Nation Topics - Racism and Discrimination | The Nation

In the wake of national scrutiny over the rape of an 11-year-old girl, African-Americans in Cleveland espoused the same moral exceptions that white Southerners used to excuse lynching.

But now that the supposed widespread radicalization of American Muslims is being paraded around as political truth, it’s important to respond.

Inside the secret, mostly Muslim prisons that ban virtually all contact with the outside world.

The ultimate aim of the GOP's social agenda is to force women back into the home.

This year’s conservative confab was strained by discord, with gays pitted against the Christian right and Islamophobes battling conservative Muslims.

Congressman Peter King's dark fantasies about American Muslims are intruding on reality.

In an all-star panel moderated by Dave Zirin, Michael Eric Dyson, Kevin Blackistone and Bobby Mitchell explore the positive role sports has played for the African American community over the last century.

Zealots are trying to turn the military into a religious army. Mikey Weinstein is fighting back.

Dan Snyder needs a reminder about his team's attempts to resist integration.

America may have a black president—but very few other African-Americans have been elected to political office.