Five Million Voters May Lose Rights in the 2012 Elections Five Million Voters May Lose Rights in the 2012 Elections
Two states in the Super Tuesday primaries—Georgia and Tennessee—are part of a wave of states that created troubling voting laws following the Tea Party Republican victo...
Mar 6, 2012 / Brentin Mock
Right-Wing Racism: Past, Present—and Future Right-Wing Racism: Past, Present—and Future
The GOP panders to racists, and liberals are blamed for a “neurotic” obsession with race.
Feb 29, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman
Jeremy Lin Inspires a Nation Jeremy Lin Inspires a Nation
The NBA point-guard phenom has sparked a national discussion about racism against Asian-Americans.
Feb 29, 2012 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Melissa Harris-Perry: How ‘The Help’ Commodifies Black Women’s Suffering Melissa Harris-Perry: How ‘The Help’ Commodifies Black Women’s Suffering
How does the movie The Help "photoshop" American history?
Feb 27, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Melissa Harris-Perry
Peter King Defends NYPD Monitoring, Plans More Hearings on Islam Peter King Defends NYPD Monitoring, Plans More Hearings on Islam
The New York congressman will have more hearings on Muslim radicalization in America, despite statistics that show a waning threat.
Feb 24, 2012 / George Zornick
Student Privacy and the PATRIOT Act Student Privacy and the PATRIOT Act
More than a decade after Congress passed the PATRIOT Act, its varied implications are still unraveling.
Feb 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy
The Majority-Majority Future The Majority-Majority Future
The definition of “white” will grow and expand as the country diversifies.
Feb 23, 2012 / Jamelle Bouie
Ari Berman: Behind the Republicans’ Racialized Redistricting Strategy Ari Berman: Behind the Republicans’ Racialized Redistricting Strategy
Republicans are trying to turn their party into the “white party” and the Democratic party into the “black party.”
Feb 15, 2012 / Press Room
Israel’s New Left Goes Online Israel’s New Left Goes Online
The brash webzine +972 is challenging a political and media culture that has moved steadily to the right.
Feb 15, 2012 / Feature / Sarah Wildman
I’m Every Woman: Whitney Houston, the Voice of the Post–Civil Rights Era I’m Every Woman: Whitney Houston, the Voice of the Post–Civil Rights Era
Dismissed as inauthentic and overlooked by rock critics, Houston inspired a rainbow connection of Gen X and Y singers to belt across the colorline.
Feb 14, 2012 / Daphne A. Brooks