Race and Ethnicity

A Holiday Reminder: Give Thanks for the Groups Who Resettle Refugees, and Live Up to American Ideals

A Holiday Reminder: Give Thanks for the Groups Who Resettle Refugees, and Live Up to American Ideals A Holiday Reminder: Give Thanks for the Groups Who Resettle Refugees, and Live Up to American Ideals

On this holiday that celebrates gratitude, be thankful that religious and nonprofit refugee-aid workers are also fighting Islamophobia.

Nov 25, 2015 / Joan Walsh

Marching on Plymouth Avenue - Jamar Clark Protest

The Minneapolis Shootings Are the Kind of Violence Meant to Keep Black People in Their Place The Minneapolis Shootings Are the Kind of Violence Meant to Keep Black People in Their Place

Cracks in the status quo are showing, but they can’t come without backlash.

Nov 24, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith

The Statue of Liberty

A Child of Refugees, and a Grateful, if Not Always Proud American A Child of Refugees, and a Grateful, if Not Always Proud American

Since the Paris attacks, I have been agitated by memories of my community after September 11.

Nov 24, 2015 / Sayu Bhojwani

NAACP Minneapolis President Nekima Levy-Pounds speaks during a vigil in front of the Minneapolis Police Department's fourth precinct in Minneapolis.

Black Lives Matter Activists Are Shot While Trump Is Busy Sharing a Neo-Nazi Graphic on Twitter Black Lives Matter Activists Are Shot While Trump Is Busy Sharing a Neo-Nazi Graphic on Twitter

In Minneapolis, armed assailants shot up a Black Lives Matter event while police stood by. The violence is part of a pattern.

Nov 24, 2015 / George Joseph

An Illustrated Guide to the Dumbest Things Republicans Have Said About Refugees

An Illustrated Guide to the Dumbest Things Republicans Have Said About Refugees An Illustrated Guide to the Dumbest Things Republicans Have Said About Refugees

Words are not enough to capture how far the GOP’s rhetoric has devolved.

Nov 24, 2015 / Steve Brodner

The Washington Monument and US Capitol silhouetted at dawn in Washington, DC.

Looking for Kabul-Style Corruption? Try K Street. Looking for Kabul-Style Corruption? Try K Street.

You don't have to travel across the ocean to find widespread corruption, extortion and bribery.

Nov 24, 2015 / Rebecca Gordon

Kentucky Restores Voting Rights for Thousands of Ex-Felons

Kentucky Restores Voting Rights for Thousands of Ex-Felons Kentucky Restores Voting Rights for Thousands of Ex-Felons

Governor Steve Beshear announces a new executive order giving 170,000 ex-offenders the right to vote.

Nov 24, 2015 / Ari Berman

Hillary Clinton

Are Black Women Ready for Hillary? Are Black Women Ready for Hillary?

In 2008, South Carolina was the epicenter of the Clinton campaign’s implosion. This year, she’s counting on black women to rally to her side.

Nov 24, 2015 / Feature / Joan Walsh

Clinton’s Biggest Donor: ‘More Scrutiny’ for Muslims

Clinton’s Biggest Donor: ‘More Scrutiny’ for Muslims Clinton’s Biggest Donor: ‘More Scrutiny’ for Muslims

Billionaire Haim Saban walked it back. But did he mean it?

Nov 23, 2015 / Ali Gharib

A photograph from the “Portraits of Hunger in NYC” exhibition features four-year-old Brandon, whose family makes a four-mile round trip to collect food at two Queens food pantries.

Thanksgiving Is Almost Here, and Over a Million New Yorkers Might Go Hungry Thanksgiving Is Almost Here, and Over a Million New Yorkers Might Go Hungry

The latest statistics on hunger in the city tells the proverbial Tale of Two Cities as a Tale of Two Pantries.

Nov 23, 2015 / Michelle Chen

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