Portside

The contradictions of the American Revolution.

New analysis and firsthand accounts reveal the toll of the crackdown on immigrant communities in L.A. County and beyond. Thousands of people detained during the height of the raids remain in immigration custody or have already been deported.

His take on history arms youth with the courage to “transform the world.” It’s no wonder the right aims to erase it.

In a candid cross-racial dialogue, Cornelia Gipson and Robert Jensen explore white identity, internalized racism, privilege, empathy, and why honest conversations about race remain so difficult—and so necessary.

Ta-Nehisi Coates reckons with that question, and what it means for the 2028 election.

The violent fascist riots in Belfast reveal the future that the trillionaire really wants. We need an international movement to constrain him.

White solidarity as a primary political principle dooms democracy.

The Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais and the subsequent redistricting by state legislatures demonstrates the expediency of modern disenfranchisement.

In 1949, Paul Robeson performed the “Song of the Jewish Partisans” in Moscow, in the Yiddish original. At a time of rising Stalinist antisemitism, Robeson’s act of solidarity made clear his stand against any form of racism.

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