Race and Ethnicity

Will HRC Do Right By the South?

Will HRC Do Right By the South? Will HRC Do Right By the South?

Southern organizers have tips on how the LGBT group can make its foray into the region work. HRC responds: “We got this.”

May 1, 2014 / Dani McClain

Cracking Down on Subway Dancers Is Just Another Way of Criminalizing Black Youth

Cracking Down on Subway Dancers Is Just Another Way of Criminalizing Black Youth Cracking Down on Subway Dancers Is Just Another Way of Criminalizing Black Youth

The ease with which we criminalize and abuse black youth in this country would be astounding if it weren’t so routine.

May 1, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Learning From Mexico

Learning From Mexico Learning From Mexico

Richard Rodriguez’s vision of racial mixing as New World destiny.

Apr 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Brook

What Cliven Bundy Learned From the Koch Brothers

What Cliven Bundy Learned From the Koch Brothers What Cliven Bundy Learned From the Koch Brothers

The real “takers” are the biggest corporations and banks, the richest Americans.

Apr 29, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Donald Sterling’s Impolite Racism

Donald Sterling’s Impolite Racism Donald Sterling’s Impolite Racism

The embattled basketball team owner broke the rules of how one should go about being racist in America.

Apr 28, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

The NYPD Has Disbanded Its Most Notorious Spy Unit, but Is the Age of Muslim Surveillance Really Over?

The NYPD Has Disbanded Its Most Notorious Spy Unit, but Is the Age of Muslim Surveillance Really Over? The NYPD Has Disbanded Its Most Notorious Spy Unit, but Is the Age of Muslim Surveillance Really Over?

Many worry that the architecture of NYPD’s surveillance system remains largely intact.

Apr 23, 2014 / Anna Lekas Miller

The Unbearable Whiteness of the American Left

The Unbearable Whiteness of the American Left The Unbearable Whiteness of the American Left

From education to gun control, progressive movements need to do a better job empowering the people whose interests they claim to serve.

Apr 23, 2014 / Column / Gary Younge

Racial and Environmental Justice Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

Racial and Environmental Justice Are Two Sides of the Same Coin Racial and Environmental Justice Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

Those of us who haven’t been paying enough attention to climate change can no longer take for granted that others will do the work. It’s time for all of us to show up. ...

Apr 22, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

People of Color Are Already Getting Hit the Hardest by Climate Change

People of Color Are Already Getting Hit the Hardest by Climate Change People of Color Are Already Getting Hit the Hardest by Climate Change

A conversation with Jacqueline Patterson, executive director of the NAACP’s Climate Justice Initiative.

Apr 22, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

40 Years After Breaking Babe Ruth’s Home Run  Record, Hank Aaron Still Gets Racist Hate Mail

40 Years After Breaking Babe Ruth’s Home Run Record, Hank Aaron Still Gets Racist Hate Mail 40 Years After Breaking Babe Ruth’s Home Run Record, Hank Aaron Still Gets Racist Hate Mail

Appearing on Al Jazeera America’s Consider This, Nation sports editor Dave Zirin comes to Hank Aaron‘s defense.

Apr 18, 2014 / Dave Zirin

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