Steven W Thrasher
Steven W Thrasher is writer-at-large for Guardian US. He was named Journalist of the Year 2012 by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Village Voice, Rolling Stone, BuzzFeed, the Advocate and more. Follow him on Twitter at @thrasherxy or visit his website.
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The Democrats' performance as an opposition party? PatheticThough Trump is historically unpopular for a president at this moment in his presidency, the opposition is not benefiting from this obvious opportunity
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Police hunt and kill black people like Philando Castile. There's no justicePolice harassment and violence, and the ways the system facilitate and enable it, are not exceptional to the US. They are part of what makes the US what it is
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We need to get corporate America and police units out of Pride marchesAt the Capital Pride Parade in Washington DC on Saturday, the No Justice No Pride group interrupted the march to protest the way it’s being co-opted
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Bernie Sanders could have won. That's the Corbyn lesson for AmericaBernie, like Corbyn, offered hope that another world was possible. He’s exactly the kind of candidate the Democrats must rally behind in the future
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Yes, there is a free speech crisis. But its victims are not white menWomen, people of color and politicians standing up to racism and sexism are threatened every day. But the right rarely seems concerned about that
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Democrats take us black voters for granted. What if we abandoned them?Black voters aren’t showing up to vote for the Democratic party in the numbers they once did. There are reasons for that – and they must be confronted
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'Will we survive 1,361 more days?': Our panel's verdict on Trump's first 100 daysFour Guardian columnists and writers on Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office
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Confederate memorials have no place in American society. Good riddanceCity officials in New Orleans are finally removing Confederacy-era monuments. But this is not a call for collective amnesia about our past
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The war on drugs is racist. Donald Trump is embracing it with open armsDrugs have long been used to scapegoat black and Latino people. With Jeff Sessions doing Trump’s bidding as Attorney General, things will only get worse
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Thanks to United Airlines, is flying while Asian something to fear?The forcible removal of an Asian man from an overbooked flight echoes examples of American violence against people of colour who defy authority
Charlottesville started with a statue. Will Americans confront their history now?