
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

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

Right-Wing Media Try to Spin the Baltimore Riots Into a 2016 Victory Right-Wing Media Try to Spin the Baltimore Riots Into a 2016 Victory
Fox and friends are gearing up for a replay of the 1968 riots that helped bring us Richard Nixon.
Apr 29, 2015 / Leslie Savan

Why Put Trauma Centers Where No One Gets Shot? Why Put Trauma Centers Where No One Gets Shot?
A Nation investigation looks at the shuttering of needed trauma centers, beginning with those on Chicago’s violent South Side.
Apr 29, 2015 / Feature / Jeffrey Bishku-Aykul

The American Ritual of Racial Killings The American Ritual of Racial Killings
We cannot turn away from police murders, but nor can we see them.
Apr 29, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams