October 5, 2023
Cover Story
Editorial Board
Today, Black studies is under assault.
Scholarship and intellectual communities are only viable if they are dynamic and contested spaces for critical thinking and debate. Black studies began in heated struggle. Here…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
Just as America is being forced to address its legacy of enslavement, segregation and systemic racism, the nation must confront the genocide of Indigenous people — who are rendered all but invisible in society — and the role of settler colonialism in building the country.
The recent discovery of unmarked mass graves of 1,300 Indigenous children buried in five former residential schools has forced Canada to come to grips with a…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
Many will describe her as an “icon” or “role model” and an inspirational woman who shattered the glass ceiling with grit and grace. She was persistent, resilient, visionary, collaborative, brilliant, and awe-inspiring.
The late Senator Dianne Feinstein was my Mayor. I’m a native San Franciscan who cut her political chops in my home city. I often spent time…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
If education is free at the point of use, why aren’t school meals?
The United States federal government in 2020 embarked on a grand and beautiful experiment: expanding the use of tax dollars to help stave off poverty. That…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Body counts and truck counts from the Vietnam War era are being brought back to show what a great “investment” the Ukraine War has been for the U.S.
Did you know the Russia-Ukraine War is a great “investment” for the United States? A terrific opportunity to kill lots of Russians and to destroy lots…
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Cartoon
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