September 11, 23rd Anniversary September 11, 23rd Anniversary
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks took the lives of 2,977 people, 2,606 died at the Twin Towers, 125 people at the Pentagon, and 441 first responders, the largest loss of em...
Sep 11, 2024 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo
A Strong Policy Debate Is Kamala Harris’s Best Shot to Break the Election Tie A Strong Policy Debate Is Kamala Harris’s Best Shot to Break the Election Tie
Attacking Donald Trump is a start. But the Democratic nominee also has to sell herself and her vision.
Sep 9, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Why Black Voter Turnout Is Dropping in Wisconsin Why Black Voter Turnout Is Dropping in Wisconsin
Author Malaika Jabali tells Laura Flanders why simmering frustration could even shift some Black voters in Wisconsin to Trump.
Sep 9, 2024 / Q&A / Laura Flanders
Audre Lorde Has More to Tell Us Than a Handful of Quotes Audre Lorde Has More to Tell Us Than a Handful of Quotes
A conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, one of the world's foremost experts on the Black feminist writer, on her biography Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde...
Sep 5, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Marian Jones
The Most Cowardly Republicans of All Are Quietly Hoping Trump Loses The Most Cowardly Republicans of All Are Quietly Hoping Trump Loses
The real problem with the Trump-loses scenario is that it relies on rejection by actual voters. And getting the MAGA faithful to turn their backs on him is likely a lost cause.
Sep 4, 2024 / Joan Walsh
With Kamala Harris and Usha Vance, Indian Americans Are Enjoying a Moment in the Spotlight With Kamala Harris and Usha Vance, Indian Americans Are Enjoying a Moment in the Spotlight
Yet as both JD Vance and Kamala Harris struggle to introduce their South Asian families to the wider culture, America’s “Passage to India” remains beset by racism and backlash.
Lessons of a Weimar Anti-Fascist in Palestine Lessons of a Weimar Anti-Fascist in Palestine
After my father fled Nazi Germany in 1933, he witnessed a toxic new nationalism rising among Jews in Palestine—and was silenced for trying to warn of its dangers.
Sep 3, 2024 / Feature / Barry Yourgrau
Don’t Underestimate Donald Trump’s Coalition of the Weird Don’t Underestimate Donald Trump’s Coalition of the Weird
The GOP’s new league of fringe figures tries to replicate the party’s winning formula of 2016. And it just might work again.
Aug 30, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Roberts’s Rule of Disorder in Voting Rights Law Roberts’s Rule of Disorder in Voting Rights Law
On February 27, 2013, just a few hours after Solicitor General Donald Verrilli endeavored to protect the Voting Rights Act before the US Supreme Court, he dropped by his boss’s off…
Aug 29, 2024 / David Daley
Why We Should Honor the Chicano Moratorium Against the War Why We Should Honor the Chicano Moratorium Against the War
On this date 54 years ago, the largest ethnically focussed action in the movement against the Vietnam War took place—offering an important example of the power of a people united....
Aug 29, 2024 / Bill Gallegos