Discrimination Isn’t Helping to Contain the Coronavirus Discrimination Isn’t Helping to Contain the Coronavirus
The epidemic has sparked attacks on mainland Chinese—and some of the worst offenders are Hong Kongers and other members of the diaspora.
Feb 7, 2020 / JN
Tracking Down Mayor Pete’s Black Voter Problem Tracking Down Mayor Pete’s Black Voter Problem
Listening to voters in his home state, our reporter discovers he’s queer for Buttigieg.
Feb 7, 2020 / Feature / Darryl Pinckney
Take Action Now: Stand Up Against Xenophobia Take Action Now: Stand Up Against Xenophobia
Help protect asylum seekers, support immigrants in your community, and tell Congress to end the Muslim ban.
Feb 4, 2020 / NationAction
The Long History of the Anti-Abortion Movement’s Links to White Supremacists The Long History of the Anti-Abortion Movement’s Links to White Supremacists
Racism and xenophobia have been woven into the anti-abortion movement for decades, despite the careful curation of its public image.
Feb 3, 2020 / Alex DiBranco
A Fire May Have Wiped Out 40 Years of Chinese American History A Fire May Have Wiped Out 40 Years of Chinese American History
The archives of the Museum of Chinese in America may have been destroyed, but the institution is still a crucial repository of community memory.
Jan 29, 2020 / Madeline Leung Coleman
Kobe Bryant: America’s Imperfect Icon Kobe Bryant: America’s Imperfect Icon
Remembering Kobe’s greatness isn’t incompatible with acknowledging his flaws.
Jan 28, 2020 / Aaron Ross Coleman
How a Collective of Mothers Flipped the Script on Housing How a Collective of Mothers Flipped the Script on Housing
When the group Moms 4 Housing occupied a vacant house in West Oakland, they were confronting a system designed to exclude them.
Jan 24, 2020 / Jonny Coleman
This Lunar New Year, Demand Solidarity This Lunar New Year, Demand Solidarity
As tension with China continues to mount, it’s time for Chinese Americans to become a more powerful force for progressive change.
Jan 24, 2020 / Tobita Chow
Trump Leads a Government of, by, and for Bullies Trump Leads a Government of, by, and for Bullies
Where are the president and his minions on the empathy scale? Pretty damn low.
Jan 21, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Slavery, and American Racism, Were Born in Genocide Slavery, and American Racism, Were Born in Genocide
Martin Luther King Jr. saw something essential about our nation: Imperial expansion west over stolen Indian land shaped and deepened the American Revolution’s relationship to slave...
Jan 20, 2020 / Greg Grandin