Why Aren’t More Union Bosses Black Women? Why Aren’t More Union Bosses Black Women?
Black women have been labor movement faithfuls and today scramble to be unionized. So why aren’t there more in labor leadership?
May 1, 2015 / Dani McClain
Why Baltimore Burns Why Baltimore Burns
In 1950, Baltimore was the sixth-most-populous city in the country. Today, it is 26th, and its remaining poor black residents are cut off from their more affluent neighbors.
May 1, 2015 / Eric S. Singer
Other Fergusons, Other Baltimores Other Fergusons, Other Baltimores
Can we talk about the economic devastation of American cities and black communities before someone else is killed?
May 1, 2015 / Bryce Covert
Makayla Gilliam-Price and Baltimore’s Debt to a Remarkable Family Makayla Gilliam-Price and Baltimore’s Debt to a Remarkable Family
If you want to understand what is happening in Baltimore, listen to Makayla Gilliam-Price and learn about her family.
May 1, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Defend Charlie Hebdo’s Publishing Disgusting Cartoons About Muslims? Yes. Give Them an Award for It? No. Defend Charlie Hebdo’s Publishing Disgusting Cartoons About Muslims? Yes. Give Them an Award for It? No.
The issue is the cartoons—and what they mean to ordinary French Muslims.
May 1, 2015 / Jon Wiener
6 Scholars Who Are ‘Reimagining Black Politics’ 6 Scholars Who Are ‘Reimagining Black Politics’
There’s a world of urgent discourse beyond Dyson, West, and Gates.
Apr 30, 2015 / Dani McClain
‘Charlie Hebdo’ Deserves Its Award for Courage in Free Expression. Here’s Why. ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Deserves Its Award for Courage in Free Expression. Here’s Why.
The French satirical publication takes aim at fundamentalism—in all its forms.
Apr 30, 2015 / Katha Pollitt
At Last Night’s Solidarity March, the NYPD ‘Came Out Swinging’ At Last Night’s Solidarity March, the NYPD ‘Came Out Swinging’
After a more permissive approach to protests in the fall, de Blasio’s NYPD has returned to Occupy-era tactics of violent repression.
Apr 30, 2015 / Alex S. Vitale
Baltimore Oriole Adam Jones and the Power of Seeing Pain Baltimore Oriole Adam Jones and the Power of Seeing Pain
Rendering the oppressed invisible is a prerequisite to explosions like we have seen in Baltimore.
Apr 30, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Help Baltimore by Restoring Voting Rights to Ex-Felons Help Baltimore by Restoring Voting Rights to Ex-Felons
A bill recently passed by the Maryland Legislature would restore voting rights to 40,000 people, the majority of them African-American.
Apr 30, 2015 / Ari Berman