Race and Ethnicity

The Untapped Voting Power of Asian-Americans The Untapped Voting Power of Asian-Americans

Why don’t Democrats and Republicans pay more attention to Asian-American constituents?

May 29, 2012 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Conservative Media Try to Reverse Racial Reality Conservative Media Try to Reverse Racial Reality

National Review claims Republicans were the party of civil rights while blogs and talk radio fan fears of black-on-white hate crimes. 

May 28, 2012 / Ben Adler

D’Angelo and the Challenge of Black Men Maintaining Their IDs

D’Angelo and the Challenge of Black Men Maintaining Their IDs D’Angelo and the Challenge of Black Men Maintaining Their IDs

D’Angelo is one of millions of African-Americans across America who rightly or wrongly have had their licenses revoked or suspended due to interactions with the law.

May 25, 2012 / Brentin Mock

The GOP’s Played-Out Race Card

The GOP’s Played-Out Race Card The GOP’s Played-Out Race Card

Republicans are turning to tired, failed strategies in an effort to alienate both black and white voters from President Obama.

May 23, 2012 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

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

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