Race and Ethnicity

A Nation of WASPs? A Nation of WASPs?

A Nation of WASPs?

May 13, 2004 / Earl Shorris

‘We Better Do Something’: Toni Morrison and Cornel West in Conversation

‘We Better Do Something’: Toni Morrison and Cornel West in Conversation ‘We Better Do Something’: Toni Morrison and Cornel West in Conversation

In 1993 the Nobel Prize-winning author and the Princeton professor sat down to discuss blues, love, and politics.

May 6, 2004 / Feature / Toni Morrison and Cornel West

Homophobia of All Hues Homophobia of All Hues

The marriage-equality movement confronts anti-gay sentiment among blacks.

Apr 29, 2004 / Feature / Christopher Lisotta

Vanishing Votes Vanishing Votes

On October 29, 2002, George W. Bush signed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). Hidden behind its apple-pie-and-motherhood name lies a nasty civil rights time bomb.

Apr 29, 2004 / Greg Palast

Racism and Reproductive Rights Racism and Reproductive Rights

The March for Women's Lives is paying considerable attention to issues of concern to minority women.

Apr 22, 2004 / Ginger Adams Otis

Why Brown Still Matters Why Brown Still Matters

Fifty years ago, African-Americans and fellow progressives hailed Brown v. Board of Education as a conclusive turning point in the struggle for racial equality.

Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / David J. Garrow

Not Just a Test Not Just a Test

Why we must rethink the paradigm we use for judging human ability.

Apr 15, 2004 / Feature / Claude M. Steele

A Dream Deferred A Dream Deferred

After bloody battles for desegregation, blacks in Memphis are still behind.

Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Michael Honey

The Heat of Summerton The Heat of Summerton

Racial tensions still simmer in the rural county where Brown was born.

Apr 15, 2004 / Feature / Alan Richard

The ‘Fifth Circuit Four’ The ‘Fifth Circuit Four’

How four federal judges brought the rule of reason to the South.

Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jack Bass

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