Racism and Discrimination

1967 riots

It’s Time for Americans to Reckon With the True History of Racial Oppression in This Country It’s Time for Americans to Reckon With the True History of Racial Oppression in This Country

In “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America,” Jeffery Robinson aims to help us do just that.

Jun 11, 2018 / Collier Meyerson

White on HBCUs

What Does Diversity Look Like at HBCUs? What Does Diversity Look Like at HBCUs?

Are HBCUs simply changing with the times, or are they relinquishing an important black presence?

Jun 7, 2018 / StudentNation / Deja Dennis

Yemeni Americans

Trump’s Travel Ban Has Torn Apart Hundreds of Families Trump’s Travel Ban Has Torn Apart Hundreds of Families

Yemeni Americans and other US citizens separated from their relatives await a Supreme Court decision that will determine their families’ futures.

Jun 7, 2018 / Kavitha Chekuru

James Baldwin, Robert Penn Warren, and the Politics of Southern Multiculturalism

James Baldwin, Robert Penn Warren, and the Politics of Southern Multiculturalism James Baldwin, Robert Penn Warren, and the Politics of Southern Multiculturalism

The search for cultural diversity and social equality.

Jun 7, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II

What Senator Jeff Merkley Saw at an Immigrant Detention Center for Children

What Senator Jeff Merkley Saw at an Immigrant Detention Center for Children What Senator Jeff Merkley Saw at an Immigrant Detention Center for Children

“The tiniest kid at the front of the line, he was knee-high to a grasshopper. He was 4, maybe 5 years old.”

Jun 6, 2018 / Joan Walsh

Malcolm Jenkins Eagles

Why Donald Trump Disinvited the Eagles From the White House Why Donald Trump Disinvited the Eagles From the White House

Much of the Eagles team was going to skip the White House visit in protest, so our president-child threw a tantrum.

Jun 5, 2018 / Dave Zirin

In San Juan, people leave shoes to represent the victims of Hurricane Maria.

Make Sure Everyone You Know Is Talking About Puerto Rico Make Sure Everyone You Know Is Talking About Puerto Rico

You can also demand justice for a trans woman who died in ICE custody and ask your representative in the House to vote to save net neutrality.

Jun 5, 2018 / NationAction

Second and Third Thoughts on Tom Wolfe

Second and Third Thoughts on Tom Wolfe Second and Third Thoughts on Tom Wolfe

He was blithely unaware of how his journalistic cutting edge sliced one family into ribbons—mine.

Jun 1, 2018 / Feature / Jamie Bernstein

Black Women Leaders

Why Are There So Few Black Women Leaders on College Campuses? Why Are There So Few Black Women Leaders on College Campuses?

Forced to face the twin hurdles of racism and sexism, black women leaders are underrepresented on college campuses. 

May 31, 2018 / StudentNation / DeAsia Paige

Dawuane Smoot

Dawuane Smoot and the Subterranean Fire in the NFL Dawuane Smoot and the Subterranean Fire in the NFL

A little-known player’s response to the NFL’s punitive anthem decision just shows how badly the league screwed this up.

May 30, 2018 / Dave Zirin

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