This Is How Black Girls End Up in the School-To-Prison Pipeline This Is How Black Girls End Up in the School-To-Prison Pipeline
Harsh discipline is said to put black boys at risk, but black girls are suspended six times more than white girls. A new report asks why.
Feb 5, 2015 / Dani McClain
If You’re Afraid of ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorism, You’re Missing the Point If You’re Afraid of ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorism, You’re Missing the Point
There’s only one problem with the rising crescendo of alarm about lone wolves: most of it simply isn’t true.
Feb 5, 2015 / Matthew Harwood
How Radical Change Occurs: An Interview With Historian Eric Foner How Radical Change Occurs: An Interview With Historian Eric Foner
“Rights can be won, and rights can be taken away. Achievements are always vulnerable.”
Feb 3, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Mike Konczal
Jesse Hagopian: ‘I Was Pepper-Sprayed by Seattle Police on MLK Day’ Jesse Hagopian: ‘I Was Pepper-Sprayed by Seattle Police on MLK Day’
What do I have to do, so that when my sons recall the sixty-third annual MLK Day celebration, it is about remembering past trials of injustice, rather than endlessly reliving them?...
Feb 2, 2015 / Jesse Hagopian
Larry Wilmore: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Multicultural Diversity… Larry Wilmore: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Multicultural Diversity…
The new Nightly Show confronts PC.
Jan 30, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Leslie Savan
If You Read That ‘NYT’ Story About Two Teens in Oakland, Keep This in Mind If You Read That ‘NYT’ Story About Two Teens in Oakland, Keep This in Mind
What the story about a fire set to a gender-nonconforming teenager in Oakland leaves out about race, gender expression and violence.
Jan 30, 2015 / Dani McClain
The Real Debate Over Israel’s ‘Jewish Nation-State’ Bill The Real Debate Over Israel’s ‘Jewish Nation-State’ Bill
It’s not about whether systematic discrimination against Arab citizens should continue—it’s about whether it should be codified in explicitly racist legislation. ...
Jan 29, 2015 / Hassan Jabareen
The Spectacular Incoherence of Race Goes Global The Spectacular Incoherence of Race Goes Global
From Ferguson to France, pliable racial categories are used to mark who counts as fully human—and who does not.
Jan 28, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Why Is Marissa Alexander Still Being Punished for Fighting Back? Why Is Marissa Alexander Still Being Punished for Fighting Back?
As Alexander leaves prison for house arrest, it’s time to question the system that turns women into criminals for trying to stay alive.
Jan 28, 2015 / Victoria Law
The French Fry Fox The French Fry Fox
Who are the surrender monkeys now?
Jan 23, 2015 / Leslie Savan