Social Justice

‘Fund the Police’ Backfired — and Gave Trump More Power Than Ever

In the past four years, mainstream Democrats have: nominated a former prosecutor for president; elected an ex-NYPD officer to run New York City; campaigned on deporting more people; funneled...

Don’t Panic

The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack. Look, the reelection of Donald Trump is bad news. A lot...

The Billion-Dollar Tumble

Kamala Harris’ devastating loss to Donald Trump was a catastrophic failure for the Democratic Party and the consultant...

Threats to the First Amendment in the Age of Trump

I thought I was done with free speech. For nearly two decades, I reported on it for the...

A Moment for Determination, Not Fatalism

When some leading thinkers at the London School of Economics saw fascism take hold in the 1930s, Oxford...

When You Love Something, You Simply Fight for It

I was born in a country that I love but doesn’t love me back, a country that rejects every aspect of who I am...

Argentina Offers a Glimpse of Project 2025’s Vision

As the world absorbs the shockwave of Donald Trump’s win in the US presidential election, the playbook for his second term, designed by a handful...

2016 Redux — Now What?

There will be no shortage of debate about Tuesday’s election in the coming weeks and months, but one point of consensus has consolidated quickly:...

Trumpism and the Crisis of Whiteness

In the final months leading up to the election, pundits spent a lot of time speculating about what was wrong with Black people, specifically men...

Godless Liberals? Not in the Upper Midwest

These days, Sharon Sayles Belton can usually be found at the entrance to Park Avenue United Methodist Church in south Minneapolis on Sunday mornings,...

Need Child Care While You Vote? In Some States, It’s Free

This story was originally published by the 19th.Olympic track and field star Allyson Felix is helping moms vote in this election. Felix, who has been...