit activist, is redefining indigenous justice.

Mar 27, 2020 / Q&A / Tal Milovina

Nurses in protective gear stand outside a tent labelled

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly With Covid-19 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly With Covid-19

Heroism and selflessness, the terror of loneliness amid quarantine… and Donald Trump’s grotesque and life-threatening narcissism.

Mar 27, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier to Get Away With Discrimination The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier to Get Away With Discrimination

What makes the decision all the more terrible is that the court ruled unanimously to weaken the civil rights protection at the center of the case.

Mar 26, 2020 / Elie Mystal

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Letters From the April 6, 2020, Issue Letters From the April 6, 2020, Issue

The rest is commentary…

Mar 24, 2020 / Susie Linfield and Joshua Leifer

The Young Lords’ Revolution

The Young Lords’ Revolution The Young Lords’ Revolution

A new book looks at the history of the Afro-Latinx radical activist group and how their influence continues to be felt.

Mar 24, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Ed Morales

Inside a Murder Trial in Krasner-Era Philadelphia

Inside a Murder Trial in Krasner-Era Philadelphia Inside a Murder Trial in Krasner-Era Philadelphia

Not long ago, a poor black man charged with the murder of a wealthy white man wouldn’t have a chance at justice. Times have changed.

Mar 23, 2020 / Feature / Ernest Owens

Since Emancipation, the United States Has Refused to Make Reparations for Slavery

Since Emancipation, the United States Has Refused to Make Reparations for Slavery Since Emancipation, the United States Has Refused to Make Reparations for Slavery

But in 1862, the federal government doled out the 2020 equivalent of $23 million—not to the formerly enslaved but to their white enslavers.

Mar 23, 2020 / Feature / Kali Holloway

The Media Is Helping Spread Trump’s Coronavirus Racism

The Media Is Helping Spread Trump’s Coronavirus Racism The Media Is Helping Spread Trump’s Coronavirus Racism

It’s time for every major media outlet to stop disseminating Trump’s hate—and stop repeating his racist nicknames for the virus.

Mar 20, 2020 / Elie Mystal

What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again.

What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again. What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again.

This administration has never missed an opportunity to blame immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees for our woes.

Mar 20, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

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