It’s Time to Call Out the DeSantis Deflection It’s Time to Call Out the DeSantis Deflection
The question isn’t whether the College Board’s AP Black History course is “woke” but whether we're awake enough to call DeSantis’s bluff.
Feb 27, 2023 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Why the United States Needs a New Reconstruction Why the United States Needs a New Reconstruction
In The Third Reconstruction, historian Peniel Joseph examines how how the broken promises of racial equality in the past might be fulfilled in the future.
Feb 22, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II
It’s Time to End the Outrageous Militarization of America’s Police Force It’s Time to End the Outrageous Militarization of America’s Police Force
De-escalation would enhance public safety.
Feb 21, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Race and Class: The Beginnings of an Argument Race and Class: The Beginnings of an Argument
Some personal and theoretical reflections on intersectionality and its discontents.
Feb 20, 2023 / Column / Adolph Reed Jr.
When Black Women Are Punished for Winning Too Much When Black Women Are Punished for Winning Too Much
Every time we get an unvarnished look-see at how the awards sausages get made, voters unwittingly confirm that racism and misogyny are key ingredients.
Feb 17, 2023 / Column / Kali Holloway
You Cannot Stop Us From Proclaiming “I, Too, Am America” You Cannot Stop Us From Proclaiming “I, Too, Am America”
Watching Tyre Nichols sent home too soon, by the mean and the murderous.
Feb 3, 2023 / Maya Wiley
Ben Jealous: Never Forget Our People Were Always Free Ben Jealous: Never Forget Our People Were Always Free
A parable of American healing.
Jan 10, 2023 / Ben Jealous
Ye Is a Right-Wing Tool—and Black People Know It Ye Is a Right-Wing Tool—and Black People Know It
Anti-Semitic hatred has become entangled with many other forms of hatred; Ye is carrying water for all of them.
Jan 10, 2023 / Column / Kali Holloway
The “Faces” of Black Conservatism Tell Us Everything—About the GOP The “Faces” of Black Conservatism Tell Us Everything—About the GOP
Republicans’ embrace of Kanye West and Herschel Walker says more about how the GOP thinks about Black people than it does about Black conservatism in America.
Dec 28, 2022 / Column / Elie Mystal
How Sister Souljah Went From Radical Activist to Scapegoat to Blockbuster Novelist How Sister Souljah Went From Radical Activist to Scapegoat to Blockbuster Novelist
After Bill Clinton used her to catapult himself to the presidency, the activist Souljah was sidelined. But the novelist Souljah continued to produce work that spoke to millions.
Dec 13, 2022 / Feature / Dani McClain