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Melvin Rogers and Neil Roberts discuss the difficulty of keeping faith in a foundationally anti-Black republic.
Polish director Agnieszka Holland's new film exposes the violent contradictions at the heart of EU border policy.
Janice Fine explains how “co-enforcement”—a bold new model for upholding labor law—is linking the state to social movements.
Support for Palestinian rights is facing a McCarthyite backlash.
Mie Inouye and Daniel Martinez HoSang discuss the challenges of organizing in a society that tears groups apart.
Any peace will depend on a sober assessment of Hamas.
“Never again” means standing up for Palestinian people. “Never again” means this very moment.
A conversation with Palestinian human rights attorney Noura Erakat on the need for a political solution.
Amid ongoing reporting and ethical outrage, we need context for the fight between Hamas and Israel—and how it shapes possibilities for peace.
Jeanne Theoharis speaks with Lerone A. Martin on the white Christian legacy of J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI.
A liberal economist and a family abolitionist agree: our economic system makes human flourishing depend on social units it can't sustain.
To make change, movements need to build endurance—the capacity to keep people showing up despite their differences.
Movement building requires a culture of listening—not mastery of the right language.
Lionel Trilling crystallizes the cynical Cold War liberalism that sacrificed idealism for self-restraint.
How a little-understood feature of urban finance—municipal bonds—fuels racial inequality.
The late South African intellectual and activist—imprisoned on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela—fought for a world without race and class. His writings remain essential.
What happens when radical historians write for the public.
Fifty years ago, the American Indian Movement occupied the site of a historic massacre. They won real gains in the face of brutal counterinsurgency tactics.
Why did Chicago become the headquarters of free market fundamentalism? Adam Smith offers a clue.
A conversation with Dan Berger and veteran activists Zoharah Simmons and Michael Simmons on the origins of Black Power and the work of coalition building.
In Rules to Win By, Jane McAlevey and Abby Lawlor reject backroom dealmaking. Rank-and-file workers are going even further.
In Foolproof, psychologist Sander van der Linden compares misinformation to viral infection—and claims to have a vaccine.
Amna Akbar talks with Bernard Harcourt about his new book—and how we can build on existing forms of cooperation to transform society.
Far from spelling the end of anti-market politics, basic income proposals are one place where it can and has flourished.
Being serious about equality means aiming to ensure we all live equally flourishing lives—not merely that we have the chance to do so.
The history of debates about educational outcomes holds important lessons.
The aim is a classless society, not equal outcomes.
It doesn't entail an embrace of the status quo.
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