Call Congress’s “Blue Lives Matter” Bills What They Are: Another Attack on Black Lives
The bills exemplify the very worst sort of legislation: at once unnecessary and pernicious.
Natasha Lennard
Natasha Lennard is a columnist for The Intercept. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Bookforum, and the New York Times, among others. She is the associate director of the Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism graduate program at the New School for Social Research in New York. She is the author of “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life.”
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Cynthia Nixon is scoring progressive victories just by showing up for the race.
Why the NYPD Killing of Saheed Vassell Has Locals Worried About Gentrification in Brooklyn
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Why the Backlash to Former Black Panther Herman Bell’s Parole Risks Setting a Dangerous Precedent
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Is Antifa Counterproductive? White Nationalist Richard Spencer Would Beg to Differ.
The "alt-right" poster boy said antifa's confrontations led him to cancel upcoming speaking dates.
West Virginia, Not Women's Day, Proved the Power of a Women's Strike
We don't need to look abroad to see what a women-led labor action can look like — and accomplish.
Gun Control Has Always Been Racist — That Doesn't Mean We Shouldn't Support the Parkland Students' Movement
The liberal debate about gun violence has never addressed the deadly problem of armed police.
While the Media Panicked About Campus Leftists, the Far Right Surged
Two new reports examine the growing threat of far-right propaganda and violence.
No, Aziz Ansari's Accuser Is Not Breaking Up #MeToo — the Divisions Have Been There All Along
The debates birthed by Ansari’s accuser reveal where fractures have always existed: along ideological, generational, class, and political lines.