Race and Ethnicity

Federal Correctional Institution, Big Spring, a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Texas.

‘This Man Will Almost Certainly Die’ ‘This Man Will Almost Certainly Die’

Dozens of men have died in disturbing circumstances in privatized, immigrant-only prisons. The Bureau of Prisons itself says there’s a problem. And yet the privatization scheme con...

Jan 28, 2016 / Feature / Seth Freed Wessler

A Group of Mexican Immigrant Women Were Sterilized Without Their Consent. Can a New Film Bring Justice?

A Group of Mexican Immigrant Women Were Sterilized Without Their Consent. Can a New Film Bring Justice? A Group of Mexican Immigrant Women Were Sterilized Without Their Consent. Can a New Film Bring Justice?

No Más Bebés brings dignity and a sense of power to the mothers the law ignored.

Jan 27, 2016 / Claudia Dreifus

A woman points a handgun with a laser sight on a wall display of other guns during the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis.

‘Make Sure Everybody Can Get a Gun Easier Than They Can Vote’ ‘Make Sure Everybody Can Get a Gun Easier Than They Can Vote’

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II on the Republicans’ new agenda. 

Jan 25, 2016 / The Nation

The 94-Year-Old Civil-Rights Pioneer Who Is Now Challenging North Carolina’s Voter-ID Law

The 94-Year-Old Civil-Rights Pioneer Who Is Now Challenging North Carolina’s Voter-ID Law The 94-Year-Old Civil-Rights Pioneer Who Is Now Challenging North Carolina’s Voter-ID Law

Can Rosanell Eaton succeed in getting the new voter-ID law blocked before the 2016 election?

Jan 25, 2016 / Ari Berman

Obama gives State of the Union

Barack Obama’s Irrefutable Victory for Racial Justice Barack Obama’s Irrefutable Victory for Racial Justice

With at least one policy, the president has achieved something that almost never occurs.

Jan 22, 2016 / Algernon Austin

The Seductive Danger of Symbolic Politics

The Seductive Danger of Symbolic Politics The Seductive Danger of Symbolic Politics

Symbols, as powerful as they can be, are largely a distraction.

Jan 21, 2016 / Mychal Denzel Smith

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Letters From the February 8, 2016, Issue Letters From the February 8, 2016, Issue

Justice for Laquan—and Chicago… honoring the antiwar left… oh me, oh my, O’Malley… he who shall not be named… the Paris Agreement scam… we heard you!…

Jan 21, 2016 / Our Readers and Mark Hertsgaard

Dear Cam Newton: Please Don’t Read This

Dear Cam Newton: Please Don’t Read This Dear Cam Newton: Please Don’t Read This

The Carolina Panthers quarterback has become a bizarre source of consternation for some NFL fans.

Jan 19, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Martin Luther King’s Final Year: An Interview With Tavis Smiley

Martin Luther King’s Final Year: An Interview With Tavis Smiley Martin Luther King’s Final Year: An Interview With Tavis Smiley

The author and TV host on King’s most important year.

Jan 18, 2016 / Q&A / Jon Wiener

National movement: Rev. William Barber (center) speaks to media at a Moral Monday rally in Albany, New York, in 2014.

How Progressives Can—and Must—Regain the Moral High Ground How Progressives Can—and Must—Regain the Moral High Ground

In the South, we’re building a broad, new movement rooted in right and wrong, not left and right.

Jan 15, 2016 / Feature / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

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