African-American Voters Have an Understandable Reason to Support Hillary Clinton African-American Voters Have an Understandable Reason to Support Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders has propelled economic inequality to center stage. But older African Americans have known about inequality for a long time.
Apr 25, 2016 / Eric Foner
Letters From the May 9-16, 2016, Issue Letters From the May 9-16, 2016, Issue
Too much Trump!… Crime and collective punishment… Not-so-ancient history… Many bites of the Apple?…
Apr 21, 2016 / Our Readers
Five Books: These Histories of Black Struggle Should Inform Us in 2016 Five Books: These Histories of Black Struggle Should Inform Us in 2016
Essential reading.
Apr 21, 2016 / Dani McClain
What Happened to Sandra Bland? What Happened to Sandra Bland?
To answer that question, you must begin way before she died in a Texas jail.
Apr 21, 2016 / Feature / Debbie Nathan
With Donald Trump, in the Long Island Town Where Hate Killed With Donald Trump, in the Long Island Town Where Hate Killed
Patchogue’s Latino community has learned that anti-immigrant rhetoric can become a lot more than talk.
Apr 19, 2016 / Julianne Hing
The Black Lives Matter Movement Is Most Visible on Twitter. Its True Home Is Elsewhere. The Black Lives Matter Movement Is Most Visible on Twitter. Its True Home Is Elsewhere.
For the movement to survive, it needs to focus on work that doesn’t lend itself to 140 characters.
Apr 19, 2016 / Feature / Dani McClain
The Average Woman Loses Over $10,000 Dollars Every Year to the Gender Pay Gap The Average Woman Loses Over $10,000 Dollars Every Year to the Gender Pay Gap
It’s 2016 and women are still earning just 79 cents for every dollar made by men.
Apr 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Latinos and the New Battle for Texas Latinos and the New Battle for Texas
Tejanos will change the state’s politics. But that remake won’t be as simple as either Republicans or Democrats assume.
Apr 15, 2016 / Roberto Lovato
America’s Changing Racial Makeup Won’t Magically Save the Democratic Party America’s Changing Racial Makeup Won’t Magically Save the Democratic Party
Read Steve Phillips’s new book for the smart analysis of electoral strategy, not for his breakdown of race in the 21st century.
Apr 14, 2016 / Julianne Hing
We Need to Build a Voting-Rights Movement We Need to Build a Voting-Rights Movement
The time has come to translate widespread outrage about voter suppression into momentum for an actionable voting-rights agenda.
Apr 14, 2016 / Rep. John Conyers and Barbara Arnwine