How the Money Primary Is Undermining Voting Rights How the Money Primary Is Undermining Voting Rights
Fifty years ago, African-Americans were denied the right to vote. Now the vast majority of Americans are being denied the rightful value of their vote.
May 19, 2015 / Feature / Ari Berman
The Other Baltimore Story: Ronald Hammond and ‘Routine Injustice’ The Other Baltimore Story: Ronald Hammond and ‘Routine Injustice’
The right to a lawyer is a key protection against unjust prison sentences, but public defenders are overwhelmed and under-resourced.
May 15, 2015 / Jonathan Rapping
A Victory Parade 150 Years in the Making A Victory Parade 150 Years in the Making
The African American Civil War Memorial & Museum will honor black soldiers who were not welcome at the original Grand Review celebration.
May 11, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Why I Am Marching for My Son on Mother’s Day Why I Am Marching for My Son on Mother’s Day
As a mother, I feel that it is my responsibility to support others whose children have fallen victim to police violence, and to be a voice for my son Sean Bell.
May 8, 2015 / Valerie Bell
Video: The Basic Issue of the Sanctity of Black Life Has Still Not Been Settled Video: The Basic Issue of the Sanctity of Black Life Has Still Not Been Settled
Gary Younge pokes some major holes in America’s faith in “eternal progress,” then lays out next steps for racial justice with M Adams, Christine Neumann-Ortiz, an...
May 8, 2015 / The Nation
Why Restoring Hope in Baltimore Depends on Making College Affordable Why Restoring Hope in Baltimore Depends on Making College Affordable
Rather than promoting mobility, the broken college financing system is ensuring that inequality gets passed down from one generation to the next.
May 7, 2015 / Sara Goldrick-Rab
Critical Agents Critical Agents
How J. Edgar Hoover’s paranoid view of literature led him to target African-American writers.
May 6, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
Black America’s Lost Generation Speaks Up Black America’s Lost Generation Speaks Up
The teens of the Baltimore riot have never known a reality without crisis. That comes with consequences.
May 5, 2015 / Kai Wright
‘The Game Done Changed’: Reconsidering ‘The Wire’ Amidst the Baltimore Uprising ‘The Game Done Changed’: Reconsidering ‘The Wire’ Amidst the Baltimore Uprising
I was a Wire fanatic because I thought it told tough truths about Baltimore City. After the last two weeks, I’m starting to see all that it was missing.
May 4, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Why Baltimore Burns Why Baltimore Burns
In 1950, Baltimore was the sixth-most-populous city in the country. Today, it is 26th, and its remaining poor black residents are cut off from their more affluent neighbors.
May 1, 2015 / Eric S. Singer