Race and Ethnicity

Aaron McGruder’s Right to Be Hostile Aaron McGruder’s Right to Be Hostile

Filmmaker and author Michael Moore wrote the foreword to A Right to Be Hostile: The Boondocks Treasury by Aaron McGruder, from which the three cartoon strips are drawn. Copyright &...

Oct 30, 2003 / Feature / Michael Moore

Speaking for Ourselves Speaking for Ourselves

Seeking media justice--not just reform.

Oct 30, 2003 / Feature / Makani Themba and Nan Rubin

How the Other Half Learns How the Other Half Learns

Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom have long been pillars of highbrow conservatism in America.

Oct 23, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Peter Schrag

The MTA, Bus Depots and Race The MTA, Bus Depots and Race

Bus depots are one of many environmental culprits that contribute to health problems in poor communities of color.

Oct 17, 2003 / Feature / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

Rush Limbaugh’s Inner Black Child Rush Limbaugh’s Inner Black Child

Philip Roth's novel The Human Stain attracted considerable attention some years back; it was widely read as a fictionalized version of literary critic Anatole Broyard's life.

Oct 9, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Patricia J. Williams

9/11 and the LA 8 9/11 and the LA 8

David Cole represents the LA 8.

Oct 9, 2003 / David Cole

In Our Orbit In Our Orbit

In 1990, The Nation ran a dispatch from Portland, Oregon, by editorial board member Elinor Langer titled "The American Neo-Nazi Movement Today." The piece, which took up almost...

Oct 2, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Emily Biuso

State of Denial State of Denial

We live in interesting times. These days we can all pretty much acknowledge that race does not exist as a scientific construct; these days, we can all agree that racism is wron...

Sep 25, 2003 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Educating for Privilege Educating for Privilege

As a law school dean, I was much taken with a statement from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's landmark opinion in the University of Michigan case: "Law schools represent the train...

Sep 25, 2003 / Gene Nichol

Soul Man Soul Man

Pop music's eternal appeal can be found in one instance out of many: "This Magic Moment," a 1960 song by The Drifters.

Jul 31, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Armond White

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