When It Comes to Race, the Famous Dutch ‘Tolerance’ Runs Out When It Comes to Race, the Famous Dutch ‘Tolerance’ Runs Out
Hundreds of white Dutch dress up in blackface to celebrate the nation’s treasured “Sinterklaas” holiday. A growing movement says it’s time for that to chang...
Nov 21, 2014 / Heather Beasley Doyle
Failing to Indict Darren Wilson Won’t End the Movement Against Police Violence Failing to Indict Darren Wilson Won’t End the Movement Against Police Violence
This has been, and will continue to be, about the protection of black life and the end of the police state.
Nov 19, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
The Value of Whiteness The Value of Whiteness
A lawsuit is being waged against the “wrongful birth” of a black child.
Nov 12, 2014 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Jerusalem’s Palestinian Neighborhoods Are Under Economic Siege Jerusalem’s Palestinian Neighborhoods Are Under Economic Siege
Palestinians in East Jerusalem face not just a wall but a welfare system designed to impoverish and ultimately remove them.
Nov 4, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Police Are the Problem Police Are the Problem
The way we use the police in this country is inherently discriminatory.
Oct 31, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
What’s the Real Issue? Blaming AAAD Obscures the UNC Scandal’s Broader Societal Causes What’s the Real Issue? Blaming AAAD Obscures the UNC Scandal’s Broader Societal Causes
UNC’s recently uncovered unprecedented cheating scandal took place in the department of African and Afro American studies, a fact which has raised an age-old, prejudicial arg...
Oct 29, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
How Racism Stole Black Childhood How Racism Stole Black Childhood
People who are black and poor aren’t allowed to be young and irresponsible.
Oct 29, 2014 / Column / Gary Younge
Will Black Voters Help Protect Abortion Rights in Tennessee? Will Black Voters Help Protect Abortion Rights in Tennessee?
How one reproductive justice organization is working to make sure black voters help defeat Amendment 1.
Oct 27, 2014 / Dani McClain
How One Man Refused to Spy on Fellow Muslims for the FBI—and Then Lost Everything How One Man Refused to Spy on Fellow Muslims for the FBI—and Then Lost Everything
The case of Ayyub Abdul-Alim fits a decades-long pattern of government criminalization of African-American Muslims.
Oct 14, 2014 / Arun Kundnani, Emily Keppler, and Muki Najaer
Can China Pacify Its Restive Minorities Peacefully? Can China Pacify Its Restive Minorities Peacefully?
Beijing is experimenting with "soft power" approaches, but brute force remains an omnipresent threat.
Oct 9, 2014 / Piero Sarmiento and Foreign Policy In Focus