Kai Wright
The Nation
New York, United States
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Past articles by Kai:
We’re Owed an Apology
And we should be suspicious of any candidate who’s loath to give one. → Read More
Let’s Tally the Damage of the Past Six Months
We should not lose sight of the real human cost of the manufactured border crisis. → Read More
What Was the Real Midterm Victory?
The Democratic Party is used to writing off much of the electorate. It can’t get away with that anymore. → Read More
White Men Have Good Reason to Be Scared
We’re coming for their power. → Read More
The Widest Political Divide in America Isn’t Between Left and Right
We’re split along racial and gender lines—handing Congress to Democrats in November won’t change that. → Read More
Trump Amplifies What Was There All Along
We can fight to backtrack to when certain terrors were less explicit, or we can chart a new course. → Read More
What Progressives Can Learn From Stacey Abrams
A brighter political future depends upon turning out large numbers of voters of color. → Read More
Hey Facebook, I’m Quitting You—and It’s Not Just About Cambridge Analytica
There’s gotta be somewhere capitalism doesn’t reach, and I draw the line at community. → Read More
It’s Time to Stop Fixating on Punishment
Trump’s call to execute drug dealers is bizarre and irrational, but so is our criminal-justice system. → Read More
The Way We Talk About Immigration Is Profane
Trump’s “shithole” remarks only scratch the surface. → Read More
The Misogynist Within
Sexual harassment expresses power dynamics from which all men benefit. → Read More
Women in the Service Sector Are at the Forefront of Resisting Sexual Harassment
Strength in numbers is more powerful than naming and shaming. → Read More
On White Identity Politics and American Terrorism
We cannot move forward until white citizens claim their history. → Read More
Trump’s Main Policy Is Destruction—Ours Must Be More Than Resistance
The time to create alternatives is now. → Read More
Moderate Republicans Are Quietly Helping the GOP Set Equality Back
There’s a reason they aren’t passionately opposing radical health-care cuts. → Read More
Trumpism Will Be Defeated by a Movement on the Horizon
Georgia House minority leader Stacey Abrams is showing one way forward. → Read More
The GOP’s Attacks on the Poor Are About to Get Stealthier
Widespread poverty in a nation as wealthy as ours is a crime against humanity. To truly fight Trump’s extremism, we have to accept this truth. → Read More
The GOP’s Attacks on the Poor Are About to Get Stealthier
At the 100-day mark of the Trump administration, progressives have a lot to cheer: The movement moment that preceded the 2016 election proved not only durable but adaptable to a new political reality. → Read More
The Health-Care Bill Embraces the GOP’s Scariest State-Level Experiments
In June 2015, I wrote about RaDonna Kuelkelhan, a 59-year-old woman from southeast Kansas who was fighting to get health care. A treatment for larynx cancer caused a series of collateral problems that made it hard for RaDonna to eat. → Read More
Why Alton Sterling and Philando Castile Are Dead
Alton Sterling and Philando Castile are dead, joining a long roll call of black people killed by officials acting in the name of public safety. And so the nation now begins a process so familiar as to have become rote. → Read More