As Colson Whitehead argues in his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the legacy of injustice is not something we can simply move past. Old crimes continue to shape us.
Prisoners have been disproportionately harmed by the spread of coronavirus. Progressive district attorneys like Larry Krasner have taken the lead in responding.
While flawed, the 1619 Project is a first step toward disenthralling ourselves from an imagined past of America as history’s designated instrument of liberation.
George Orwell was an ornery person, irritable and impatient, and he took an unholy pleasure in upbraiding his left-wing brethren. What would he say to the left now?
The administration claims its ban of immigrants from African nations like Nigeria is related to national security. A more plausible explanation is racism.
A desert locust infestation now threatens the food security of East Africa, a region that was already contending with intense drought, floods, heavy rains, and war.
The latest manifesto from archbishop Viganò descends into intellectual and moral farce, when what the world really needs from the church is true gravitas.
Those of us stuck at home and not on the front lines can become numb. How should we feel about the hordes of lives being lost every day? How should we grieve?
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