Race and Ethnicity

Why Were Minority Households Hit Harder by the Recession? Why Were Minority Households Hit Harder by the Recession?

Melissa Harris-Perry discusses the widening wealth gap between minority and white households.

Jul 26, 2011 / Press Room

Europe’s Homegrown Terrorists

Europe’s Homegrown Terrorists Europe’s Homegrown Terrorists

As the massacre in Norway shows, the real threat to European democracy is not multiculturalism and Islamic militancy. It’s racism.

Jul 25, 2011 / Gary Younge

Oh! In Norway, It Was Right-Wing, Not Muslim, Terrorism! Oh! In Norway, It Was Right-Wing, Not Muslim, Terrorism!

Islam-bashing conservatives like Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller influenced the fanatic who terrorized Norway. The question now is—to what degree?

Jul 25, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Bachmann’s Old Church Holds Anti-Catholic Views—Why Isn’t This Hurting Her? Bachmann’s Old Church Holds Anti-Catholic Views—Why Isn’t This Hurting Her?

Michele Bachmann’s former church contends that the pope is the Antichrist. Luckily for her, conservative Catholics and Protestants want to work together. 

Jul 20, 2011 / Ben Adler

Islam-Baiting Doesn’t Work Islam-Baiting Doesn’t Work

Far from winning votes, “Muslim-bashing” alienates large swaths of the electorate—even as it hardens an already hard core on the right.

Jul 18, 2011 / Stephan Salisbury

Melissa Harris-Perry: Black Families Devastated by the Recession Melissa Harris-Perry: Black Families Devastated by the Recession

Melissa Harris-Perry explains the political history, and dangers, behind today's widening economic gap between the races.

Jul 12, 2011 / MSNBC

Driving While Immigrant Driving While Immigrant

As the Obama administration tries to salvage the Secure Communities program, governors and advocates alike are calling it what it is: racial profiling.

Jul 8, 2011 / Renée Feltz

Driving While Immigrant Driving While Immigrant

Salvador Licea shares his experience with the ICE Secure Communities Program.

Jul 8, 2011 / Stokely Baksh and Renée Feltz

On the West’s Moral Panic Over ‘Multiculturalism’ On the West’s Moral Panic Over ‘Multiculturalism’

In Europe and America, the clothes you wear, the language you speak, the way you worship, have all become grounds for dismissal or inclusion.

Jul 7, 2011 / Gary Younge

What Michele Bachmann and Her Teapot ‘Patriots’ Do Not Know About America

What Michele Bachmann and Her Teapot ‘Patriots’ Do Not Know About America What Michele Bachmann and Her Teapot ‘Patriots’ Do Not Know About America

The Republican presidential contender needs to learn a lot more about the radicals who made the America revolution -- especially Tom Paine.

Jul 2, 2011 / John Nichols

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