Race and Ethnicity

Why Skills Are Not Enough to Land a Job

Why Skills Are Not Enough to Land a Job Why Skills Are Not Enough to Land a Job

Handwringing about the devaluing of high-school diplomas is missing the point.

Jan 5, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Grief at the Heart of a Moral Movement Grief at the Heart of a Moral Movement

A personal meditation for 2016.

Jan 4, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

LeBron James

The Tactical Intelligence of #NoJusticeNoLeBron The Tactical Intelligence of #NoJusticeNoLeBron

A hashtag aimed at getting LeBron James to sit out a game in protest of Tamir Rice’s murder was overwhelmingly derided. It also was extremely successful.

Jan 4, 2016 / Dave Zirin

The Year When Students of Color Put Campuses on Notice

The Year When Students of Color Put Campuses on Notice The Year When Students of Color Put Campuses on Notice

Administrators’ vague rhetoric about diversity and inclusion won’t end a growing movement to make universities reimagine themselves.

Dec 30, 2015 / Jailyn Gladney

Why Video Evidence Wasn’t Enough to Get Justice for Tamir Rice

Why Video Evidence Wasn’t Enough to Get Justice for Tamir Rice Why Video Evidence Wasn’t Enough to Get Justice for Tamir Rice

The video didn’t matter to the prosecutor because killing black people is not a crime.

Dec 29, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith

How Can No One Be to Blame for Tamir Rice’s Death?

How Can No One Be to Blame for Tamir Rice’s Death? How Can No One Be to Blame for Tamir Rice’s Death?

The Cleveland police officer who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice will face no state criminal charges.

Dec 29, 2015 / Dani McClain

Graduate workers and supporters rally around Grant Mao at Yale University, December 8, 2015.

Who’s Fighting the Mental-Health Crisis on Campus? Unions. Who’s Fighting the Mental-Health Crisis on Campus? Unions.

Grant Mao wanted to get back on track. Yale wanted to get rid of him.

Dec 29, 2015 / Michelle Chen

December 24, 1865: The Ku Klux Klan Is Formed

December 24, 1865: The Ku Klux Klan Is Formed December 24, 1865: The Ku Klux Klan Is Formed

“If they are so demoralized that they go on robbing, and murdering, and ‘Kukluxing’ each other, we cannot interfere effectively, and had better not interfere at a...

Dec 24, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Barack Obama

Obama Tells the Truth About Race, and the Right Explodes Obama Tells the Truth About Race, and the Right Explodes

And people wonder why he doesn’t talk more about race relations.

Dec 21, 2015 / Joan Walsh

Baltimore police

The Biggest Threat to American Public Safety Is the American Police State The Biggest Threat to American Public Safety Is the American Police State

Welcome to Cop Land, where the police make all the rules.

Dec 21, 2015 / Matthew Harwood

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