Un-Critical Race Theory
What if CRT’s conservative critics actually got what they want?
Joshua AdamsRepublicans
The Democrats Are Failing Dreamers, Failing Immigrants
Biden and the Democrats spent four years decrying Trump’s assault on immigrants. Now they’re refunding ICE and falling down on the Dream Act.
Elie MystalGender and Sexuality
#OurMothersToo: Reckoning With My Abuela’s Coerced Sterilization
By 1974, tubal ligations became so ubiquitous on the island that over a third of its women had received la operación—giving Puerto Rico the highest sterilization rate in the world.
Quiara Alegría HudesElections
What Republicans Mean When They Say ‘Stacey Abrams’
Mitch McConnell torpedoed Joe Manchin’s voting rights compromise because it was endorsed by the Black Georgia leader. Get it?
Joan WalshLatest from The Nation
Today 5:00 am Society
Juneteenth and the Problem of American Freedom
Of course, Juneteenth should be recognized as a Black holiday belonging to Black people. But this is not a day purely of joyful celebration.
Anthony Conwright
Yesterday 5:00 am Education
Why Are There Cops in Schools?
Yesterday 5:00 am Supreme Court
Republicans Tried to Kill the ACA—Instead It Got Stronger
Yesterday 5:00 am Politics
Gavin Newsom Is Headed for a Comeback
Yesterday 5:00 am Higher Education
Computer Screens and Pieces of Paper
June 17, 2021
Maya Resilience
Politics
How Unite Here Turned the West’s Biggest Red State Blue
Arizona was pivotal in the 2020 presidential election. Its shift was no accident.
Sasha Abramsky
ALEC’s Corporate Funders Are Complicit in State-Based Assaults on Voting Rights and Democracy
More than 300 voting rights groups and their allies demand that corporations cut ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council.
John Nichols
Will Democratic Court Nominations Live Up to Biden's Promises?
In spite of signs of increased diversity, some Democrats have insisted on sticking to a pro-corporate agenda.
Aída Chávezpride
Gay Pride Doesn’t Mean Gay Liberation
LGBTQ visibility is crucial, but it shouldn’t be confused with LGBTQ rights.
Keeanga-Yamahtta TaylorThe First Drag Queen Was a Former Slave
Who fought for queer freedom a century before Stonewall.
Channing Gerard Joseph
World
Do African Lives Matter?
The response of the outside world to the latest disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo suggests the answer is no.
James North
In Honduras, US Efforts to Deter Migrants Add Danger, Costs
Critics warn that increasing militarization of the border here just means more bribe money, more corruption—and pushing more migrants into the arms of traffickers.
Jared Olson
Iran’s Incredible Shrinking Democracy
For the first time, Iran’s presidential election outcome has been predetermined.
Dostmohammad PunjabiNation Voices
Culture
Raoul Peck’s World
In Exterminate All the Brutes, Peck offers a bold new history of colonialism and violence.
Ed Morales
The Unwritten History of Black Performance
Poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib’s new book undertakes an ambitious task: contextualizing the scope and scale of a people’s cultural expression.
Kelton Ellis
Joan Didion’s Long View
Her new essay collection, Let Me Tell You What I Mean, captures what about her writing feels at once seductive and illusory.
Haley MlotekWatch and Listen
Listen: ‘Critical Race Theory’ at a Big Sports School
African American Studies department chair David Canton joins the show to talk sports, politics, and critical race theory
June 15, 2021
Listen: White Politics and Black History in Tulsa
David Perry on the Tulsa Race Massacre commemoration, plus Katha Pollitt on Jordan Peterson’s advice for men.
June 3, 2021
