How Saidiya Hartman Changed the Study of Black Life How Saidiya Hartman Changed the Study of Black Life
A conversation with writer about her pathbreaking book Scenes of Subjection and how our understanding of race has changed in the last two decades.
Nov 3, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques
¡Compañero Mike Davis, Presente! ¡Compañero Mike Davis, Presente!
A requiem for a friend who embodied the commitment to the marriage of word and deed.
Nov 2, 2022 / Roberto Lovato
Kyrie Irving and the Fraught History of Our Collective Liberation Kyrie Irving and the Fraught History of Our Collective Liberation
Kyrie's anti-Semitism isn’t new, but his allies are. And that’s terrifying.
Nov 1, 2022 / Dave Zirin
Make No Mistake, the Supreme Court Will Kill Affirmative Action Make No Mistake, the Supreme Court Will Kill Affirmative Action
This week’s oral arguments made clear that the conservative justices will gut race-conscious admissions—and that the move won’t help Asian American students.
Nov 1, 2022 / Elie Mystal
How to Crush a Movement for Racial Justice How to Crush a Movement for Racial Justice
Heavy-handed policing by Arkansas authorities—with an assist from the Trump and Biden Justice Departments—put Dawn Jeffrey in jail and left her fellow protesters demoralized and de...
Nov 1, 2022 / Feature / Aaron Miguel Cantú and Kandist Mallett
How a Royal Visit Helped Weaken the Crown’s Grip on the Caribbean How a Royal Visit Helped Weaken the Crown’s Grip on the Caribbean
William and Kate’s springtime tour didn’t spark the movement for independence and reparations in the Caribbean, but it did stoke it.
Oct 31, 2022 / Feature / Michela Moscufo
Will the Haitian Crisis Lead to Yet Another Military Intervention? Will the Haitian Crisis Lead to Yet Another Military Intervention?
With gangs holding the country hostage, and violence spinning out of control, the US and the UN play pass the parcel.
Oct 27, 2022 / Amy Wilentz
Redefining Freedom With Robin Kelley Redefining Freedom With Robin Kelley
A conversation with the historian about the 20th-anniversary of his seminal book Freedom Dreams, how the meaning of freedom has changed in the intervening years, the reparations de...
Oct 24, 2022 / Q&A / Omari Weekes
West Coast Showdown: The Organizer Versus the Oligarch West Coast Showdown: The Organizer Versus the Oligarch
Karen Bass, Rick Caruso, and the race for mayor of Los Angeles.
Oct 20, 2022 / Peter Dreier
Donald Trump Tells American Jews What to Think Donald Trump Tells American Jews What to Think
In a blatant appeal to conservative Christians, the former president delivered an online rant on the state of Israel with anti-Semitic overtones.
Oct 20, 2022 / Chris Lehmann