“Do we have any idea why Trotskyites are fighting this so hard?,” I was asked earlier this year regarding the Socialist Equality Party’s sensible criticisms of the New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project. …
On Monday, May 4, the lead essay from the New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. The 1619 Project has been controversial since its introduction…
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to reflect Bryan Stevenson’s 1995 MacArthur Fellowship. The New York Times’s controversial “1619 Project” is a series of essays and features examining the history…