Race and Ethnicity

Peter King Defends NYPD Monitoring, Plans More Hearings on Islam Peter King Defends NYPD Monitoring, Plans More Hearings on Islam

The New York congressman will have more hearings on Muslim radicalization in America, despite statistics that show a waning threat. 

Feb 24, 2012 / George Zornick

Student Privacy and the PATRIOT Act Student Privacy and the PATRIOT Act

More than a decade after Congress passed the PATRIOT Act, its varied implications are still unraveling.

Feb 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy

The Majority-Majority Future The Majority-Majority Future

The definition of “white” will grow and expand as the country diversifies.

Feb 23, 2012 / Jamelle Bouie

Ari Berman: Behind the Republicans’ Racialized Redistricting Strategy Ari Berman: Behind the Republicans’ Racialized Redistricting Strategy

Republicans are trying to turn their party into the “white party” and the Democratic party into the “black party.”

Feb 15, 2012 / Press Room

Israel’s New Left Goes Online Israel’s New Left Goes Online

The brash webzine +972 is challenging a political and media culture that has moved steadily to the right.

Feb 15, 2012 / Feature / Sarah Wildman

I’m Every Woman: Whitney Houston, the Voice of the Post–Civil Rights Era

I’m Every Woman: Whitney Houston, the Voice of the Post–Civil Rights Era I’m Every Woman: Whitney Houston, the Voice of the Post–Civil Rights Era

Dismissed as inauthentic and overlooked by rock critics, Houston inspired a rainbow connection of Gen X and Y singers to belt across the colorline.

Feb 14, 2012 / Daphne A. Brooks

Sheldon Adelson and the End of American Anti-Semitism

Sheldon Adelson and the End of American Anti-Semitism Sheldon Adelson and the End of American Anti-Semitism

How can it be that the “richest Jew in the world” can buy the foreign policy of a major party’s presidential contender and “the Jews” have somehow escaped the blame?

Feb 8, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman

Replacing History With Fiction in Arizona

Replacing History With Fiction in Arizona Replacing History With Fiction in Arizona

The authors of Arizona’s new law want to collapse Latino identity into white American mythology.

Feb 8, 2012 / Column / Gary Younge

What’s Left Out of Black History Month Celebrations

What’s Left Out of Black History Month Celebrations What’s Left Out of Black History Month Celebrations

More than a quarter of African-Americans live in poverty. During Black History Month, we should speak truthfully about the economic legacy that drives this inequality.

Feb 6, 2012 / Sean Thomas-Breitfeld

Behind the Right’s War on Southern Voters

Behind the Right’s War on Southern Voters Behind the Right’s War on Southern Voters

In virtually every state in the South, at the Congressional and state level, Republicans—to protect and expand the electoral gains they made in 2010—have increased the…

Feb 2, 2012 / Photo Essay / The Nation

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