Canary in the Mine Shaft Canary in the Mine Shaft
Why the absence of African-American baseball players matters.
Jul 16, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
New Evidence Surfaces in Post-Katrina Crimes New Evidence Surfaces in Post-Katrina Crimes
Television news reports are casting new light on the violence that flourished in New Orleans in the anarchic days after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Jul 11, 2009 / Feature / A.C. Thompson
The Trials of Benjamin Jealous The Trials of Benjamin Jealous
Can the NAACP's new president reform the 100-year-old civil rights organization? Does he want to?
Jul 1, 2009 / Feature / Ta-Nehisi Coates
Saving Troy Davis Saving Troy Davis
The president of the NAACP explains why he has joined a "strange bedfellows" coalition drawn together to fight for the reopening of Troy Davis's capital case.
Jul 1, 2009 / Benjamin Todd Jealous
Rush Limbaugh on Sotomayor: A New Low? Rush Limbaugh on Sotomayor: A New Low?
Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell reflects on Rush Limbaugh's sexist and racist smears on Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
Jun 19, 2009 / Countdown
Can Hate Crimes Be Stopped? Can Hate Crimes Be Stopped?
What role can the federal government play in diminishing hate crimes and attacks on immigrants?
Jun 17, 2009 / GRITtv
Radioactive Revival in New Mexico Radioactive Revival in New Mexico
Navajos say "No!" as the return of uranium mining threatens to despoil their lands and health.
Jun 10, 2009 / Feature / Shelley Smithson
Off Camera: Civil Rights in the North Off Camera: Civil Rights in the North
Sweet Land of Liberty is a bold, if decidedly underdramatic, rewriting of civil rights history.
Jun 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Scott Saul
SNCC: The Battle-Scarred Youngsters SNCC: The Battle-Scarred Youngsters
A report from the front lines of the civil rights battle in Greenwood, Mississippi—a very dangerous place to be.
Apr 23, 2009 / Feature / Howard Zinn
America’s UN Boycott Backfires America’s UN Boycott Backfires
By choosing to boycott the UN conference on racism, the United States has increased the clout of Iran's Ahmadinejad and undermined global efforts to defeat intolerance.
Apr 20, 2009 / Barbara Crossette