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Here’s How States and Cities Can Fight Climate Change and Inequality in the Trump Era Here’s How States and Cities Can Fight Climate Change and Inequality in the Trump Era

Let’s make polluters pay for carbon reduction and invest the revenue in disadvantaged communities.

Dec 1, 2016 / Heather McGhee and Robert B. Reich

Black Lives Matter Minneapolis Protest

#BlackDisabledLivesMatter #BlackDisabledLivesMatter

Why we need to talk about both race and disability when addressing police brutality.

Nov 30, 2016 / Britney Wilson

Would Politics Be Better Off Without Anger?

Would Politics Be Better Off Without Anger? Would Politics Be Better Off Without Anger?

Martha Nussbaum’s new book about the dangers of anger tells us more about the limits of the liberal mindset than the actual world of politics.  

Nov 30, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Amia Srinivasan

How to Understand the Struggle for Black Freedom After Emancipation

How to Understand the Struggle for Black Freedom After Emancipation How to Understand the Struggle for Black Freedom After Emancipation

Five important books tell the tale.

Nov 30, 2016 / Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Washington’s New African-American Museum Shows How Black History Shaped the American Experience

Washington’s New African-American Museum Shows How Black History Shaped the American Experience Washington’s New African-American Museum Shows How Black History Shaped the American Experience

The most recent and cutting-edge scholarship informs the exhibits.

Nov 30, 2016 / Feature / Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Wideman’s Ghosts

Wideman’s Ghosts Wideman’s Ghosts

A profound sense of hope and despair haunts John Edgar Wideman’s new work of nonfiction.

Nov 29, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Jesse McCarthy

Police Attacked Standing Rock Activists For Hours. Why Are They Calling It A Riot?

Police Attacked Standing Rock Activists For Hours. Why Are They Calling It A Riot? Police Attacked Standing Rock Activists For Hours. Why Are They Calling It A Riot?

Misleading narratives obscure the reality of the stand at Standing Rock.

Nov 25, 2016 / Evelyn Nieves

Islamic Center of Greater Toledo

No Matter Who the President Is, Islam Is an American Faith Tradition No Matter Who the President Is, Islam Is an American Faith Tradition

When they stoke fear of Muslims, Trump and his aides disparage a deeply rooted religious community that has nurtured, cherished, and built this country.

Nov 25, 2016 / John Nichols

ACLU National Election

How to Stop Trump How to Stop Trump

David Cole has some ideas. Plus Gary Younge on the vote in Muncie, Indiana, and Michelle Chen on refugees in America.

Nov 24, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Barack Obama Thanksgiving Turkey

Thanksgiving Celebrates Migrants Seeking Refuge From Intolerance and Threats Thanksgiving Celebrates Migrants Seeking Refuge From Intolerance and Threats

Thanksgiving is a holiday for what conservatives call “multicultural pieties”—for embracing diversity, for sharing our prosperity, for recalling the history of welcoming the strang...

Nov 24, 2016 / John Nichols

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