The 94-Year-Old Civil-Rights Pioneer Who Is Now Challenging North Carolina’s Voter-ID Law The 94-Year-Old Civil-Rights Pioneer Who Is Now Challenging North Carolina’s Voter-ID Law
Can Rosanell Eaton succeed in getting the new voter-ID law blocked before the 2016 election?
Jan 25, 2016 / Ari Berman
Barack Obama’s Irrefutable Victory for Racial Justice Barack Obama’s Irrefutable Victory for Racial Justice
With at least one policy, the president has achieved something that almost never occurs.
Jan 22, 2016 / Algernon Austin
The Seductive Danger of Symbolic Politics The Seductive Danger of Symbolic Politics
Symbols, as powerful as they can be, are largely a distraction.
Jan 21, 2016 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Letters From the February 8, 2016, Issue Letters From the February 8, 2016, Issue
Justice for Laquan—and Chicago… honoring the antiwar left… oh me, oh my, O’Malley… he who shall not be named… the Paris Agreement scam… we heard you!…
Jan 21, 2016 / Our Readers and Mark Hertsgaard
Dear Cam Newton: Please Don’t Read This Dear Cam Newton: Please Don’t Read This
The Carolina Panthers quarterback has become a bizarre source of consternation for some NFL fans.
Jan 19, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Martin Luther King’s Final Year: An Interview With Tavis Smiley Martin Luther King’s Final Year: An Interview With Tavis Smiley
The author and TV host on King’s most important year.
Jan 18, 2016 / Q&A / Jon Wiener
How Progressives Can—and Must—Regain the Moral High Ground How Progressives Can—and Must—Regain the Moral High Ground
In the South, we’re building a broad, new movement rooted in right and wrong, not left and right.
Jan 15, 2016 / Feature / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
Christie Continues to Defend the ‘National Embarrassment’ Who Has ‘Humiliated’ the State of Maine Christie Continues to Defend the ‘National Embarrassment’ Who Has ‘Humiliated’ the State of Maine
The Republican presidential contender should distance himself from a supporter whose statements have been decried as racist and xenophobic.
Jan 14, 2016 / John Nichols
What 11 Years in Prison Taught Me What 11 Years in Prison Taught Me
The issue of how to invest in our struggling communities is one that all political candidates—regardless of party—need to address.
Jan 14, 2016 / Jerome Dillard
You Shouldn’t Have to Take an African-American Studies Course to Read African-American Authors You Shouldn’t Have to Take an African-American Studies Course to Read African-American Authors
Students demand universities diversify curriculum to include black scholarship.
Jan 13, 2016 / StudentNation / Zachary R. Wood and StudentNation