Highlights

A conversation with writer Mychal Denzel Smith for Public Seminar..

A speech by Andrew Cuomo and an article by a college student suggest what’s really behind the lamentations about “left-wing censorship.” By Alfred Knobler Fellow Elie Mystal in The Nation.

Even if Rittenhouse somehow draws an impartial jury, he already appears to have landed a very partial judge. By Alfred Knobler Fellow Elie Mystal for The Nation.

The fact that Texas got away with its assault on reproductive rights helped lay the groundwork for its amped-up attack on trans rights. By Alfred Knobler Fellow Elie Mystal for The Nation.

Part of a collection on the events of Jan. 6, one year later. By Puffin Foundation Fellow Rebecca Solnit for The New York Times.

From Seneca Village to “urban renewal,” the government has claimed Black property-rarely with the “just compensation” promised by the Fifth amendment. By Alfred Knobler Fellow Elie Mystal in The Nation.