Race and Ethnicity

All-White Basketball League: Bringing Segregation Back All-White Basketball League: Bringing Segregation Back

If not for the incessant backlash against NBA players, the all-white All-American Basketball Alliance would never have gotten off the ground.

Feb 2, 2010 / Column / Dave Zirin and David J. Leonard

Dr. Martin Luther King’s Economics: Through Jobs, Freedom Dr. Martin Luther King’s Economics: Through Jobs, Freedom

How would Dr. King have responded to the current crises of recession, unemployment, and foreclosure?

Jan 15, 2010 / Feature / Mark Engler

On Reid and Racism On Reid and Racism

Joe Biden once remarked that Barack Obama was "clean" and "articulate." He is now Vice President. During the Democratic primaries Hillary Clinton invoked Rober...

Jan 11, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Breaking News: Harry Reid Sees Black People Breaking News: Harry Reid Sees Black People

Stop the presses! Harry Reid said the word "Negro" and, worse, suggested that white people are less afraid of light-skinned blacks who don't use double negatives. But by ...

Jan 11, 2010 / Kai Wright

The scene where Fred Hampton was killed

Fred Hampton’s Legacy Fred Hampton’s Legacy

We must remain vigilant against government crimes and secrecy.

Nov 24, 2009 / Jeffrey Haas

Red Scare, Black Scare Red Scare, Black Scare

The birthers, the anticommunist crazies, the "Obama as Witch Doctor" caricatures: they're all of a piece, welded to sex.

Nov 19, 2009 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Justicia Poetica Justicia Poetica

The victory over Lou Dobbs demonstrates that the immigrant community is mobilized like never before.

Nov 13, 2009 / Feature / Roberto Lovato

LA Clippers Owner Pays Out for Race-Based Housing Discrimination LA Clippers Owner Pays Out for Race-Based Housing Discrimination

Donald Sterling was just obligated to pay out the largest settlement ever obtained by the government in a housing discrimination case involving apartment rentals.

Nov 10, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin

Obama for America’s Gallup Pol Obama for America’s Gallup Pol

Nadine Padilla organized for Obama in Native American communities. Now she's passing her skills on to others.

Nov 4, 2009 / Feature / Elizabeth Méndez Berry

Putting Caste on Notice Putting Caste on Notice

Navi Pillay is the first UN human rights commissioner to take on caste discrimination.

Oct 26, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette

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