Nation Topics - Racism and Discrimination | The Nation

How groundbreaking is research showing that Hispanics have a crime rate comparable to white Americans? Katha Pollitt and Alexander Cockburn debate.

No politician has ever suffered a more humiliating rejection than the former leader of Ukraine's Orange Revolution and its current sitting president, Viktor Yushchenko.

A host of politicians and pundits would have you believe that Hispanic immigrants are to blame for an uptick in urban crime. They're wrong.

If not for the incessant backlash against NBA players, the all-white All-American Basketball Alliance would never have gotten off the ground.

How would Dr. King have responded to the
current crises of recession, unemployment, and foreclosure?

We must remain vigilant against government crimes and secrecy.

The birthers, the anticommunist crazies, the "Obama as Witch Doctor" caricatures: they're all of a piece, welded to sex.

The victory over Lou Dobbs demonstrates that the immigrant community is mobilized like never before.

Donald Sterling was just obligated to pay out the largest settlement ever obtained by the government in a housing discrimination case involving apartment rentals.

Nadine Padilla organized for Obama in Native American communities. Now she's passing her skills on to others.