October 1, 2026
Commentary
A conversation about resistance, coalition, political education—and why progressive movements cannot build lasting power while leaving race at the margins.
When I sat down recently with longtime organizer Eric Mann, I expected us to talk about movement strategy. We did. But before we got very far,…
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Commentary
A failing school should be an oxymoron.
Nikole Hannah-Jones’s sobering and provocative September 20 column in The New York Times Magazine - in which she agonized over the decision to send her daughter…
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View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
The Democratic elites have ignored criticism of their racial and gender preferences, and now it’s coming to a head.
The elites who run the Democratic Party have been slow learners. For years, the Party has relied on targeting swing states and running centrist, mainly white…
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Commentary
Columnist
Beatty’s is righteous audacity: the moral nerve to confront illegitimate power and refuse to be muted.
Standing up to a bully requires more than slogans, press releases or carefully staged outrage. It requires looking power in the face, refusing intimidation and saying,…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
You cannot keep asking Black women to save the house while reminding them to use the service entrance.
But I suspect she also rattles certain Democrats who love diversity dearly - as long as it doesn’t sign their checks, direct their priorities, or tell…
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