Race and Ethnicity

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

Is Newt Gingrich Right About Black Voters?

Is Newt Gingrich Right About Black Voters? Is Newt Gingrich Right About Black Voters?

Could black Americans follow Catholics and white Southerners in drifting away from the Democrats?

Jun 28, 2011 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

Saudi Women Accelerating Towards Change Saudi Women Accelerating Towards Change

Since the self-immolation carried out by a Tunisian fruit vendor which had far-reaching consequences across the region, the world has watched the political and social transformatio...

Jun 27, 2011 / StudentNation / Maria Kari

Arizona’s Next Scandal? Tea Party State Official Says Ethnic Studies Violates Ban

Arizona’s Next Scandal? Tea Party State Official Says Ethnic Studies Violates Ban Arizona’s Next Scandal? Tea Party State Official Says Ethnic Studies Violates Ban

At a press conference Wednesday, Tucson Superintendent John Huppenthal declared the district's Ethnic Studies/MAS Program to be out of compliance with the state's controversial ban...

Jun 15, 2011 / StudentNation / Jeff Biggers

Peter King’s ‘Muslim Radicalization’ Hearings Risk Repeating History Peter King’s ‘Muslim Radicalization’ Hearings Risk Repeating History

As a young, Japanese-American child, I was held in an internment camp out of prejudice and war hysteria. America can't make the same mistake again.

Jun 14, 2011 / Mike Honda

Palin and the Memory of Literacy Tests Palin and the Memory of Literacy Tests

In anticipation of the 2012 elections, Southern legislators are reducing early voting opportunities and imposing unprecedented identification card rules. This could have a dispara...

Jun 9, 2011 / Melissa Harris-Perry

A Jeffersonian Challenge to the Tories of Fitzwalkerstan A Jeffersonian Challenge to the Tories of Fitzwalkerstan

Activists challenging Walker administration assaults on public education and on college students from immigrant families disrupt Wisconsin legislative hearing with a reading from t...

Jun 3, 2011 / John Nichols

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