Where the Leadership of Black Women Can Take Us Where the Leadership of Black Women Can Take Us
No economic opportunity agenda for women can be complete without Black women’s needs, experiences and dreams at the forefront.
Feb 26, 2015 / Alicia Garza
The Furor Over Campus Rape Is More Than a Moral Panic The Furor Over Campus Rape Is More Than a Moral Panic
The new documentary The Hunting Ground is a reminder that the campus rape crisis is real.
Feb 25, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg
A National Call for Criminal-Justice Reform A National Call for Criminal-Justice Reform
In the wake of nationwide cop-on-civilian violence, there is hope for criminal-justice reform.
Feb 24, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Jimmie Lee Jackson: The First Martyr of the Selma Struggle Jimmie Lee Jackson: The First Martyr of the Selma Struggle
The shooting of a civil rights activist by an Alabama state trooper led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
Feb 19, 2015 / Ari Berman
A Texas Judge Just Put Millions of Immigrants in Limbo A Texas Judge Just Put Millions of Immigrants in Limbo
The ruling suspends President Obama’s executive orders, which were to begin to take effect Wednesday.
Feb 17, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Rigoberta Menchú Vindicated Rigoberta Menchú Vindicated
Finally, after thirty-five years, the Guatemalan military is being held responsible for murdering forty Mayan peasants.
Jan 21, 2015 / Greg Grandin
Leonard Beerman Leonard Beerman
He was a fighter for social justice for sixty-five years.
Jan 7, 2015 / Jon Wiener
We’ll Need an Economic Program to Make #BlackLivesMatter. Here Are Three Ideas. We’ll Need an Economic Program to Make #BlackLivesMatter. Here Are Three Ideas.
In a country that has always used race to justify inequality, ending police brutality is just the start.
Jan 7, 2015 / Feature / Jesse A. Myerson and Mychal Denzel Smith
January 2, 1920: Anti-Radical Raids Across the Country, the First Red Scare January 2, 1920: Anti-Radical Raids Across the Country, the First Red Scare
After World War I, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer led a campaign to arrest, imprison and deport thousands of supposedly subversive political radicals. Almost 1,000 people were...
Jan 2, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
A Farewell to a Rabbi Who Mattered A Farewell to a Rabbi Who Mattered
Many will rightly remember Rabbi Leonard Beerman for his political and moral advocacy. My memories of him are of a more personal nature.
Dec 29, 2014 / Michele Willens