Only a heedless few would attempt to dismiss a man who remains nearly alone in his capacity to tell the story of race in America. By David Remnick.

What Trumpism could do to our human infrastructure. By Rebecca Traister. (Dec. 11, 2016)

From the moment he joined, 8-year-old Joe Maldonado eagerly looked forward to camping trips and science projects with his Secaucus Cub Scout pack. By Abbott Koloff.

A black man has single-handedly caused more than 200 white racists to leave the Ku Klux Klan simply by confronting their prejudice with friendship. Inspirational Daryl Davis, 58, a blues musician and author, has travelled all over the US since the early 1980s actively seeking out and befriending members of the openly racist organisation. The KKK is a white supremacy cult founded in 1865 organizing members to persecute people for the color of their skin or their religious beliefs.

Under George W. Bush, Republicans set about undermining the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department. Expect a more devastating assault on the division under Trump. By Samuel R. Bagenstos.

This is no time to back away from our commitment to women’s rights, racial justice and sexual equality.. By Laurie Penny.

Defending the liberal project is a Sisyphean task in part because successfully inculcating liberal norms leads to habits that weaken the ability to sustain them. By Conor Friedersdorf.

“It was stolen in Florida, it was stolen in Arizona, it was stolen in North Carolina, Pennsylvania. Possibly Ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan,” Palast told Truthdig. (Nov. 16, 2016)

My job was threatened if I said what I knew about Sessions, but I did it anyway. Now he’s poised to lead the Justice Department. By J. Gerald Hebert.

As Donald Trump promises new restrictions on abortion, emails reveal the desperation of women who have no place to go to end unwanted pregnancies. By Molly Redden.

Trump’s election was enabled by the policies that overlooked the plight of our most vulnerable citizens. We gird ourselves for a frightening future. By Cornel West.

In electing Trump, America has broken its sacred promise to us. By Omer Aziz.

Texas Republicans are asking the state Supreme Court to reconsider a case about benefits in what appears to be an attempt to narrow the scope of the landmark ruling that legalized same-sex marriage. By Alex Ura.

A century ago, widely circulated images and cartoons helped drive the debate about whether women should have the right to vote. By Adrienne LaFrance.

Ranked-choice voting opens up elections to a broader, more diverse range of candidates and ideas. By Hendrik Hertzberg.

Mark Hughes took his AR-15 to the Dallas Black Lives Matter protest to make a point about gun rights. The police ended up proving it for him. By Darryl Campbell.

Thousands have demonstrated in Poland's major cities against a proposed law that would place further restrictions on abortion in the country. Poland's parliament recently rejected a total ban on the procedure.

Tom Hayden, a 1960s radical who was in the vanguard of the movement to stop the Vietnam War and became one of the nation’s best-known champions of liberal causes, has died in Santa Monica after a lengthy illness. By Michael Finnegan.

Fifty years after her death, we can still learn from Lillian Smith. By Diane Roberts.

Wisconsin, Ohio, Texas, and North Carolina won’t stop suppressing the vote.  By Ari Berman.