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June 4, 2020
Matt Farwell
The Militarization of the American Hometown
As police everywhere roll through neighborhoods with battlefield hardware, an Afghanistan vet’s family learns there’s no escaping war.
June 3, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
Are You Really Surprised by Our Authoritarian President?
For many of his mainstream critics, Trump is forever on the verge of finally going too far.
June 3, 2020
Alex Pareene
The Police Take the Side of White Vigilantes
Over the past week, cops have shown that they share a coherent ideology.
June 2, 2020
Matt Ford
The Police Were a Mistake
Law enforcement agencies have become the standing armies that the Founders feared.
June 2, 2020
Adam Weinstein
This Is Fascism
Trump is sending an unambiguous message to a country in turmoil—and his armed supporters, from cops to vigilantes, hear it loud and clear.
June 2, 2020
Alex Shephard
Bill de Blasio Has Failed
Like the president, New York City’s mayor has shrunk from sight amid anti-police protests.
June 1, 2020
Libby Watson
The Political Elites’ Pointless Calls for More Leadership
If our ex-presidents couldn’t solve America’s problems while they were in office, what good are they in this current crisis?
May 31, 2020
Walter Shapiro
The Flawed Politics of a Law-and-Order Campaign
Richard Nixon tried to play on white fears about cities burning. It doesn’t necessarily guarantee success.
May 30, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
The Deep Amnesia of Our National Conscience
There can be no healing in America without an honest reckoning with racial injustice—but we have long known that.
May 18, 2020
Libby Watson
The Deranged Civic Religion of the Lockdown Protesters
Furious at being denied their fast food and manicures, the “reopen America” rebels have invented a slew of new constitutional rights.
May 5, 2020
Nick Martin
The All-Consuming White Pandemic Protester
As white armed protesters flood state capitols to be marveled at by the media and left alone by police, workers of color are fighting for their survival.
April 9, 2020
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
The Socially Distanced Protester
The challenges of collective action under lockdown
April 6, 2020
Magazine
Micah L. Sifry
The Vanishing Public Square
What happens when we can no longer march?
April 3, 2020
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
Corporations Are Salivating Over the Coronavirus Pandemic
Pay attention to the rules and regulations being changed right now, and whom they benefit.
March 20, 2020
Libby Watson
The Left Is Bigger Than Bernie Sanders
Despite his electoral failures, the Vermont senator has wrought incredible political shifts for a future generation to capitalize upon.
March 10, 2020
Libby Watson
In Defense of Rude Politics
Very online vitriol can be counterproductive, but anger is often the last resort of the dispossessed.
February 13, 2020
Magazine
Osita Nwanevu
End the GOP
In order to save our democracy, we must not merely defeat the Republican Party.
January 1, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
The Rise of the Permanent Protest
There's cause for hope, here at the end of the Decade From Hell: a new breed of hell-raiser.
August 23, 2019
Nick Martin
David Koch Is Gone, but His Pipelines Are Here to Stay
A fortune built on exploiting the earth funds an empire dedicated to smothering free speech.
June 20, 2019
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian
The Depressing Reality Behind Hong Kong’s Protests
Theoretically, protesters won a huge victory with the government dropping its extradition bill. But Beijing is likely to double down on repressive measures as a result.
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