White privilege

Donald Trump Won on White-Male Resentment—but Don’t Confuse That With the Working Class

Donald Trump Won on White-Male Resentment—but Don’t Confuse That With the Working Class Donald Trump Won on White-Male Resentment—but Don’t Confuse That With the Working Class

The numbers tell a different story.

Nov 10, 2016 / Monica Potts

Trump Confederate Flag

This Is What White Supremacy Looks Like This Is What White Supremacy Looks Like

Don’t be confused. Trump’s voters didn’t vote against their own interests, they voted for the preservation of white privilege—their paramount interest.

Nov 9, 2016 / Damon Young

Donald Trump

Republican Leaders Still Plan to Vote for a Man Who Bragged About Sexually Assaulting Women Republican Leaders Still Plan to Vote for a Man Who Bragged About Sexually Assaulting Women

So far, there is lots of noise but little courage.

Oct 8, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Movement for Black Lives

American Jews Should Support the Movement for Black Lives Platform American Jews Should Support the Movement for Black Lives Platform

It’s rigorous in its analysis and compassionate in its quest for justice—and the short section on Palestine is no exception.

Sep 7, 2016 / Ilise Benshushan Cohen, Aurora Levins Morales, and Rebecca Vilkomerson

Racial Wealth Gap

The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today

Just as past public policies created the racial wealth gap, current policy widens it.

Aug 8, 2016 / Joshua Holland

Obama speaking in panel

Why White People Need to Talk About Racism Too Why White People Need to Talk About Racism Too

I’ve inadvertently ended many a conversation by bringing up the issue of race.

Aug 4, 2016 / StudentNation / Zachary R. Wood

What the Academy Awards Tell Us About the Value of Black Work

What the Academy Awards Tell Us About the Value of Black Work What the Academy Awards Tell Us About the Value of Black Work

The Oscars aren’t just a competition for cultural value: They double as an assessment tool that helps pick the industry’s economic winners and losers.

Feb 26, 2016 / Michael J. Brewer

The Junior Militiaman Anti-Government Playset

The Junior Militiaman Anti-Government Playset The Junior Militiaman Anti-Government Playset

Now with real firearms!

Jan 12, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

What Happened to the White Working Class?

What Happened to the White Working Class? What Happened to the White Working Class?

Downward mobility plus racial resentment is a potent combination with disastrous consequences.

Dec 1, 2015 / Barbara Ehrenreich

Donald Trump Speech Media Fawning

Why Today’s GOP Crackup Is the Final Unraveling of Nixon’s ‘Southern Strategy’ Why Today’s GOP Crackup Is the Final Unraveling of Nixon’s ‘Southern Strategy’

Tea Party rebels are exposing the deep rifts between country-club elites and social-issue hard-liners.

Oct 12, 2015 / William Greider

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