Race and Ethnicity

Troy Davis, John Carlos and the Moment That Still Matters Troy Davis, John Carlos and the Moment That Still Matters

The day of Troy Davis’s execution, I finally understood why John Carlos and Tommie Smith still resonate today.

Sep 26, 2011 / Dave Zirin

The Execution of Troy Davis Provides Another ‘Haunting Reminder of Once Prevalent Southern Lynchings’ The Execution of Troy Davis Provides Another ‘Haunting Reminder of Once Prevalent Southern Lynchings’

Rejecting international pleas, domestic protests and evidence that Troy Davis was innocent, the state of Georgia put him to death under a process that former Supreme Court Justice ...

Sep 22, 2011 / John Nichols

The Killing of Troy Davis

The Killing of Troy Davis The Killing of Troy Davis

There will not be justice for Troy Davis. But his case has reawakened Americans to a relic of injustice that must be abolished once and for all.

Sep 21, 2011 / The Editors

Black President, Double Standard: Why White Liberals Are Abandoning Obama

Black President, Double Standard: Why White Liberals Are Abandoning Obama Black President, Double Standard: Why White Liberals Are Abandoning Obama

Electoral racism may be dead, but is there a more subtle form of racism at work in the white flight from Obama?

Sep 21, 2011 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

The World House: On Malcolm X The World House: On Malcolm X

A biographer's flawed attempt to rediscover the politics in the decidedly political life of Malcolm X.

Sep 21, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Aziz Rana

Supreme Court Blocks Rick Perry’s Texecution of Inmate ‘Based on the Color of His Skin’ Supreme Court Blocks Rick Perry’s Texecution of Inmate ‘Based on the Color of His Skin’

GOP front-runner Perry says he “never struggled” with questions about whether Texas is wrongfully executing death row inmates. But the High Court has intervened to say ...

Sep 16, 2011 / John Nichols

The Attica Prison Uprising: Forty Years Later

The Attica Prison Uprising: Forty Years Later The Attica Prison Uprising: Forty Years Later

When inmates at Attica took over the prison in September of 1971, they were fighting for their basic rights. But their demands were ultimately met with tear gas and bullets.

Sep 9, 2011 / Francis Reynolds and Liliana Segura

The Attica Prison Uprising: Forty Years Later The Attica Prison Uprising: Forty Years Later

When inmates at Attica took over the prison in September of 1971, they were fighting for their basic rights. But their demands were ultimately met with tear gas and bullets.

Sep 9, 2011 / Francis Reynolds and Liliana Segura

Melissa Harris-Perry: US Social Media Driven By Women, Minorities Melissa Harris-Perry: US Social Media Driven By Women, Minorities

Melissa Harris-Perry argues that social media platforms offer a voice to segments of the American population that might not have had one before.

Sep 1, 2011 / Press Room

Nation Conversations: Betsy Reed and Arun Kundnani on Surveillance of Muslim-Americans

Nation Conversations: Betsy Reed and Arun Kundnani on Surveillance of Muslim-Americans Nation Conversations: Betsy Reed and Arun Kundnani on Surveillance of Muslim-Americans

The American government is currently employing counterterrorism strategies against Muslim communities here in the United States that were first developed by the military for use ab...

Sep 1, 2011 / The Nation

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