Racism and Discrimination

How a French City Kept Its Soccer Team Working Class

How a French City Kept Its Soccer Team Working Class How a French City Kept Its Soccer Team Working Class

Olympique de Marseille shows that if fans organize, a team can fight racism, keep its matches affordable, and maintain a deep connection to the city.

Jan 16, 2026 / Feature / Cole Stangler

What Black Youth Need to Feel Safe

What Black Youth Need to Feel Safe What Black Youth Need to Feel Safe

Young people are facing a mental health crisis. This group of Cincinnati teens thinks they know how to solve it.

Jan 15, 2026 / Feature / Dani McClain

President Donald Trump during an Economic Club of New York event in New on September 5, 2024. There, Trump pledged to cut the corporate tax rate, slash regulations and audit the federal government.

Trump’s Slash-and-Burn Economy Is Devastating Black Women Trump’s Slash-and-Burn Economy Is Devastating Black Women

His administration is hitting them with “discriminate harm.”

Jan 13, 2026 / Column / Kali Holloway

People enjoy a break in thunder storms on the steps of the Met Tuesday July 4, in Manhattan New York.

John Wilson at the Met John Wilson at the Met

Drawing from the depths.

Dec 23, 2025 / Margaret Spillane

Candles are lit by framed photos of mass shooting victims Mukhammad Aziz Amurzokov and Ella Cook at a makeshift memorial near Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on December 15, 2025.

Islamophobic Elites Lied to Destroy the Life of a Palestinian Brown Student Islamophobic Elites Lied to Destroy the Life of a Palestinian Brown Student

Plutocrats, pundits, and government officials joined together in a racist smear campaign against a queer Palestinian student at Brown University.

Dec 22, 2025 / Jeet Heer

A still from the video of the 1992 police beating of Rodney King. LAPD chief Daryl Gates defended the department’s racist police regime until he was forced out in the wake of King’s beating.

Breaking the LAPD’s Choke Hold Breaking the LAPD’s Choke Hold

How the late-20th-century battles over race and policing in Los Angeles foreshadowed the Trump era.

Dec 17, 2025 / Feature / Danny Goldberg

Mayor of LA to America: “Beware!”

Mayor of LA to America: “Beware!” Mayor of LA to America: “Beware!”

Trump has made Los Angeles a testing ground for military intervention on our streets. Mayor Karen Bass says her city has become an example for how to fight back.

Dec 17, 2025 / Feature / Gail Reed

Amazon delivery driver Leah Cross has alleged that Amazon’s delivery quota amounts to workplace discrimination. Here, a Lakewood, Colorado, driver makes deliveries in 2023.

The EEOC Is Now Letting Workplace Discrimination Stand The EEOC Is Now Letting Workplace Discrimination Stand

The agency is unlawfully giving up on fighting disparate impact discrimination—meaning it’s “open season” on employees.

Dec 16, 2025 / Bryce Covert

A farmer feeds cattle in Montrose, Missouri.

White Farmers Are Getting a Taste of Their Own Medicine White Farmers Are Getting a Taste of Their Own Medicine

Trump’s tariffs and immigration raids are driving the latest farm crisis. White farmers have stood by him year after year—and still do.

Dec 12, 2025 / Kali Holloway

Jasmine Crockett at a hearing to examine the unlawful detention of US citizens and immigrants by federal immigration agents at the LA Metropolitan Water District.

Here’s What It Takes for a Democrat to Win in Texas Here’s What It Takes for a Democrat to Win in Texas

Jasmine Crockett can win the Texas Senate race—if voters of color get to the polls.

Dec 11, 2025 / Steve Phillips

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