Race and Ethnicity

Out of Reach

Out of Reach Out of Reach

Our inhumane for-profit prison system is a crime.

Sep 8, 2023 / OppArt / Karen Thomas

Military Academies SCOTUS Affirmative Action Exemption

How the Affirmative Action Exemption for Military Academies Exploits Students of Color How the Affirmative Action Exemption for Military Academies Exploits Students of Color

“Military recruiters will find a way to use this decision to convince young people that they are offering them the best path to a college education.”

Sep 8, 2023 / StudentNation / Aina Marzia and Lajward Zahra

photo of a sink with water that is not safe for drinking

A Year Later, the Water Crisis in Jackson Has Gone From Acute to Chronic A Year Later, the Water Crisis in Jackson Has Gone From Acute to Chronic

And the officials in charge of fixing the situation seem more interested in privatization than accountability.

Sep 7, 2023 / Makani Themba

Fighting Sexism in Spain

Fighting Sexism in Spain Fighting Sexism in Spain

Spanish soccer federation President Luis Rubiales’s forcibly kissing star player Jenni Hermoso at the Women’s World Cup generated widespread support for Hermoso and reinvigorated t...

Sep 6, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Jewish children in the Soviet Union’s youth movement in Minsk.

The Saga of the Pale and Soviet Jews The Saga of the Pale and Soviet Jews

The trials and tribulations of a tumultuous period.

Sep 6, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Bela Shayevich

National Domestic Workers Alliance

Domestic Worker Bills of Rights Have Passed Across the Country. What Has Changed? Domestic Worker Bills of Rights Have Passed Across the Country. What Has Changed?

Around 90 percent of domestic workers in Massachusetts did not seek help when their rights were violated. "If we have a law that nobody knows, that means nobody is using it."

Sep 6, 2023 / StudentNation / Nicholas Miller

Rescuing Native Remains From the Traditions of Golden State Plunder

Rescuing Native Remains From the Traditions of Golden State Plunder Rescuing Native Remains From the Traditions of Golden State Plunder

The California legislature hears painful testimony about how state universities have looted Indigenous body parts and culture.

Sep 1, 2023 / Simon Moya-Smith

Port-au-Prince residents evacuate the city in a truck

The Biden Administration Cuts and Runs From Haiti The Biden Administration Cuts and Runs From Haiti

After more than a century bleeding the country, installing and abetting corrupt dictators, and suppressing democracy, the US government now advises Americans to flee.

Sep 1, 2023 / Amy Wilentz

vivek ramaswamy speaks at FOX news republican primary debate

The Limits of Vivek Ramaswamy’s Racist Con Game The Limits of Vivek Ramaswamy’s Racist Con Game

While the emerging GOP star benefits from the right’s version of affirmative action, his ugly response to the Jacksonville shootings shows the cost—and constraints—of his strategy.

Aug 28, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington

Martin Luther King’s Dream at 60 Martin Luther King’s Dream at 60

King offered Americans the choice between acting in accordance with the constitution and resistance—often violent—to change.  In many ways, we face the same choice today.

Aug 28, 2023 / Eric Foner

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