LeBron James on the Legacy of Muhammad Ali LeBron James on the Legacy of Muhammad Ali
LeBron James mourns Muhammad Ali because he recognizes that his true greatness was outside the ring.
Jun 6, 2016 / Dave Zirin
An Open Letter to Paul Ryan From a Mother Living in Poverty An Open Letter to Paul Ryan From a Mother Living in Poverty
Two years ago, I testified at your War on Poverty hearings. Your office has ignored me and other low-income Americans ever since.
Jun 6, 2016 / Tianna Gaines-Turner
Trump’s Racist Judicial Attack Deliberately Obscures the Larger Story: For-Profit Schools Trump’s Racist Judicial Attack Deliberately Obscures the Larger Story: For-Profit Schools
By now this should be a familiar Trump tactic: Distract attention from hard ethical questions by playing to everyone’s most base instincts.
Jun 3, 2016 / Julianne Hing
Letters From the June 20-27, 2016, Issue Letters From the June 20-27, 2016, Issue
For if dreams die… Thinking big—by thinking small… A chance to apologize… Unfinished or incomplete?…
Jun 2, 2016 / Letters / Our Readers
Stuck in ‘Ghetto’ Stuck in ‘Ghetto’
In his new book, Mitchell Duneier explains why there is nothing natural about a ghetto.
Jun 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim
What Black Americans Say About ‘Black-on-Black’ Gun Violence What Black Americans Say About ‘Black-on-Black’ Gun Violence
We understand that police violence and gun crimes are two parts of the same systemic problem. If only news media saw that, too.
Jun 1, 2016 / Spencer Overton
The Supreme Court Didn’t Fix Racist Jury Selection The Supreme Court Didn’t Fix Racist Jury Selection
Timothy Foster got justice, but prosecutors still have wide leeway to exclude black jurors.
May 31, 2016 / Kami Chavis
Democratic Leadership Is Missing in Action on Mass Incarceration Democratic Leadership Is Missing in Action on Mass Incarceration
Sentencing reform will be a compromise between moderate and conservative Republicans, unless Democrats finally come to the table.
May 31, 2016 / Inimai M. Chettiar and Ames Grawert
Thanks, Jimmy Carter, for Stating What Should Be Obvious: Trump’s Campaign Is Racist Thanks, Jimmy Carter, for Stating What Should Be Obvious: Trump’s Campaign Is Racist
The former president has long modeled how white leaders can and should disavow white supremacy.
May 26, 2016 / Imara Jones
On the Shameful and Skewed ‘Redskins’ Poll On the Shameful and Skewed ‘Redskins’ Poll
The Washington Post did a grave disservice by utterly ignoring studies that clearly demonstrate the harm mascotting causes.
May 25, 2016 / Jacqueline Keeler