Race and Ethnicity

Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly

Bill O’Reilly Could Have Been Stopped Years Ago—Here’s How Bill O’Reilly Could Have Been Stopped Years Ago—Here’s How

It’s time to rethink the use of confidentiality agreements in workplace harassment cases.

May 11, 2017 / Terri Gerstein

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Rick Perlstein: What We Didn’t Understand About Trump Rick Perlstein: What We Didn’t Understand About Trump

Plus Atossa Araxia Abrahamian on redefining money and Heather Ann Thompson on Attica.

May 11, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Black Mothers National Bailout Day

This Mother’s Day, Black Lives Matter Activists Will Give More Than 30 Women Their Freedom This Mother’s Day, Black Lives Matter Activists Will Give More Than 30 Women Their Freedom

These women are in jail not because they’ve been convicted of a crime but because they can’t pay to get back to their lives as they await trial.

May 9, 2017 / Dani McClain

Trump Supporters California

Economic Anxiety Didn’t Make People Vote Trump, Racism Did Economic Anxiety Didn’t Make People Vote Trump, Racism Did

New data provide a compelling answer to this vexing question.

May 8, 2017 / Sean McElwee and Jason McDaniel

Jordan Edwards

Another Black Boy Was Killed by Police. Will Justice Be Done This Time? Another Black Boy Was Killed by Police. Will Justice Be Done This Time?

Every time a black person dies at the hands of a police officer, there’s a glimmer of hope that the police will be held accountable. Almost every time, that hope is in vain.

May 5, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

Georgia Can’t Block New Voters From Registering in the Ossoff-Handel Runoff

Georgia Can’t Block New Voters From Registering in the Ossoff-Handel Runoff Georgia Can’t Block New Voters From Registering in the Ossoff-Handel Runoff

In a big win for voting rights, a federal court overturns the state’s 90-day registration deadline.

May 5, 2017 / Ari Berman

Adam Jones

MLB and Boston Sports Fans Have to Stand Up to Racism in the Stands MLB and Boston Sports Fans Have to Stand Up to Racism in the Stands

Racism in Boston sports will only change when the fans confront it.

May 3, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Adam Jones

‘We Must Actively Stand Up’: John Angelos’s Response to Racism at Fenway Park ‘We Must Actively Stand Up’: John Angelos’s Response to Racism at Fenway Park

The Baltimore Orioles COO has had enough of racism at the ballpark and enough of a society that is breeding more and more hate.

May 2, 2017 / Dave Zirin

andrew jackson trump

7 Things Donald Trump Gets Absolutely Wrong About Andrew Jackson 7 Things Donald Trump Gets Absolutely Wrong About Andrew Jackson

Trump imagines Jackson, a slaveholder, as a “big hearted” statesman who could have averted the Civil War.

May 1, 2017 / John Nichols

May Day 2006

Monday’s May Day Marches Could Be the Biggest in Years Monday’s May Day Marches Could Be the Biggest in Years

Ten years after immigrants took to the streets in unprecedented numbers, organizers expect another major showing.

Apr 28, 2017 / Julianne Hing

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