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