How Not to Lose the Lockdown Generation
Lessons from the New Deal point the way forward in the era of Covid-19.
330 posts found for ‘campus protest’
Disregarding the Virus and Victims’ Families, Trump Rushes to Execute as Many People as Possible
With coronavirus cases on the rise in Indiana, the Trump administration carried out the first federal executions in 17 years.
A Syrian Mother's Letter to Her Daughter, "For Sama" Shows War in an Unusually Intimate Light
Filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab wanted to document the war so her newborn child could “understand what we were fighting for.”
Facebook Warrant Targeting Student Journalists in Puerto Rico Prompts Fears of Political Surveillance
The Puerto Rico Justice Department accessed private information from student news publications as it built a case against protest leaders.
Ahead of South Carolina Vote, Joe Biden Faces Questions Over Claims of Civil Rights Activism
In 1987, Joe Biden said he was a teenage civil rights activist, then said he wasn’t. Now he says he was. Does he have a hazy memory, or is this all malarky?
Ruth Wilson Gilmore Makes the Case for Abolition
Guest host Chenjerai Kumanyika speaks with abolitionist Ruth Wilson Gilmore in a special two-part episode.
In the Face of Rising White Supremacist Violence, Police Continue to Investigate Victims and Activists
A white supremacist attack on a civil rights icon in Tennessee remains unsolved while police across the state illegally spy on community activists.
A Novel Retells the Assassinations that Marked the End of the Cold War in El Salvador
“November,” a newly translated novel by Jorge Galán, retells the execution of six Jesuit priests by El Salvador’s U.S.-backed right-wing military.
Pete Buttigieg Says Marijuana Arrests Signify “Systemic Racism.” His South Bend Police Fit the Bill.
A black South Bend resident was 4.3 times more likely to be arrested for possessing marijuana since 2012 than a white resident. Nationally, it was 3:1.
Can the Bernie Sanders Campaign Alter the Course of the Democratic Party?
The Bernie Sanders campaign is trying something new: trusting people.