Truthout
Op-Ed
Confronting White Supremacy Can’t Come Through Top-Down “Justice”
Our best hope lies in grassroots, community-led truth and reconciliation processes based in restorative justice.
Trump and DeVos’s Plan to Reopen Schools Hides a Sinister Agenda
Turning schools into hotbeds of infection is in line with Betsy DeVos’s plan to undermine the public school system.
Trump’s Reelection Strategy Involves Terrorizing Us With Secret Stormtroopers
Trump has successfully normalized the unthinkable, and in places like Portland, he appears to be doing it to get votes.
Looming Immigration Services Shutdown May Fuel Voter Suppression in 2020
If Congress doesn’t fund U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, hundreds of thousands may lose the right to vote.
As Campuses Cut Ties to Police, Sociology Departments Must Do the Same
Sociology departments must end their role as pipelines to police academies.
The Most Dangerous President Ever Threatens Not to Leave Office, Again
Trump delivered what may come to be seen as the worst interview of his entire presidency to date on Sunday.
Why We’re Striking for Black Lives: It’s Time for a Reckoning
Workers of all races are walking off the job today, to unite in demanding racial and economic justice.
The GOP’s “Southern Strategy” Shows How White Supremacy Fuels Class Exploitation
A deliberately created racial hierarchy makes poor whites align with the superrich against their own interests.
Trading Cops for Social Workers Isn’t the Solution to Police Violence
Social workers have a history of partnering with the state to serve as carceral enforcers rather than as liberators.
It’s Time to Shut the Country Down — and Pay People to Stay Home
It will be hard, but the far side of inaction at this juncture is very nearly unthinkable.