Race and Ethnicity

What, Her Worry? Iowa’s Kim Reynolds Is Running a Dishonest and Nasty Campaign

What, Her Worry? Iowa’s Kim Reynolds Is Running a Dishonest and Nasty Campaign What, Her Worry? Iowa’s Kim Reynolds Is Running a Dishonest and Nasty Campaign

But the Republican governor’s punch-down politics are no bar to reelection.

Nov 7, 2022 / Dave Leshtz

Shireen Abu Akleh Protest

Can Young Voters Make Palestinian Rights a Major Issue? Can Young Voters Make Palestinian Rights a Major Issue?

Most Americans under 30 now feel sympathetic toward the Palestinian cause. But getting progressive politicians to support Palestine continues to be difficult.

Nov 3, 2022 / StudentNation / Isaac Lozano

How Saidiya Hartman Changed the Study of Black Life

How Saidiya Hartman Changed the Study of Black Life How Saidiya Hartman Changed the Study of Black Life

A conversation with writer about her pathbreaking book Scenes of Subjection and how our understanding of race has changed in the last two decades. 

Nov 3, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

Mike Davis.

¡Compañero Mike Davis, Presente! ¡Compañero Mike Davis, Presente!

A requiem for a friend who embodied the commitment to the marriage of word and deed.

Nov 2, 2022 / Roberto Lovato

Brooklyn Nets basketball player Kyrie Irving claps looking into the camera at a pre-season game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Staplers Center in Los Angeles.

Kyrie Irving and the Fraught History of Our Collective Liberation Kyrie Irving and the Fraught History of Our Collective Liberation

Kyrie's anti-Semitism isn’t new, but his allies are. And that’s terrifying.

Nov 1, 2022 / Dave Zirin

Make No Mistake, the Supreme Court Will Kill Affirmative Action

Make No Mistake, the Supreme Court Will Kill Affirmative Action Make No Mistake, the Supreme Court Will Kill Affirmative Action

This week’s oral arguments made clear that the conservative justices will gut race-conscious admissions—and that the move won’t help Asian American students.

Nov 1, 2022 / Elie Mystal

How to Crush a Movement for Racial Justice

How to Crush a Movement for Racial Justice How to Crush a Movement for Racial Justice

Heavy-handed policing by Arkansas authorities—with an assist from the Trump and Biden Justice Departments—put Dawn Jeffrey in jail and left her fellow protesters demoralized and de...

Nov 1, 2022 / Feature / Aaron Miguel Cantú and Kandist Mallett

How a Royal Visit Helped Weaken the Crown’s Grip on the Caribbean

How a Royal Visit Helped Weaken the Crown’s Grip on the Caribbean How a Royal Visit Helped Weaken the Crown’s Grip on the Caribbean

William and Kate’s springtime tour didn’t spark the movement for independence and reparations in the Caribbean, but it did stoke it.

Oct 31, 2022 / Feature / Michela Moscufo

Will the Haitian Crisis Lead to Yet Another Military Intervention?

Will the Haitian Crisis Lead to Yet Another Military Intervention? Will the Haitian Crisis Lead to Yet Another Military Intervention?

With gangs holding the country hostage, and violence spinning out of control, the US and the UN play pass the parcel.

Oct 27, 2022 / Amy Wilentz

Is Gen X a Bunch of Trumpers? Maybe That’s the Wrong Question.

Is Gen X a Bunch of Trumpers? Maybe That’s the Wrong Question. Is Gen X a Bunch of Trumpers? Maybe That’s the Wrong Question.

Amid the hoopla over polls suggesting the slacker generation is tilting right, it’s worth pausing to ask who we mean by "Gen X."

Oct 25, 2022 / Elie Mystal

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