Race and Ethnicity

A New Green Card Deal A New Green Card Deal

History is full of examples showing that policies designed to exclude immigrants are doomed to fail.

Jun 21, 2007 / Mae Ngai

Shots in the Dark Shots in the Dark

When guns claim lives where any middle-class child might be, America mourns. But in barrios, projects and trailer parks, it's as if the crime never happened.

Jun 14, 2007 / Column / Gary Younge

Coming to America Coming to America

The US guest-worker program has locked thousands in a modern-day form of indentured servitude.

Jun 7, 2007 / Feature / Felicia Mello

SI Cooks the Books SI Cooks the Books

Sports Illustrated's "all time" team is unfairly skewed to honor major league players from the segregation era at the expense of equally deserving players from the Negro League.

May 31, 2007 / Jonathan Cohen

Nutter Wins in Philadelphia Nutter Wins in Philadelphia

A favored Democrat's mayoral primary win divides a city between those who support his hardball anticrime tactics and minorities who see them as a blueprint for racial profiling.

May 17, 2007 / Feature / Patrick Mulvaney

Agent of Intolerance Agent of Intolerance

Jerry Falwell is best known for crusading against abortion and homosexuality. But early on, he skillfully used race to galvanize the Christian right.

May 16, 2007 / Feature / Max Blumenthal

At a Loss for Words At a Loss for Words

Ralph Ellison was eager to be counted in any political cause--except those surrounding race.

May 10, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Michael Anderson

Invisible America Invisible America

Fifty-three years after Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court will rule on two cases that will decide the future of school integration.

May 10, 2007 / Patricia J. Williams

Hip-Hop’s E-Z Scapegoats Hip-Hop’s E-Z Scapegoats

There's a big difference between the misogynous hip-hop produced by big media and the hip-hop that moves a generation.

May 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jeff Chang and Dave Zirin

Miami Vise Miami Vise

Cuban-American moderates are on the rise, but hard-liners still run the show.

May 1, 2007 / Feature / Max J. Castro

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