Racism and Discrimination

How Mandatory Sentencing Laws Are Sending Juveniles to Prison for Life‬

How Mandatory Sentencing Laws Are Sending Juveniles to Prison for Life‬ How Mandatory Sentencing Laws Are Sending Juveniles to Prison for Life‬

Why is a first-world country imprisoning its children for life?

May 10, 2012 / Video / Francis Reynolds

Why the Friendship Segregation on HBO’s ‘Girls’ Speaks to a Bigger Problem Why the Friendship Segregation on HBO’s ‘Girls’ Speaks to a Bigger Problem

For all our talk about the multiracialism of the millennial generation, the lack of interracial social connections is more than a coincidence.

May 10, 2012 / Blog / Salamishah Tillet

Conservatives Make Nonsense Arguments Against Voting Rights Conservatives Make Nonsense Arguments Against Voting Rights

Pundits and activists say that because they’ve convinced the public of falsehoods, they must be true. 

May 6, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

Race, Millennials and Reverse Discrimination Race, Millennials and Reverse Discrimination

Race is still a thorny thing for many young people.

Apr 26, 2012 / Blog / Jamelle Bouie

Washington Capitals Win Over Boston Bruins Spurs Spasm of Racism Washington Capitals Win Over Boston Bruins Spurs Spasm of Racism

A black hockey player scores a winning goal against a Tea Partying goalie, and racists couldn’t help themselves.

Apr 26, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin

Dogwhistling From the Romney Campaign? Dogwhistling From the Romney Campaign?

Honestly, it was only a matter of time. 

Apr 20, 2012 / Blog / Jamelle Bouie

The Real Injustice at the Heart of the Trayvon Martin Case

The Real Injustice at the Heart of the Trayvon Martin Case The Real Injustice at the Heart of the Trayvon Martin Case

What makes this case exceptional is neither race nor the politics of self-defense alone but the total failure to investigate it for so long.

Apr 18, 2012 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

ALEC Disbands Task Force Responsible for Voter ID, ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws

ALEC Disbands Task Force Responsible for Voter ID, ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws ALEC Disbands Task Force Responsible for Voter ID, ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws

As corporations quit, shadowy group disbands task force that developed voter suppression and “shoot first” laws. But ALEC still pushes "model" bills that atta...

Apr 17, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

Why Are Gun Owners So Afraid of Obama? Why Are Gun Owners So Afraid of Obama?

 Should gun owners be feeling threatened by President Obama and critics of “Stand Your Ground” laws?

Apr 16, 2012 / Blog / Chris Hayes

25 Years Since Al Campanis Shocked Baseball: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t 25 Years Since Al Campanis Shocked Baseball: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t

The decline of African-American involvement in baseball speaks more to twenty-first-century problems than Campanis-era racism does.

Apr 16, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin

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