Melissa Harris-Perry on ‘The Colbert Report’: Stereotypes and Black Women in America Melissa Harris-Perry on ‘The Colbert Report’: Stereotypes and Black Women in America
How putting the stories of African-American women at the center shifts the entire trajectory and resonance of the classic American story.
Jan 10, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
How Republicans Can Reach African-Americans How Republicans Can Reach African-Americans
For starters, they can lay off of the racism.
Jan 2, 2012 / Blog / Jamelle Bouie
All-American Shame: A Wake-Up Call From This Week in TV All-American Shame: A Wake-Up Call From This Week in TV
What we need to combat anti-Muslim bias is exactly what All-American Muslim is doing—exposing non-Muslims to the utterly normal lives of our Muslim neighbors.
Dec 13, 2011 / Blog / Ilyse Hogue
“Mommy, Where Are All the Black Kids?” “Mommy, Where Are All the Black Kids?”
HIGH SCHOOL FINALIST: A Black face in my high school would become as foreign as a repressed memory that everyone just seemed to forget existed.
Dec 2, 2011 / Ashley Arkhurst
False Comforts: On Randall Kennedy False Comforts: On Randall Kennedy
Randall Kennedy is fascinated by a paradox: the color line's persistence and its seeming implosion.
Nov 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jim Sleeper
College Students, Blackface and How to Talk About Race College Students, Blackface and How to Talk About Race
A few thoughts on how younger people view racism these days.
Nov 18, 2011 / Blog / Jamelle Bouie
Herman Cain: What Hi-Tech Lynching? Herman Cain: What Hi-Tech Lynching?
More than two weeks after the GOP candidate was accused of sexual harassment, Republican men still support him.
Nov 16, 2011 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
Race and Occupy Wall Street Race and Occupy Wall Street
“Is OWS diverse enough?” is not the right question. The real challenge is ensuring the movement has a racial justice agenda.
Another Racial Misstep for Perry? Another Racial Misstep for Perry?
Rick Perry’s campaign, beset by a report that his hunting ranch had a racist name, makes a questionable scheduling decision.
Video: Dave Zirin Talks Hank Williams Jr., ESPN’s Troubled Politics Video: Dave Zirin Talks Hank Williams Jr., ESPN’s Troubled Politics
Nation sports columnist Dave Zirin takes on the controversy surrounding Williams's comments in a spirited debate on ESPN yesterday.
Oct 7, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room