Race and Ethnicity

Protesters at the Broadway/Lafayette Street subway station during a

The Phony Solidarity of the American Pundit Class The Phony Solidarity of the American Pundit Class

A certain brand of commentator wants to claim that Jordan Neely's death was the blameless outcome of a climate of fear among working-class commuters.

May 9, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

The Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery

The Arlington National Cemetery Will Finally Remove Its Racist Monument The Arlington National Cemetery Will Finally Remove Its Racist Monument

But that hasn't stopped some Confederate Memorial supporters from filing a lawsuit to #DefendArlington.

May 9, 2023 / Erin L. Thompson

Joe Louis

How Racist Car Dealers KO’d Joe Louis How Racist Car Dealers KO’d Joe Louis

A never-before-published tranche of letters reveals the white-collar racism that prevented the world’s most popular athlete from selling Fords.

May 8, 2023 / Silke-Maria Weineck

A mobile Covid-19 testing site in New York.

What the Country Refused to Learn From the Pandemic What the Country Refused to Learn From the Pandemic

However briefly, the pandemic showed us that such an American world is not only possible but right at our fingertips.

May 4, 2023 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

Jordan Neely lies unconscious on the floor of the F train after another passenger placed him in a chokehold on Monday, May 1, 2023, in New York.

One Man Killed Jordan Neely—but We All Failed Him One Man Killed Jordan Neely—but We All Failed Him

Everything about Neely’s death is a symptom of our collective rot—from the way we treat poverty as a crime to the way we treat soldiers as weapons that can be stowed.

May 4, 2023 / Elie Mystal

A line of protesters holding signs including

Tucker Carlson’s Racist Text Didn’t Get Him Fired Tucker Carlson’s Racist Text Didn’t Get Him Fired

He regularly said worse things on his highly rated White Power Hour on Fox—and Fox let it happen for years.

May 3, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Tennessee Republicans Are Showing Exactly How Deep American Racism Goes

Tennessee Republicans Are Showing Exactly How Deep American Racism Goes Tennessee Republicans Are Showing Exactly How Deep American Racism Goes

The Republicans’ attempt to push two Black legislators out of the Tennessee statehouse was an object lesson in bigotry.

May 3, 2023 / Column / Elie Mystal

Tucker Carlson

Exit Tucker Carlson Exit Tucker Carlson

May 2, 2023 / Column / Calvin Trillin

John James Audubon wood cutting

Green Rationales for Harsher Immigration Policies Are Nothing New Green Rationales for Harsher Immigration Policies Are Nothing New

White supremacists adopt the language of environmentalism to push both grotesque anti-immigrant bigotry and a broader, unnerving far-right agenda.

May 1, 2023 / Stan Cox

In the naughty chair: former Fox News host Tucker Carlson

No, You Absolutely Do Not Have to Hand It to Tucker Carlson No, You Absolutely Do Not Have to Hand It to Tucker Carlson

Contra some of his leftist stans, the ousted Fox News host was not actually anti-war or an economic populist.

Apr 28, 2023 / Jeet Heer

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