The Misremembering of ‘I Have a Dream’ The Misremembering of ‘I Have a Dream’
Fifty years after the March on Washington, Dr. King’s most famous speech, like his own political legacy, is widely misunderstood.
Aug 14, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Gary Younge
Three Questions That Will Decide the Fate of Voting Rights in North Carolina Three Questions That Will Decide the Fate of Voting Rights in North Carolina
The key factors that will decide the future of voting rights in North Carolina and across the country.
Aug 14, 2013 / Ari Berman
Ending Stop-and-Frisk, Keeping the Racism Ending Stop-and-Frisk, Keeping the Racism
The signature policy of the NYPD has been declared unconstitutional, but the racism that provided the justification for it is still alive and well.
Aug 13, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Did Racial Profiling Put an Unarmed Black Man in Jail in North Carolina? Did Racial Profiling Put an Unarmed Black Man in Jail in North Carolina?
Activists in Durham, North Carolina, have come together in support of Carlos Riley Jr. and against the racial policing they believe has put him behind bars.
Aug 13, 2013 / Prashanth Kamalakanthan
Secret Recording of Stop-and-Frisk Makes it to Federal Court Secret Recording of Stop-and-Frisk Makes it to Federal Court
A federal judge's ruling calls the NYPD's controversial practice unconstitutional and racially discriminatory.
Aug 13, 2013 / Francis Reynolds
North Carolina’s Sweeping Voter Suppression Law Is Challenged in Court North Carolina’s Sweeping Voter Suppression Law Is Challenged in Court
North Carolina’s worst-in-the-nation voter suppression bill challenged under Section 2 of Voting Rights Act.
Aug 12, 2013 / Ari Berman
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: James Baldwin’s Four Decades of Prophecy, Confession, Emotion and Style This Week in ‘Nation’ History: James Baldwin’s Four Decades of Prophecy, Confession, Emotion and Style
Baldwin published his first piece in The Nation, and for many years thereafter continued to attack a system he thought as close to anarchy as to martial law.
Aug 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Interns at a Civil Rights Org Say They Were Fired for Disrespecting Walmart Interns at a Civil Rights Org Say They Were Fired for Disrespecting Walmart
Interns at the Organization for Chinese Americans say they were fired for disrespecting Wal-Mart.
Aug 5, 2013 / Lee Fang
Invisible Women: The Consequences of Forgetting Sybrina Fulton Invisible Women: The Consequences of Forgetting Sybrina Fulton
We can no longer afford to leave black women’s experiences out of the narrative anti-black racism in the United States.
Aug 1, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
The Monsterization of Trayvon Martin The Monsterization of Trayvon Martin
How George Zimmerman’s lawyers exploited racist stereotypes to justify the fear—and killing—of black men.
Jul 31, 2013 / Feature / Patricia J. Williams