Racism and Discrimination

You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught

Despite conservative attempts to whitewash what they learn in school, young Americans are a diverse and tolerant bunch—and they know it.

Jun 9, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

Arizona’s Agenda of Hate Arizona’s Agenda of Hate

Guest-hosting The Rachel Maddow Show, Nation DC Editor Chris Hayes speaks with Arizona Representative Raúl Grijalva about the ongoing assault on civil liberties in his stat...

May 24, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Arizona’s Agenda of Hate Arizona’s Agenda of Hate

Guest-hosting The Rachel Maddow Show, Nation DC Editor Chris Hayes speaks with Arizona Representative Raúl Grijalva about the ongoing assault on civil liberties in his st...

May 24, 2010 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show

Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies—Update Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies—Update

"Advocating ethnic solidarity" is now illegal in Arizona public schools.

May 12, 2010 / The Notion / Jon Wiener

Lena Horne: Tireless Campaigner for Social and Economic Justice

Lena Horne: Tireless Campaigner for Social and Economic Justice Lena Horne: Tireless Campaigner for Social and Economic Justice

Born into the civil rights struggle, the actress and singer had a long and remarkable history as an activist who sacrificed for the struggle against segregation and economic injust...

May 11, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols

Amnesty or Border Security? Amnesty or Border Security?

Washington editor Chris Hayes and Pat Buchanan debate immigration reform.

Apr 28, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Not-Black by Default Not-Black by Default

Most people who appear phenotypically "black" don't play around when the government asks them to report their race.

Apr 22, 2010 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Progressives and the ‘Bitter’ White Nation Progressives and the ‘Bitter’ White Nation

Progressives can dismantle a centuries-old tool of oppression: pitting working-class whites against people of color. But we're missing the chance.

Mar 28, 2010 / The Notion / Kai Wright

One Lump of Racism, or Two, With Your Tea? One Lump of Racism, or Two, With Your Tea?

GOP, Tea Partisans should honor Reagan, who said: "There is no room for racism, anti-Semitism, or other forms of ethnic and racial hatred in this country."

Mar 25, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols

Is this the Birth of a Nation? Is this the Birth of a Nation?

Tea party actions are an act of sedition not just racism.

Mar 23, 2010 / The Notion / Melissa Harris-Perry

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