Racism and Discrimination

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Trump May Be Driving the Economy Into Recession Trump May Be Driving the Economy Into Recession

His reckless trade war is having a calamitous global impact—and he’s continuing his assault on the courts and the environment.

Oct 4, 2019 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky

Harvard’s Thrilling—and Pyrrhic—Affirmative Action Victory

Harvard’s Thrilling—and Pyrrhic—Affirmative Action Victory Harvard’s Thrilling—and Pyrrhic—Affirmative Action Victory

Judge Allison Burroughs’s ruling is a sublime defense of affirmative action. It also erases the legitimate concerns of Asian American students.

Oct 2, 2019 / Elie Mystal

HUD Is Planning a Bureaucratic Pogrom Against Public Housing Tenants

HUD Is Planning a Bureaucratic Pogrom Against Public Housing Tenants HUD Is Planning a Bureaucratic Pogrom Against Public Housing Tenants

Under proposed new rules, if a single member of a family is undocumented, the entire family can be evicted.

Oct 1, 2019 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

El Paso vigil

In El Paso, a Loving Community Living in Fear In El Paso, a Loving Community Living in Fear

It will take more than a repudiation of racism and white nationalism for El Paso to heal.

Sep 30, 2019 / Edith Tapia and Ariana Sawyer

Do I Need Diversity in Every Issue of My Magazine?

Do I Need Diversity in Every Issue of My Magazine? Do I Need Diversity in Every Issue of My Magazine?

And a male teenager asks how about the line between “normal thoughts of sex and objectification.”

Sep 27, 2019 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone

Nelini Stamp and Maurice Mitchell

Calling in Progressives Calling in Progressives

Racist attacks on Mitchell and Stamp over the WFP’s Warren endorsement show ignoring racism and sexism has been an epic fail.

Sep 26, 2019 / Rukia Lumumba and Makani Themba

black farmers

Black Lands Matter: The Movement to Transform Heirs’ Property Laws Black Lands Matter: The Movement to Transform Heirs’ Property Laws

Legal loopholes stripped millions of acres of land from black families, but a campaign to rewrite the rules is gaining momentum.

Sep 25, 2019 / Michelle Chen

She Was a Progressive Darling for Years. Now She’s Facing 4 Primary Challenges From the Left.

She Was a Progressive Darling for Years. Now She’s Facing 4 Primary Challenges From the Left. She Was a Progressive Darling for Years. Now She’s Facing 4 Primary Challenges From the Left.

New York’s young leftists are coming for longtime Democratic congresswoman Carolyn Maloney.

Sep 25, 2019 / Raina Lipsitz

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Says There Is No Housing Crisis: ‘It’s Just Housing Under Capitalism’ Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Says There Is No Housing Crisis: ‘It’s Just Housing Under Capitalism’

The author and academic tells The Nation, “We don’t have to live like this.”

Sep 24, 2019 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini

Modi Trump G-7

Donald Trump Is Holding a Rally With… Narendra Modi? Donald Trump Is Holding a Rally With… Narendra Modi?

With this weekend’s stadium event in Houston, America First will meet India First.

Sep 20, 2019 / Jeet Heer

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