Race and Ethnicity

There Are People in Jail Right Now Because They Don’t Have $500

There Are People in Jail Right Now Because They Don’t Have $500 There Are People in Jail Right Now Because They Don’t Have $500

“People are here because they are poor, and it’s a perpetual cycle.”

Sep 30, 2016 / The Nation

Colin Kaepernick

Colin Kaepernick Has a Right to Hate Both Candidates Colin Kaepernick Has a Right to Hate Both Candidates

He’s been upsetting conservatives for weeks—and now he is upsetting liberals, too.

Sep 29, 2016 / Dave Zirin

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Letters From the October 17, 2016, Issue Letters From the October 17, 2016, Issue

The cruelest prosecutor… 
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 When journalism matters…
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Sep 29, 2016 / Our Readers and Samantha Schuyler

Ed Temple Statue

On the Passing of HBCU and Olympic Coaching Legend Ed Temple On the Passing of HBCU and Olympic Coaching Legend Ed Temple

He trained 40 black woman Olympians who won 23 Olympic medals, thirteen of them gold.

Sep 28, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Clinton Holt Trump Debate

I’m Trying to Find Hope, but This Campaign Isn’t Helping I’m Trying to Find Hope, but This Campaign Isn’t Helping

In the wake of police killing Terrence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott, the first presidential debate offered nothing to suggest black lives truly matter.

Sep 27, 2016 / Reniqua Allen

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After Clinton’s Strong Debate Showing, Trump’s Lies on Election Rigging Are Even More at Odds with Reality After Clinton’s Strong Debate Showing, Trump’s Lies on Election Rigging Are Even More at Odds with Reality

It is voter suppression—not fantasies of fraud—that could actually undermine the will of the people.

Sep 27, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Fortress America

Fortress America Fortress America

How 20th-century liberals helped create our age of mass incarceration.

Sep 27, 2016 / Books & the Arts / James Forman Jr.

If Sweden and Denmark Are So Progressive, Why Did They Close Their Doors to Refugees?

If Sweden and Denmark Are So Progressive, Why Did They Close Their Doors to Refugees? If Sweden and Denmark Are So Progressive, Why Did They Close Their Doors to Refugees?

As the migration crisis drags on, even the most tolerant countries in Europe are embracing anti-immigrant politics.

Sep 27, 2016 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

Charlotte Keith Lamont Scott Protest

Black Charlotte Is Frustrated—and That’s by Design Black Charlotte Is Frustrated—and That’s by Design

The Queen City has boomed in recent years. But its growth and prosperity has only hardened a racial divide established decades ago.

Sep 26, 2016 / Greg Lacour

Alcatraz prison

The Case Against Prisons The Case Against Prisons

Alternatives to imprisonment are working around the world—so why isn’t the United States on board?

Sep 26, 2016 / Rebecca Gordon

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