20 Years After Hurricane Katrina

Twenty years ago today, on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina roared ashore. Democracy Now! speaks with Academy Award-nominated director, Traci A. Curry.

ICE Regrets Stopping This Informed Citizen

Constitutional auditor Robert Trudell exercised his rights to legally bypass an immigration checkpoint, sparking frustration from the immigration agents on the scene.

In a Berlin Bar

Rafaella Del Bourgo
Poet Rafaella Del Bourgo offers a quick intro to sexual politics, reminding us that sex is "a tune both familiar and strange."

The Imminent Death of the Voting Rights Act

Linda Greenhouse The New York Times
White people are depicted as victims of discrimination;.white South Africans are invited as refugees; the president demands a museum designed to tell the African American story must tell a happy tale. The voting rights law may not see a 61st birthday

Sounds Like the Plan: The Historical Roots of the Takeover of D.C.

Rick Massimo Forget I Said Anything
The capital has for most of its history been a largely-to-mostly-Black city run by open racists. This takeover by white federal officials is something many in the Black community have been anticipating for decades. There’s even a name for it-The Plan