‘Hope’ Is a Verb, and It Can Revive Our Democracy ‘Hope’ Is a Verb, and It Can Revive Our Democracy
Our moral movement is spreading out from North Carolina, one powerful gathering at a time.
Aug 12, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
Oneida’s Original, Utopian Vision Oneida’s Original, Utopian Vision
Championing the free market is compatible with the company’s original free-love doctrine: The fierce desire of men to feel competent bankrolls both.
Aug 8, 2016 / Hannah Gold
Americans Who’d Never Heard of Reverend William Barber II Won’t Be Able to Forget Him After Last Night Americans Who’d Never Heard of Reverend William Barber II Won’t Be Able to Forget Him After Last Night
His remarkable speech at the DNC put racial, social, and economic justice at the center of the 2016 campaign.
Jul 29, 2016 / Ari Berman
Eat, Pray, Starve: What Tim Kaine Didn’t Learn During His Time in Honduras Eat, Pray, Starve: What Tim Kaine Didn’t Learn During His Time in Honduras
The vice-presidential nominee supports policies that hurt the country that was the “turning point” in his life.
Jul 27, 2016 / Greg Grandin
What Happens When Violence Is an Everyday Occurrence What Happens When Violence Is an Everyday Occurrence
Recent horrific incidents are a consequence of the weakening of social inhibition against the use of violence.
Jul 21, 2016 / Mary Kaldor
Donald Trump Will Lead a Theocratic Party Into the Election Donald Trump Will Lead a Theocratic Party Into the Election
Republicans attack LGBTQ rights, women’s rights, judicial independence, and the wall of separation between church and state.
Jul 19, 2016 / John Nichols
How Donald Trump Is Helping White Christian America Commit Suicide How Donald Trump Is Helping White Christian America Commit Suicide
America’s former majority is passing away in the age of Obama, but a new book explains that it is not dying a natural death—it’s making self-destructive choices.
Jul 11, 2016 / Joan Walsh
The MTA’s Ban on ‘Political’ Ads Has Turned It Into the Free-Speech Police The MTA’s Ban on ‘Political’ Ads Has Turned It Into the Free-Speech Police
Should the New York City transportation agency, and others across the nation, be in the business of deciding what riders are allowed to see?
Jun 21, 2016 / Allegra Kirkland
I Would Have Told Him to Love Himself I Would Have Told Him to Love Himself
Thoughts on being queer and Muslim in the wake of Omar Mateen’s massacre.
Jun 20, 2016 / HXA
Islamic Terrorism Is Right-Wing Terrorism Islamic Terrorism Is Right-Wing Terrorism
We’ve never come under attack by liberal Muslims, but conservative Christians have drawn plenty of blood.
Jun 15, 2016 / Joshua Holland