Mitt Romney Betrays His Father’s—and His Party’s—Civil Rights Legacy Mitt Romney Betrays His Father’s—and His Party’s—Civil Rights Legacy
George Romney marched with Dr. King and refused to back Republicans who opposed civil rights. Mitt Romney has yet to call out racially charged comments by his GOP foes and has actu...
Jan 13, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
The GOP’s Blatant Racism The GOP’s Blatant Racism
From Newt Gingrich to Ron Paul, Republican presidential candidates have stopped speaking in code and embraced baldly racist rhetoric.
Jan 11, 2012 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge
Do Ron Paul Supporters Really Think a Racist Ad Helps Their Candidate? Do Ron Paul Supporters Really Think a Racist Ad Helps Their Candidate?
With supporters like these, who needs critics?
Jan 10, 2012 / Blog / Katie Halper
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