DOJ Report Confirms Racism Is Alive and Well in Ferguson. Now What? DOJ Report Confirms Racism Is Alive and Well in Ferguson. Now What?
We need decriminalization, not just data.
Mar 6, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith
It’s Not Just Ferguson It’s Not Just Ferguson
Cities nationwide are criminalizing black people to pay the bills.
Mar 5, 2015 / Raven Rakia
50 Years After Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Are Under Attack 50 Years After Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Are Under Attack
The right to vote is under the greatest threat since the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
Mar 5, 2015 / Ari Berman
Meet the Politicians Trying to Bury America’s Past Meet the Politicians Trying to Bury America’s Past
Our short historical memory is no accident.
Mar 4, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part V, From the LA Riots to the Release of ‘Selma’ Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part V, From the LA Riots to the Release of ‘Selma’
A multimedia timeline presenting the history of the struggle for racial justice, from 1991 to 2015.
Mar 3, 2015 / The Nation
Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part IV, From the Ban on Segregation in Housing to Freedom for Nelson Mandela Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part IV, From the Ban on Segregation in Housing to Freedom for Nelson Mandela
A multimedia timeline presenting the history of the struggle for racial justice, from 1968 to 1990.
Feb 27, 2015 / The Nation
Dori Maynard and the Unfinished Business of Integrating the News Dori Maynard and the Unfinished Business of Integrating the News
Maynard was a champion of the idea that newsrooms needed to reflect the communities they covered and served.
Feb 26, 2015 / Dani McClain
Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed
Racism, segregation and inequality persist in this civil-rights battleground.
Feb 25, 2015 / Feature / Ari Berman
Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part III Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part III
A multimedia timeline presenting the history of the struggle for racial justice, from 1957 to 1968.
Feb 24, 2015 / The Nation
Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part II Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part II
A multimedia timeline presenting the history of the struggle for racial justice, from 1919 to 1956.
Feb 20, 2015 / The Nation