Mr. Bright Side Mr. Bright Side
Trump’s Gospel of Positive Thinking
Oct 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann
Racism Got You Stressed? That May Be Holding Kids Back at School, Too. Racism Got You Stressed? That May Be Holding Kids Back at School, Too.
New research suggests the experience of bias alters our hormones in ways that widen the academic achievement gap.
Oct 4, 2016 / Benjamin Ryan
Now Is the Time to Express Solidarity With ‘Our Arab-American Brothers and Sisters’ Now Is the Time to Express Solidarity With ‘Our Arab-American Brothers and Sisters’
The DNC’s Donna Brazile is right. In Trumped times, there is a special duty to “aggressively defend victims of discrimination.”
Oct 1, 2016 / John Nichols
There Are People in Jail Right Now Because They Don’t Have $500 There Are People in Jail Right Now Because They Don’t Have $500
“People are here because they are poor, and it’s a perpetual cycle.”
Sep 30, 2016 / The Nation
Colin Kaepernick Has a Right to Hate Both Candidates Colin Kaepernick Has a Right to Hate Both Candidates
He’s been upsetting conservatives for weeks—and now he is upsetting liberals, too.
Sep 29, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Letters From the October 17, 2016, Issue Letters From the October 17, 2016, Issue
The cruelest prosecutor… Nothing ailed us!… Samantha Schuyler replies… Fashion/police… When journalism matters… Between our readers…
Sep 29, 2016 / Our Readers and Samantha Schuyler
I’m Trying to Find Hope, but This Campaign Isn’t Helping I’m Trying to Find Hope, but This Campaign Isn’t Helping
In the wake of police killing Terrence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott, the first presidential debate offered nothing to suggest black lives truly matter.
Sep 27, 2016 / Reniqua Allen
After Clinton’s Strong Debate Showing, Trump’s Lies on Election Rigging Are Even More at Odds with Reality After Clinton’s Strong Debate Showing, Trump’s Lies on Election Rigging Are Even More at Odds with Reality
It is voter suppression—not fantasies of fraud—that could actually undermine the will of the people.
Sep 27, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fortress America Fortress America
How 20th-century liberals helped create our age of mass incarceration.
Sep 27, 2016 / Books & the Arts / James Forman Jr.
If Sweden and Denmark Are So Progressive, Why Did They Close Their Doors to Refugees? If Sweden and Denmark Are So Progressive, Why Did They Close Their Doors to Refugees?
As the migration crisis drags on, even the most tolerant countries in Europe are embracing anti-immigrant politics.
Sep 27, 2016 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky