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Tight-knit communities where residents have access to basic resources and strong local institutions are safer places to live.
Winter 2024
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A Consistent Approach to Policing
We have written so much about the police in recent months but said too little about what we really want and expect from them.
The Problem of Police Nationalism
Police nationalism is rooted in conservative ideas of law and order, but it has also been sustained by decades of liberal police reform.
The Lives and Deaths of Tony McDade and Malik Jackson
McDade and Jackson’s tragically intertwined lives tell the story of a society that feeds on and maintains oppression through punishment, violence, and isolation. They also show us a way out.
Belabored: The Power of Alt-Labor
Worker centers organize workers excluded from labor regulations and disconnected from mainstream unions. They have brought fresh energy to the labor movement.
Belabored: Black Against Amazon, with Steven Pitts and Robin D.G. Kelley
Steven Pitts and Robin D.G. Kelley discuss Amazon and the state of the Black working class.
Selma on My Mind
To honor the 1965 Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, we must continue the work it started.
Repression in Xi’s China
The tightening of state control over Hong Kong and Xinjiang reveal a consolidation of authority in Xi’s CCP, intent on stifling any signs of nonconformity.
The Desperate Need for an Immigration Overhaul
Biden could ease the suffering inflicted by his predecessors on migrants to the United States. But his administration is unlikely to resolve the structural injustices at the root of the immigration enforcement system.
Don’t Blame “Defund” 
We haven’t seen much to suggest that last summer’s uprising pushed persuadable voters to the Republican Party. And in a number of states, the protests ignited voter registration efforts that directly helped Democratic candidates.
Building the Beloved Community
After the civil rights movement, John Lewis moved from protest to politics. But he remained optimistic about the Black freedom struggles of the twenty-first century.
Acceptance Without Rancor: A Father-Son Conversation About Black Lives Matter
As millions rise up against police violence, a white father and his Black son discuss racism, resistance, and empathy.
“What’s Actually Going on in Our Nursing Homes”: An Interview with Shantonia Jackson
The structural conditions shaping care work are highly exploitative—and are profoundly linked to the high degree of COVID-19’s spread within both long-term care facilities and the communities that supply their labor force.
Disenfranchised by Debt
Court fines, fees, and restitution payments fund government operations—and hold millions of people in dire financial straits.
Know Your Enemy: Not Even Past, with Jamelle Bouie
Matt and Sam are joined by New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie for a wide-ranging discussion of how conservatives (and liberals and leftists) use American history to make political claims in the present.
