Race and Ethnicity

‘The Washington Post’ Finally Finds a War It Won’t Cheer

‘The Washington Post’ Finally Finds a War It Won’t Cheer ‘The Washington Post’ Finally Finds a War It Won’t Cheer

The Post is coming down hard against Russia’s operations in Syria.

Oct 5, 2015 / James Carden

Vietnamese kindergarten students

The Right Is Alienating a Huge and Amazingly Diverse Immigrant Population The Right Is Alienating a Huge and Amazingly Diverse Immigrant Population

Our relentless focus on the Latino vote obscures all the other people GOP nativists are pissing off.

Oct 1, 2015 / Joshua Holland

Bloody Sunday mural in Selma

Alabama, Birthplace of the Voting Rights Act, Is Once Again Gutting Voting Rights Alabama, Birthplace of the Voting Rights Act, Is Once Again Gutting Voting Rights

Alabama passed a strict voter-ID law and then closed 31 DMV offices in the state.

Oct 1, 2015 / Ari Berman

The VEGGI Farmers Cooperative.

How Did New Orleans’s Vietnamese Americans Recover After Katrina? How Did New Orleans’s Vietnamese Americans Recover After Katrina?

The community’s success is a model for solidarity across race and class in the face of natural disaster and political disenfranchisement.

Sep 30, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Has Child Protective Services Gone Too Far?

Has Child Protective Services Gone Too Far? Has Child Protective Services Gone Too Far?

A debate sparked by the free-range parenting movement has drawn attention to the threats and intrusions poor, minority families have long endured.

Sep 30, 2015 / Feature / Michelle Goldberg

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren: ‘Black Lives Matter. Black Citizens Matter. Black Families Matter.’ Elizabeth Warren: ‘Black Lives Matter. Black Citizens Matter. Black Families Matter.’

In a landmark speech, Warren proposes a progressive politics that protects black people from violence, ensures access to the ballot box, and builds economic opportunity.

Sep 28, 2015 / John Nichols

John Fetterman

This Tattooed, Head-shaven, Straight-talking Mayor Wants to Be the Next Senator From Pennsylvania This Tattooed, Head-shaven, Straight-talking Mayor Wants to Be the Next Senator From Pennsylvania

John Fetterman talks inequality, immigration, drug legalization, same-sex marriage, “bittergate,” and how to revive post-industrial America.

Sep 25, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Red Umbrella Project rallies outside City Hall.

Why Do Sex-Work Diversion Programs Fail? Why Do Sex-Work Diversion Programs Fail?

New York’s scheme to divert sex workers from the criminal justice system has often further criminalized them.

Sep 25, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Donald Trump flag

What Trump and Carson Get Wrong: Islam Is As American as Apple Pie What Trump and Carson Get Wrong: Islam Is As American as Apple Pie

Since the very beginning, Islam has always been part of the social fabric of this country.

Sep 25, 2015 / Joshua Holland

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Letters From the October 12, 2015, Issue Letters From the October 12, 2015, Issue

Missed Message?
 Kai Wright’s article “A Demand, Not a Plea” [August 31/September 7] states that the August 8 event at which two Black Lives Matter activists interrupted Bernie San…

Sep 24, 2015 / Our Readers

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