Race and Ethnicity

Senators at a For the People Act press conference

Is Performative Progress the Best Democrats Can Do on Voting Rights? Is Performative Progress the Best Democrats Can Do on Voting Rights?

So far, it seems like it. The apparent game plan requires patience, but that’s in short supply among progressives right now.

Jun 23, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Chavez Ross

Our Fathers Fought GOP Voter Suppression 70 Years Ago Our Fathers Fought GOP Voter Suppression 70 Years Ago

Cesar Chavez and Fred Ross Sr. knew it would take a movement to fight measures aimed at intimidating Latino voters. So they built one.

Jun 23, 2021 / Paul Chavez and Fred Ross Jr.

The Dangers of Working While Black on Wall Street

The Dangers of Working While Black on Wall Street The Dangers of Working While Black on Wall Street

Financial institutions say they’re committed to racial justice, but complaints of racism often backfire against those who raise them.

Jun 21, 2021 / Feature / Susan Antilla

President Biden signing bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday

Juneteenth and the Problem of American Freedom Juneteenth and the Problem of American Freedom

Of course, Juneteenth should be recognized as a Black holiday belonging to Black people. But this is not a day purely of joyful celebration.

Jun 19, 2021 / Anthony Conwright

Juneteenth

Juneteenth Juneteenth

Jack the Reaper. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of June 14.

Jun 18, 2021 / Steve Brodner

Stone Mountain GA Confederate Monument

Un-Critical Race Theory Un-Critical Race Theory

What if CRT’s conservative critics actually got what they want?

Jun 18, 2021 / Joshua Adams

Mark Meadows

Trump Toady Mark Meadows Is Running a Legal Group That Promotes White Rights Trump Toady Mark Meadows Is Running a Legal Group That Promotes White Rights

Along with Stephen Miller and others, Meadows is still making life hard for women and people of color. These Trumpists should be doing nothing but testifying in Congress, and the c...

Jun 16, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Loss Runs Like a River Through My Life

Loss Runs Like a River Through My Life Loss Runs Like a River Through My Life

On grief’s unequal racial burden, and the Internet as a vehicle to negotiate survival and turn collective grief into collective action.

Jun 16, 2021 / Malkia Devich-Cyril

The United States’ First Civil Rights Movement

The United States’ First Civil Rights Movement The United States’ First Civil Rights Movement

A new history charts the radical agitation around Black rights and freedom back to the early nineteenth century. 

Jun 16, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Kellie Carter Jackson

I Am a Man

The Right’s War on History and Truth The Right’s War on History and Truth

The United States may be on the verge of an even greater historical cover-up than that of the Tulsa massacre.

Jun 15, 2021 / Ben Jealous

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