Race and Extreme Inequality Race and Extreme Inequality
Will Obama's presidential candidacy signal a change for impoverished African-Americans?
Jun 11, 2008 / Feature / Dedrick Muhammad
The New Face of Gentrification The New Face of Gentrification
Manhattan's El Barrio is facing an uphill battle against a private equity firm attempting to displace low-income residents in a struggle which reflects a growing crisis.
Jun 9, 2008 / Feature / Kavita Shah
Sweet Martin’s Badass Song Sweet Martin’s Badass Song
Several new books on Martin Luther King takes a closer look at the rhetoric and economic politics of the civil rights icon.
May 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Scott Saul
Lost Causes Not Yet Found Lost Causes Not Yet Found
In Defying Dixie, Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore seeks to reclaim the radical origins of the modern civil rights struggle.
Apr 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Kevin M. Kruse
Hearts and Minds Hearts and Minds
Is there more to racism in America than intolerance and immorality? Four books shed light.
Apr 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Thomas J. Sugrue
Did Race Win the Race for Hillary? Did Race Win the Race for Hillary?
Does living in mixed communities make people less or more vulnerable to campaigning that plays on ethnic and racial divisions?
Apr 23, 2008 / Feature / Gaiutra Bahadur
Race and the New Deal Coalition Race and the New Deal Coalition
Most New Deal programs were anything but race- and gender-neutral in their impact. They were both racially discrminatory and a boon to many black Americans.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Adolph Reed Jr.
House of Cards House of Cards
It would be truly tragic if John McCain strolls into the White House while we argue over who has it worse, black men or white women.
Mar 6, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Some Things Even Obama Can’t Transcend Some Things Even Obama Can’t Transcend
Before we can talk sensibly about transcending difference, we must first transform the conditions that give these differences meaning.
Jan 24, 2008 / Column / Gary Younge
Black Women Talk Barack Black Women Talk Barack
It's like one big family squabble among feminists, activists and post-civil-rights-era voters.
Jan 24, 2008 / Amy Alexander