America’s Mayors Should Take Marion Barry as a Model. Seriously. America’s Mayors Should Take Marion Barry as a Model. Seriously.
The former D.C. mayor’s pioneering efforts to provide jobs, affordable housing, and food security deserve to be remembered long after the jokes about his drug use have grown stale.
Feb 14, 2022 / Christina M. Greer
It’s Not Just Joe Rogan. The Entire Digital Space Is Rotten. It’s Not Just Joe Rogan. The Entire Digital Space Is Rotten.
Until the platforms that profit from hate take responsibility for their actions, the problem will not go away.
Feb 10, 2022 / Bridget Todd
Critical Race Facts Critical Race Facts
Racism in America isn’t a Theory.
Feb 9, 2022 / OppArt / Rogue Citizen
No Attack on Voting Rights Is Too Racist for This Supreme Court No Attack on Voting Rights Is Too Racist for This Supreme Court
The court’s decision to let Alabama’s new redistricting map remain in place opens the door to a season of racist gerrymandering.
Feb 8, 2022 / Elie Mystal
The Black Migrant Trail of Tragedies The Black Migrant Trail of Tragedies
Immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean who make the dangerous trek across the Americas to the US face racist policies and practices everywhere they go.
Feb 8, 2022 / Feature / Kovie Biakolo
It’s Time for Black Experts to Be Heard It’s Time for Black Experts to Be Heard
Over a decade after the Great Recession, key institutions are still not listening to warnings from Black scholars on a range of issues. The time for excuses is over.
Feb 7, 2022 / Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman
The NFL’s Shift on the Flores Lawsuit Betrays Its Vulnerability The NFL’s Shift on the Flores Lawsuit Betrays Its Vulnerability
A letter from Roger Goodell reveals a league that knows it could be in trouble.
Feb 7, 2022 / Dave Zirin
What Art Spiegelman’s “Maus” Means to the Children of Survivors What Art Spiegelman’s “Maus” Means to the Children of Survivors
On banning the book that changed what we talk about when we talk about the Holocaust.
Feb 4, 2022 / Linda Mannheim
The Police State Is Failing Officers Too The Police State Is Failing Officers Too
Alternatives to policing are critical to the health and safety of both overpoliced people, historically and predominantly Black and brown, and the police themselves.
Feb 3, 2022 / Scott Hechinger