The GOP’s New, NEW Jim Crow
One of this administration's biggest goals is enacting a 21st-century Jim Crow era. And with SCOTUS poised to further dismantle the Voting Rights Act, they may just pull it off.
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Trump’s Tariffs Are Hurting Women of Color’s Businesses
Black, Latina, and Asian women already struggle with launching and funding their ventures. Trump's ever-changing tariffs threaten to put them out of business.
I Am Not Scared of This Administration. I Am Angry
Angry, mediocre white men are in power, and they’re doing everything they can to turn the clock back on our civil rights. The writer, whose Black father grew up in the Jim Crow South, refuses to give up fighting.
The Evisceration of Diversity Programs Is Upon Us
Right-wing lawmakers are dismantling efforts to remedy the damage of segregation and the slavery that preceded it. But for Black and brown people to thrive in American life, diversity cannot be a relic of the past.
Weaponizing Imagined Victimhood Has Real Awful Consequences
Republicans are subverting crises narratives to portray themselves as victims. And it is literally killing the people most in need of our attention and aid.
Can Social Media Host a Safe Space?
Since Twitter has turned into an unmitigated right-wing troll farm, users are looking to Bluesky in hopes of finding a well-moderated, inclusive haven for LGBTQ people, Black and brown people, and women. That doesn’t mean it’s an echo chamber.
When It Comes to the Climate, the Heat Is On
In this exclusive excerpt from 'Before the Streetlights Come On,' the Environmental Defense Fund's Heather McTeer Toney reveals the hazards of excluding Black and brown communities from the conversation around global warming.
Real Journalists Don’t “Just Ask Questions”
It may seem harmless, but “just asking questions” is a bad-faith, politically motivated media tactic that manipulates readers into buying a skewed worldview.
What Racism Steals From Black Americans
No matter the progress we've made as a nation, there has always been an unbridgeable gap between where we are and where we could have been if only we had embraced equality.
When Did the U.S. Become So Evangelical?
Boston was the birthplace of both American democracy and religious fundamentalism. In this exclusive excerpt from 'Heretic,' Jeanna Kadlec traces the devastating impact of the politicization of white Evangelical Christianity.