Racism and Discrimination

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Before There Was Donald Trump, There Was American Football Before There Was Donald Trump, There Was American Football

The brutal and racist culture of our national pastime should have shown us a president like Trump was possible.

Dec 13, 2019 / Robert Lipsyte

Bloomberg

Why Is the Media So Obsessed With Michael Bloomberg? Why Is the Media So Obsessed With Michael Bloomberg?

The 77-year-old billionaire was a terrible mayor of New York City who only exacerbated inequality.

Dec 13, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

Migrants in Chiapas

The US Is Deporting Asylum Seekers to Random, Dangerous Countries The US Is Deporting Asylum Seekers to Random, Dangerous Countries

The move to offshore would-be asylees is a new low in the Trump administration’s war on immigrants.

Dec 12, 2019 / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Quebec’s Religious-Symbols Ban Hurts Women—and Everyone Who Depends on Them

Quebec’s Religious-Symbols Ban Hurts Women—and Everyone Who Depends on Them Quebec’s Religious-Symbols Ban Hurts Women—and Everyone Who Depends on Them

A law that blocks teachers and other workers from wearing garments like the hijab is forcing many to choose between faith and financial stability.

Dec 10, 2019 / Nora Loreto

Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell

The Reasons Republicans Are Still Backing Trump The Reasons Republicans Are Still Backing Trump

The party Trump has inherited is hell-bent on continuing America’s long tradition of racism and imperialism.

Dec 6, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon

Why Racists (and Liberals!) Keep Writing for ‘Quillette’

Why Racists (and Liberals!) Keep Writing for ‘Quillette’ Why Racists (and Liberals!) Keep Writing for ‘Quillette’

The online magazine of the “intellectual dark web” is repackaging discredited race science.

Dec 5, 2019 / Donna Minkowitz

Football

High School Football Players Took a Knee Before a Game, and Opposing ‘Fans’ Threw Trash at Them High School Football Players Took a Knee Before a Game, and Opposing ‘Fans’ Threw Trash at Them

“Look at these [n-words] taking a knee and they don’t even know why they’re doing it,” said one person in the crowd.

Dec 3, 2019 / Dave Zirin

Caesarian section

Fetal Personhood Is Maternal Punishment Fetal Personhood Is Maternal Punishment

When society values the life of a fetus over that of a living person, women pay the steepest price.

Dec 2, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Tamara Lanier

A Lawsuit at Harvard Pries Open Debates About Science and Reparations A Lawsuit at Harvard Pries Open Debates About Science and Reparations

Since 2011, Tamara Lanier has been battling the university over the ownership of daguerreotypes of her enslaved ancestors. Her fight tells us a lot about the racist roots of Americ...

Nov 28, 2019 / Eamon Whalen

Thanksgiving dinner

This Thanksgiving, It’s Time to Take On Your Conservative Relatives This Thanksgiving, It’s Time to Take On Your Conservative Relatives

Contrary to popular opinion, the holidays are not a time to “navigate” your uncle’s bigoted MAGA jokes. They’re the time to confront him.

Nov 27, 2019 / Elie Mystal

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