Race and Ethnicity

Mitt Romney: Heterosexual White Vampire Hunter

Mitt Romney: Heterosexual White Vampire Hunter Mitt Romney: Heterosexual White Vampire Hunter

Does the GOP really need the repudiated Obama–Reverend Wright ad to play the race card?

May 21, 2012 / Leslie Savan

Congress Speaks on Voting Rights—and Mississippi Hollers Back Congress Speaks on Voting Rights—and Mississippi Hollers Back

The intersection between what Congressional Democrats and state Republicans are attempting around voting shows a tragic collision in which democracy, citizens of color and many liv...

May 18, 2012 / Brentin Mock

Brentin Mock: How the Right Intimidates Voters of Color Away From the Polls

Brentin Mock: How the Right Intimidates Voters of Color Away From the Polls Brentin Mock: How the Right Intimidates Voters of Color Away From the Polls

You may have never heard of True the Vote, but the organization has major plans for upcoming elections across the country.

May 10, 2012 / The Nation

How Mandatory Sentencing Laws Are Sending Juveniles to Prison for Life‬

How Mandatory Sentencing Laws Are Sending Juveniles to Prison for Life‬ How Mandatory Sentencing Laws Are Sending Juveniles to Prison for Life‬

Why is a first-world country imprisoning its children for life?

May 10, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

Why the Friendship Segregation on HBO’s ‘Girls’ Speaks to a Bigger Problem Why the Friendship Segregation on HBO’s ‘Girls’ Speaks to a Bigger Problem

For all our talk about the multiracialism of the millennial generation, the lack of interracial social connections is more than a coincidence.

May 10, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Salamishah Tillet

Conservatives Make Nonsense Arguments Against Voting Rights Conservatives Make Nonsense Arguments Against Voting Rights

Pundits and activists say that because they’ve convinced the public of falsehoods, they must be true. 

May 6, 2012 / Ben Adler

Race, Millennials and Reverse Discrimination Race, Millennials and Reverse Discrimination

Race is still a thorny thing for many young people.

Apr 26, 2012 / Jamelle Bouie

Washington Capitals Win Over Boston Bruins Spurs Spasm of Racism Washington Capitals Win Over Boston Bruins Spurs Spasm of Racism

A black hockey player scores a winning goal against a Tea Partying goalie, and racists couldn’t help themselves.

Apr 26, 2012 / Dave Zirin

Defending Israel (and Waiting for a Miracle)

Defending Israel (and Waiting for a Miracle) Defending Israel (and Waiting for a Miracle)

American Jews could play a useful role in aiding our Israeli cousins to see that they are destroying what was noble about their country. Why won't they?

Apr 25, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman

Dogwhistling From the Romney Campaign? Dogwhistling From the Romney Campaign?

Honestly, it was only a matter of time. 

Apr 20, 2012 / Jamelle Bouie

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