Race and Ethnicity

What to Do While You Wait for Darren Wilson to Be Acquitted

What to Do While You Wait for Darren Wilson to Be Acquitted What to Do While You Wait for Darren Wilson to Be Acquitted

Forty days after Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown, America’s “justice system” continues to fail.

Sep 18, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Women of Color and the Hidden Trauma of Police Brutality

Women of Color and the Hidden Trauma of Police Brutality Women of Color and the Hidden Trauma of Police Brutality

Calling out discrimination can be a slippery thing, but the shame, humiliation and powerlessness we feel because of overly aggressive policing is real.

Sep 16, 2014 / Marie Myung-Ok Lee

What More Will It Take to Arrest Darren Wilson?

What More Will It Take to Arrest Darren Wilson? What More Will It Take to Arrest Darren Wilson?

New witnesses to the Michael Brown killing say he had his hands up when he was shot by police.

Sep 11, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

For Muslim New Yorkers, a Long Path From Surveillance to Civil Rights

For Muslim New Yorkers, a Long Path From Surveillance to Civil Rights For Muslim New Yorkers, a Long Path From Surveillance to Civil Rights

For years, Muslim New Yorkers have been spied on, not heard; now they’re finding their political voice.

Sep 9, 2014 / Moustafa Bayoumi

WATCH: Are America’s Police Departments Waging a War on Black Bodies?

WATCH: Are America’s Police Departments Waging a War on Black Bodies? WATCH: Are America’s Police Departments Waging a War on Black Bodies?

A town hall meeting on the aggressive policing of black bodies in America.

Sep 8, 2014 / The Nation

More Police Will Never Be a Solution to Black America’s Woes

More Police Will Never Be a Solution to Black America’s Woes More Police Will Never Be a Solution to Black America’s Woes

Increased police presence won‘t make “bad kids” any better.

Sep 5, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Six Ways to Fight for Racial Justice

Six Ways to Fight for Racial Justice Six Ways to Fight for Racial Justice

From making a donation to watching a video to sharing your own story, here are six ways you can support young people at the forefront of the fight for racial justice.

Sep 4, 2014 / NationAction

Minneapolis Has Long Been Fractured by Racial Inequity. Can a New Mayor Change That?

Minneapolis Has Long Been Fractured by Racial Inequity. Can a New Mayor Change That? Minneapolis Has Long Been Fractured by Racial Inequity. Can a New Mayor Change That?

Mayor Betsy Hodges wants to make Minneapolis live up to its progressive hype.

Sep 3, 2014 / Gabriel Thompson

Ferguson’s Anthem

Ferguson’s Anthem Ferguson’s Anthem

How “Fuck the Police” came to narrate the town’s humiliations and violations.

Sep 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Black Millennials Are Emerging as the ‘Movement Generation’

Black Millennials Are Emerging as the ‘Movement Generation’ Black Millennials Are Emerging as the ‘Movement Generation’

If you’re asking the question “Where is the movement?” you simply haven’t been paying attention.

Aug 28, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

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