Chris Hedges: My Student Comes Home
In 1990, Lawrence Bell was 14, orphaned and living in an abandoned house when three Camden cops pressured him to sign a confession of murder. Sunday, thanks to the dogged…
Gov. Newsom Made a Cynical Gamble on Prisons During the Pandemic — and Californians Will Pay with Their Lives
The Democratic governor's unwillingness to release prisoners has allowed a viral conflagration which threatens the Bay Area and beyond.
Meagan Day: For Many Young People, Socialism Is as American as Apple Pie
Bernie Sanders may never make it to the White House, but, just when we need them most, socialists like “Bigger than Bernie” co-author Megan Day have picked up his torch.
The All-American Way: MLK’s Giant Triplets
Racism is a massive problem, but hardly our only one. As King sought to remind us, there are at least two others of comparable magnitude.
The War Zone Is America
The threat of armed violence shapes the major life decisions of so many people of color today.
The Invasion of America
We Americans, the greatest power in history, the ultimate unchallenged victors on this planet as the last century ended, are now living in a disease-ridden parody version of occupied Iraq…
Foreign Correspondent: Police Lessons From Cuba
Contrary to the image of brutal and repressive communists, police in Cuba offer an instructive example for activists in the United States.
Think Protest Music Is History? Run The Jewels Have Something to Tell You
"Dick Gregory told me a couple of secrets before he laid down in his grave / All of us serve the same masters, all of us nothin' but slaves /…
Bonus Episode: Lee Camp on Why Bashing Donald Trump All the Time Just Isn’t Funny
The comedian has no problem throwing a few punches at the U.S. president, but he’s more interested in the jokes most political comedians aren’t delivering.
View from Death Row: The Disproportionate Blues
We African Americans have often been told that times have changed. We are tired of pretending.
Plague Journal #14: The Fusion Centers Are Probably Working Overtime
It’s not just that we have no idea what their work really is, we also don’t have a clue about how much it costs.
Inside Out
Mr. FishDwayne Booth (a.k.a., Mr. Fish) is a cartoonist and freelance writer, has been published in many reputable and prestigious magazines, journals and newspapers. In addition to Harper’s Magazine, his…
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Melina Abdullah: The Powerful Past, Present and Future of Black Lives Matter
As BLM protests sweep the globe, the movement’s co-founder talks about its roots and her hopes for the coming years.
Livin’ on Tulsa Time: Infiltrating ‘Trump Country’ to Fly a Different Flag
These antiwar veterans agree this was the mission they most believed in.
RT #295: 16 Mind-Blowing Facts About the Police
Also: Naomi Karavani dives into the many examples of police departments breaking the rules to crush dissent from the Black Lives Matter crowd.