Trayvon Martin and Black Manhood On Trial Trayvon Martin and Black Manhood On Trial
George Zimmerman’s innocence rests on the notion of a 17-year-old black boy’s inherent criminality.
Jul 2, 2013 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
Meet Undocumented Immigrants Who Got Themselves Picked Up by ICE—On Purpose Meet Undocumented Immigrants Who Got Themselves Picked Up by ICE—On Purpose
Why would an undocumented immigrant voluntarily walk into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement center and declare his or her status to the officers there?
Jul 1, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room
In Defense of Rachel Jeantel In Defense of Rachel Jeantel
MSNBC's Chris Hayes takes Jeantel's haters to task for their "willful" misunderstanding of a young, black woman's vernacular.
Jun 28, 2013 / Blog / Chris Hayes
An End to Stop-and-Frisk? An End to Stop-and-Frisk?
There’s something wrong when the number of young black men stopped by police in New York City exceeds the number of young black men actually living in the city.
Jun 28, 2013 / Ryan Devereaux
This Week in Poverty: The Unfinished March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom This Week in Poverty: The Unfinished March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute examines the unfinished—and widely forgotten—agenda of the March on Washington fifty years ago.
Jun 28, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
Thank You, Rachel Jeantel Thank You, Rachel Jeantel
In her emotional testimony during the Zimmerman trial, the star witness stands up for more than herself.
Jun 27, 2013 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
Ari Berman: The Long War Against the Voting Rights Act Ari Berman: The Long War Against the Voting Rights Act
This week, the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act by striking down Section 4. But the war against voting rights began long before the Court's radical decision.
Jun 27, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Can Congress Fix What John Roberts Wrecked? Can Congress Fix What John Roberts Wrecked?
Some members of Congress want not only to fix what the Supreme Court did, but expand the Voting Rights Act further.
Jun 25, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick
Supreme Court Strikes a Hard Blow to Tribal Sovereignty in Adoption Case Supreme Court Strikes a Hard Blow to Tribal Sovereignty in Adoption Case
The high court focused on race—rather than tribal sovereignty—in a landmark adoption case.
Jun 25, 2013 / Blog / Aura Bogado
What the Supreme Court Doesn’t Understand About the Voting Rights Act What the Supreme Court Doesn’t Understand About the Voting Rights Act
Today’s opinion by the Roberts Court gutting the Voting Rights Act was the most radical since Citizens United v. FEC and the worst voting rights decision in a century.
Jun 25, 2013 / Blog / Ari Berman