Delilah Friedler
Slate
New York, United States
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2021 Wasn’t All Bad for Trans People
Indya Moore won! Caitlyn Jenner lost! In a year marked by challenge and strife, there’s still a lot to celebrate. → Read More
Indian Country Has Entered a Devastating New Phase of the Pandemic
COVID-19 lays bare centuries of neglect. → Read More
He’s Advised Pro-Democracy Activists in 50 Countries. Here’s His Advice for Americans.
Serbian revolutionary Srdja Popvic talks about how to mobilize massive nonviolent movements. → Read More
Indigenous Democrats Helped Flip Arizona, No Thanks to Party Leaders
“Everything was on our own. No one else was going to do it.” → Read More
These Activists Are Building Shields to Prepare for Whatever Comes Next
Protesters at a July demonstration in Oakland carry shields painted by the Oakland Builders Collective.Natasha Moustache/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter. On this warm October afternoon, 30 people have gathered for a shield building party in West Oakland’s Lil Bobby Hutton Park. They kneel on a… → Read More
There’s a 350-Foot Statue of Columbus in Puerto Rico. Indigenous People Want It Gone.
It’s the tallest sculpture in North America, and locals say it’s “an embarrassment.” → Read More
An Unlikely Ray of Hope: Imagining a Future Where COVID-23 Changes Us for the Better
“You can’t be what you can’t see”: This proverb often comes up in discussions of why representation matters. A young girl of color, for instance, might be less likely to believe she’s able to become a successful actor or politician if she doesn’t grow up seeing people who look like her in such roles. Yet in an […] → Read More
Dear Rich White Friends: The Pandemic Isn’t A Vacation. Black and Brown People Are Still Dying.
COVID is over—if you can afford it. → Read More
Fire Has Always Defined California. An Artist and Naturalist Reflects on What’s Different This Time.
“It’s as if the forest has lost its mind,” says Obi Kaufmann, author of a new field guide. → Read More
How Feds and States Make It Impossible for Tribal Epidemiologists to Do Their Jobs
Data sharing could save Indigenous lives. So why isn’t it happening? → Read More
We Need More Indigenous Doctors, Stat. This Physician Has a Plan.
“It’s going to require a generation of good policy to make up for generations of bad policy.” → Read More
How Native Tribes Started Winning at the Supreme Court
In July, the court ruled that half of Oklahoma is an Indian reservation. The decision was two decades in the making. → Read More
The Reckoning Is About More Than Police Violence
The uprisings sparked by George Floyd’s death are, ostensibly, about the war on Black lives. Protesters demand that we say the names of the deceased, that their murderers be brought to justice, that the institution of policing be re-thought, defunded, dismantled. Yet as the anger and grief simmer, a deeper purpose has crystalized: dismantling white […] → Read More
What Will Replace the Minneapolis Police? The City’s Native American Community Has Some Ideas.
Native organizing has a long history in Minneapolis. → Read More
Online dating killing your soul? Tell me about it. I’m trans.
Hooking up while trans on the latest frontier of misogyny. → Read More
Vote-By-Mail Is a Safer Option During a Pandemic—Except for Native Americans
“Vote-by-mail simply does not work in Native American communities.” → Read More
Obama Sees Hope in Protests: “There Is Something Different Here.”
He called them “an incredible opportunity for people to be awakened.” → Read More
“A Lot of It Is in Our Hands”: Rebecca Solnit on the Transformative Potential of Every Crisis
The disaster historian sees reason for hope. → Read More
Plague Comforts: “Nature Is Healing, We Are the Virus” Memes
Alchemizing collective consciousness out of lolz. → Read More
“The Black Hills Are Not For Sale”
The Lakota people are fighting tooth and nail to protect their sacred sites. → Read More