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Fred Shuttlesworth
Remembering Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth (Lived History, Civil Rights Activism)

The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, a giant of the civil rights movement known for his decades of work in support of desegregation, died Wednesday in Birmingham, Alabama.

Peter Rothberg
Royal Wedding
The Royal Wedding Is a Class Act (Class, World)

The one thing I never thought I’d have to explain to Americans is why monarchy is a bad idea. Apparently, I’m wrong.

Gary Younge
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Letters
Our Readers and Jane McAlevey
The Good Victim (Gender Issues, Racism and Discrimination, Society)

Why do we hand-pick seemingly pure and innocent victims of injustice--such as the Rutgers basketball players--in order to combat American racism?

Gary Younge
The New Suburban Poverty (Poverty)

For the first time, more poor Americans live in the nation's suburbs than in all our cities combined.

Eyal Press
Drug Busts=Jim Crow (Racism and Discrimination, Drug War and Drug Policy, Society)

The drug war is the heir to Jim Crow: a form of widespread, legalized
discrimination.

Ira Glasser
Poll Vault

In Conned, Nation reporter Sasha Abramsky sets out to highlight a growing population of disenfranchised Americans.

Mark Sorkin
In Fact...

ROSA PARKS, 1913-2005

The Editors
The Two-Way Squeeze (Racism and Discrimination, Civil Rights Movement, Historical People, Society)

The quiet purposefulness that characterized Rosa Parks's actions bears eloquent witness to the power of her protest.

The Editors
Teaching Sexuality (Education, Society)

Efforts to suppress the sex ed curriculum in Maryland are working.

Liliana Segura