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Black History Month
Black History Month news and analysis from The Nation
February 14, 2020
Kennedy made rural poverty a focus of his presidential campaign. This year’s candidates could do the same—this time, in the Black Belt region.
February 20, 2019
And it’s not because they think it’s funny.
January 28, 2019
After eight years of Obama’s winks and nods, the code-switching playbook has been played out.
July 25, 2016
The vestige of American slavery had long gone politely ignored amid the polished Oxonian interiors of the rarefied university.
February 26, 2016
A panel hosted by Chirlane McCray represented both the trouble with and triumph of Black History Month.
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September 2, 2015
A writer reflects on her grandmothers’ struggles with progress and peril in a changing America.
February 26, 2015
No economic opportunity agenda for women can be complete without Black women’s needs, experiences and dreams at the forefront.
February 20, 2013
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is continuing the city’s tradition of refusing to apologize for the torture of scores of black men under police commander Jon Burge.
February 4, 2013
A great way to celebrate Black History Month would be to support the work of these groups.
February 6, 2012
More than a quarter of African-Americans live in poverty. During Black History Month, we should speak truthfully about the economic legacy that drives this inequality.
