When Sidney Poitier Picked Up the Gun

Notes on a couple of native sons.

The Front Lines of Omicron

With the pandemic returning to a state of emergency, we need to finally fix what was already broken in our society.

Joleen Nez: A Death in Custody

How racism, negligence, and a politically connected medical provider turned homelessness into a capital crime.

Attention, Democrats: The Constitution Trumps the Filibuster

In the case of voting rights legislation, the filibuster is not applicable, or even relevant.

When Will David Brooks Admit That Conservatism Paved the Way for Trump?

The New York Times columnist’s nostalgia whitewashes a nastier and much more consequential history.

Oil Companies Have Known for Decades

They’ve promoted climate change doubt and we all pay.

The Revolution Against Low-Wage Work

Workers used the additional resources of the past year to demand better pay and conditions.

Getting Away With Murder Wasn’t Enough for Tony Blair

Now the British salesman for the Iraq War has been made a knight.

Free Jarvis Jay Masters!

It’s long past time for California Governor Gavin Newsom—and the mainstream media—to take up the cause of a man who is almost certainly innocent of the crime that landed him on San Quentin’s death row.

Republicans Are on the Retreat in California

Shifting tides after the attempted recall vote show that voters are concerned more with policy than with rhetoric.

Chile’s “New Left” Brings Hope

With capital already taking flight and the rise of the far right, Gabriel Boric’s administration isn’t in for an easy ride.

Why Alabama Coal Miners Are Still on Strike

Greg Pilkerton has been fighting for better pay and working conditions for 10 months. He explains why he and his union comrades aren’t giving up.

Remembering 1/6

Fire this time. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of January 3.

Treasonous Clowns

On January 6, 2021, a violent mob of Trump supporters invaded the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. The attack resulted in five people dead and over 130 wounded. An investigation is ongoing.

Randall Kennedy Says It Loud

A conversation with the Harvard law professor about his new essay collection, the state or racial politics, campus activism, and much more.

We’re All Tired of This Pandemic—and Some of Us Are Sick

But whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad…

Defusing the Global Climate Emergency Depends on Defusing the Democracy Emergency

On the first anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, we’re reminded that the future hinges on rejecting the two Big Lies.

Stay

A poem by Elizabeth Metzger

What Conservative Justices Talk About When They Talk About Religious Liberty

The conservative majority on the US Supreme Court has honed a new, radical approach to religious liberty, the significance of which cannot be overstated.

No Other Way to Live: Why Ai Weiwei Left China

Xi Jinping’s tenure has been marked by harsh crackdowns on human rights activism.