“To build the political power needed for real liberation, we need to appreciate how gender and gender identity shape the daily lived experiences and perspectives of Black people in this country.”

“[The] whole idea of voter fraud is predicated on this idea that greater participation is dangerous and not good for democracy."

“The potential for executive action to jumpstart the transition that we need — to reorient our democracy for democratic engagement and redress historic inequities — is huge.”

Progressives must see every policy fight as about more than its issues —it's an opportunity to shift power to Black and brown communities and working families. 

There have been devastating reports of disproportionate rates of death in Black communities as a result of COVID-19. Racial capitalism and structural racism are to blame.

Our society has actually been built upon and defined by social distancing for many years. It’s called systemic and institutional racism.

The COVID-19 pandemic is an environmental justice crisis—it has exposed inequalities that have persisted in places across the country with decades of pollution.

The CARES Act passed fails to meet a simple moral test - that we protect the most vulnerable among us because it largely excludes immigrant and mixed-status families, including their U.S. citizen children, from stimulus payments.

When the post-Trump moment comes, there will be a temptation to turn the page. Instead, we need deep reflection.

The Comcast ruling unduly narrows the 1866 Civil Rights Act, making contract discrimination much harder to prove. And the Supreme Court may not be finished restricting anti-discrimination law.