ACLU Says New Jersey Prisons' Banning of "The New Jim Crow" Is Unconstitutional
The landmark book about race and mass incarceration is banned in a state with the highest racial disparity in its prison population.
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Being Black in Trump Country: Dozens of People Arrested for Less Than an Ounce of Weed
A group of mostly black partygoers was arrested en masse in Cartersville, Georgia, for a small amount of marijuana.
We Lost a Lot in 2017. Here's Where We Can — and Can't — Look for Progress in 2018.
Erica Garner's death was a horrible cap to a year of hard losses. Here's how a huge bump in organizing can mean some wins in 2018.
Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments
The Silicon Valley giant says it deleted the accounts of the Chechen Republic’s tyrant — followed by 4 million people — because the U.S. government required it to do so.
Republicans Mock “Coastal Elites,” But the Trump Administration Is Full of Them
If a novelist dreamed up "coastal elites" like Donald Trump and his cabinet, the critics would say the writer went way over the top.
The NCAA Makes Billions, College Athletes Get Nothing. LaVar Ball Wants to Shake Up the System.
LaVar Ball, the father of young basketball stars, is creating his own junior basketball league where the players get paid.
Forget Coates vs. West — We All Have a Duty to Confront the Full Reach of U.S. Empire
Forget about the feud between Ta-Nehisi Coates and Cornel West. This is about beating back white supremacy and concentrated corporate power.
The President and the GOP Are Backing a Flagrant Bigot for U.S. Senate
In 2017, Republicans are backing a guy who longs for the days when African-Americans were in chains.
The U.S. Media Suffered Its Most Humiliating Debacle in Ages and Now Refuses All Transparency Over What Happened
How did ”multiple sources” all innocently feed the same false information to multiple media outlets? The refusal of CNN and MSNBC to say only compounds the damage they have caused.
Atlanta Mayoral Race Shows What Happens When Progressives Don’t Compromise
A conservative-leaning candidate might beat a Democrat in Atlanta's mayoral race. In the age of Trump, how did we get here?