The Phony Solidarity of the American Pundit Class The Phony Solidarity of the American Pundit Class
A certain brand of commentator wants to claim that Jordan Neely's death was the blameless outcome of a climate of fear among working-class commuters.
May 9, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
The Arlington National Cemetery Will Finally Remove Its Racist Monument The Arlington National Cemetery Will Finally Remove Its Racist Monument
But that hasn't stopped some Confederate Memorial supporters from filing a lawsuit to #DefendArlington.
May 9, 2023 / Erin L. Thompson
How Racist Car Dealers KO’d Joe Louis How Racist Car Dealers KO’d Joe Louis
A never-before-published tranche of letters reveals the white-collar racism that prevented the world’s most popular athlete from selling Fords.
May 8, 2023 / Silke-Maria Weineck
What the Country Refused to Learn From the Pandemic What the Country Refused to Learn From the Pandemic
However briefly, the pandemic showed us that such an American world is not only possible but right at our fingertips.
May 4, 2023 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
One Man Killed Jordan Neely—but We All Failed Him One Man Killed Jordan Neely—but We All Failed Him
Everything about Neely’s death is a symptom of our collective rot—from the way we treat poverty as a crime to the way we treat soldiers as weapons that can be stowed.
May 4, 2023 / Elie Mystal
Tucker Carlson’s Racist Text Didn’t Get Him Fired Tucker Carlson’s Racist Text Didn’t Get Him Fired
He regularly said worse things on his highly rated White Power Hour on Fox—and Fox let it happen for years.
May 3, 2023 / Joan Walsh
Tennessee Republicans Are Showing Exactly How Deep American Racism Goes Tennessee Republicans Are Showing Exactly How Deep American Racism Goes
The Republicans’ attempt to push two Black legislators out of the Tennessee statehouse was an object lesson in bigotry.
May 3, 2023 / Column / Elie Mystal
Green Rationales for Harsher Immigration Policies Are Nothing New Green Rationales for Harsher Immigration Policies Are Nothing New
White supremacists adopt the language of environmentalism to push both grotesque anti-immigrant bigotry and a broader, unnerving far-right agenda.
May 1, 2023 / Stan Cox
No, You Absolutely Do Not Have to Hand It to Tucker Carlson No, You Absolutely Do Not Have to Hand It to Tucker Carlson
Contra some of his leftist stans, the ousted Fox News host was not actually anti-war or an economic populist.
Apr 28, 2023 / Jeet Heer