Jonathan Ferrell, Former Football Player, Killed by Police After Seeking Help Following Car Wreck Jonathan Ferrell, Former Football Player, Killed by Police After Seeking Help Following Car Wreck
The death of 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell, former Florida A&M safety, demands our attention.
Sep 16, 2013 / Blog / Dave Zirin
A Conversation With Kiese Laymon A Conversation With Kiese Laymon
Roxane Gay talks with the author about his writing and the work that writing does.
Sep 12, 2013 / Blog / Roxane Gay
The Danger of White Student Unions The Danger of White Student Unions
The complexities of racial tensions on campus are too many and the stakes too high to allow white student unions at universities.
Sep 11, 2013 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli and StudentNation
Not a Game: How the NYPD Uses Sports for Surveillance Not a Game: How the NYPD Uses Sports for Surveillance
The NYPD’s extensive monitoring of Arab and South Asian sports events has put a big question mark over the reasoning behind the department’s own sponsored leagues.
Sep 10, 2013 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Is America’s Militia Movement on the Rise? Is America’s Militia Movement on the Rise?
Up an unpaved Idaho road, self-styled “patriots” gather to plan and train in close-quarters battle.
Sep 9, 2013 / Leonard Zeskind and Devin Burghart
A Lesson on Racism for Mayor Bloomberg A Lesson on Racism for Mayor Bloomberg
The outgoing mayor called a Democratic candidate’s campaign racist. Here’s why he’s wrong.
Sep 9, 2013 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
How Not to Talk to White Parents How Not to Talk to White Parents
What was a developing national conversation about race is fast vanishing.
Sep 3, 2013 / Blog / Aura Bogado
Radical Jewish Intellectual on Trial in Greece Radical Jewish Intellectual on Trial in Greece
Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn sues activist for libel.
Sep 2, 2013 / Blog / Maria Margaronis
The End of Stop-and-Frisk as We Know It The End of Stop-and-Frisk as We Know It
Mayor Bloomberg and Ray Kelly lost big: a federal court ruling and a new law ban the racial profiling that undergirds the discriminatory practice.
Aug 28, 2013 / Editorial / Mychal Denzel Smith
The Race-Baiting of America The Race-Baiting of America
The tragic murder of Australian student Christopher Lane is being exploited by the right to stoke fears of a race war.
Aug 28, 2013 / Column / Patricia J. Williams