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May 6, 2020
Jo Livingstone
At Long Last, the “Queen of Folk” Gets Her Biography
A new book about the legendary singer Odetta comes not a minute too soon.
April 28, 2020
Magazine
Adolph Reed Jr.
From Black Power to Black Establishment
The curious legacy of a radical slogan
April 24, 2020
Magazine
John Patrick Leary
The Airy Ambivalence of the Moderate Politician
January 13, 2020
Magazine
Melissa Gira Grant
Culture War in the Workplace
Inside the court battle over trans employment discrimination
June 27, 2019
Emily Atkin
The Democratic debate was a milestone for transgender rights.
June 26, 2019
Gabriel Arana
Fifty Years After Stonewall, Many States Still Lack LGBTQ Protections
Pride is a national celebration of how far the fight for queer rights has come, but in most of the U.S., there is still a long way to go.
June 26, 2019
Matt Ford
Clarence Thomas’s Unprecedented America
The Justice has always shown a disregard for precedent, but with a shift in Supreme Court personnel, undoing progress could be the law of the land.
June 20, 2019
Matt Ford
Joe Biden’s Racial Dog Whistle
Why does he think Republicans will work with him after they obstructed Obama for eight years? His praise of a segregationist offers a clue.
June 20, 2019
Alex Shephard
America, We Need to Talk
In a rebuttal to Mitch McConnell—and possibly Joe Biden—Ta-Nehisi Coates helped House Democrats start a conversation on slavery, racism, and reparations.
May 28, 2019
Casey Quinlan
The Democrats’ Neglect of Transgender Rights
It's not just about bathrooms. It's about livelihoods—and lives.
May 13, 2019
Matt Cameron
ICE’s Brazen Arrests Are Impeding Justice
Placing federal immigration agents in local courthouses is not only cruel and dangerous, it violates states' rights.
February 13, 2019
Kia Gregory
How Videos of Police Brutality Traumatize African Americans and Undermine the Search for Justice
October 25, 2018
Matt Ford
The Growing Inequality of Civil Rights in Trump’s America
Whether citizens of all stripes enjoy broad legal protections increasingly depends on where they live.
July 27, 2018
Sarah Jones
A Republican congressman compared the Americans with Disabilities Act to Jim Crow.
July 12, 2018
Kaila Philo
The Emmett Till case has been reopened.
October 26, 2017
Ismail Muhammad
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Uneasy Hope
The writer's critics call him a cynic. But as a new anthology shows, his thinking has matured in subtle ways over the years.
September 27, 2017
Mychal Denzel Smith
Trump Made Kaepernick’s Protest About Him. Here’s How to Take it Back.
Taking the knee has become an anodyne symbol of opposition to a reviled president. But there are ways to get Kaepernick's original message across.
August 30, 2017
Graham Vyse
Trump Wants to Re-Militarize the Police. Montana Is Having None of It.
A 2015 state law refused drones, grenade launchers, and other military gear. Some see it as a roadmap.
August 23, 2017
Ismail Muhammad
America Has a Long Tradition of Racist Mob Violence
Charlottesville was just one in a long line of incidents of large-scale, organized white terrorism.
August 21, 2017
Chris Faraone
The Crowds in Boston Shouted Themselves Hoarse. Did Anyone Really Hear Them?
The huge march on Saturday may have been a counter-protest, but the organizers have been working for a very long time.
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