Race and Ethnicity

Syracuse Students Aren’t Backing Down

Syracuse Students Aren’t Backing Down Syracuse Students Aren’t Backing Down

Sixteen separate racist incidents caused Syracuse students to occupy a campus building in protest. Now, students are calling for the resignation of the university chancellor.

Nov 25, 2019 / StudentNation / Max Kalnitz

Democrats Won Virginia by Investing in People of Color

Democrats Won Virginia by Investing in People of Color Democrats Won Virginia by Investing in People of Color

Strategic organizing helped turn this red state blue—but is the national party willing to learn from its example?

Nov 22, 2019 / Steve Phillips

India: Intimations of an Ending

India: Intimations of an Ending India: Intimations of an Ending

The rise of Modi and the Hindu far right.

Nov 22, 2019 / Feature / Arundhati Roy

What a Debate Run by Women Looks Like

What a Debate Run by Women Looks Like What a Debate Run by Women Looks Like

Last night’s moderators showed us what American political life would look like if women’s concerns were routinely at the center of the conversation.

Nov 21, 2019 / Joan Walsh

How One Town Developed a New Way to Police

How One Town Developed a New Way to Police How One Town Developed a New Way to Police

Renton, Washington, has become a national model for inclusive governing.

Nov 20, 2019 / Glenn Nelson

Colin Kaepernick

Colin Kaepernick Refused to Bend to Roger Goodell’s Will Colin Kaepernick Refused to Bend to Roger Goodell’s Will

The quarterback remade the NFL’s hastily called league-wide tryout and demanded transparency.

Nov 18, 2019 / Dave Zirin

Bilingual classroom California

We Need to Support Students Who Are Still Learning English We Need to Support Students Who Are Still Learning English

It’s easy to forget that the United States has no official language.

Nov 15, 2019 / StudentNation / Scott Lee

My Friend’s Husband Joined the Racist Brexit Party. Help!

My Friend’s Husband Joined the Racist Brexit Party. Help! My Friend’s Husband Joined the Racist Brexit Party. Help!

Another reader asks why they got fired after they’d already quit.

Nov 15, 2019 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone

A New Way to Memorialize Racial Violence

A New Way to Memorialize Racial Violence A New Way to Memorialize Racial Violence

A proposed public art project in Chicago seeks to preserve the memory of the city’s worst race riot.

Nov 14, 2019 / Arvind Dilawar

Police block Bolivian protesters

Bolivia’s Anti-Indigenous Backlash Is Growing Bolivia’s Anti-Indigenous Backlash Is Growing

The ouster of President Evo Morales has reignited the country’s long-standing racism against its indigenous peoples.

Nov 13, 2019 / Jacquelyn Kovarik

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