Racism and Discrimination

Pedro Gonzalez on Fox News

Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, and Their Nazi Fanboys Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, and Their Nazi Fanboys

The DeSantis and Trump campaigns are hurling accusations of racism against each other. Both are right.

Jun 30, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Ketanji Brown Jackson, associate justice of the US Supreme Court

“A Tragedy for Us All”: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Dissent “A Tragedy for Us All”: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Dissent

The justice did not mince words in her dissent of the conservative supermajority's decision striking down affirmative action in college admissions.

Jun 29, 2023 / Ketanji Brown Jackson

A protester holds a sign reading

The Supreme Court Has Killed Affirmative Action. Mediocre Whites Can Rest Easier. The Supreme Court Has Killed Affirmative Action. Mediocre Whites Can Rest Easier.

The court ended one of our most effective social justice policies because anything that isn’t seen to primarily benefit white people is anathema to this country.

Jun 29, 2023 / Elie Mystal for The Nation

Kennedy Welcoming The Leaders Of The 1963 Civil Rights March On Washington

From Full Employment to Racial Democracy From Full Employment to Racial Democracy

In the second half of the 20th century, Black politics began to shift away from its focus on economic inequality.

Jun 29, 2023 / Column / Adolph Reed Jr.

The Embodied Politics of Black Motherhood

The Embodied Politics of Black Motherhood The Embodied Politics of Black Motherhood

Alienating Black women from our bodies is a strategy for domination. Yet we continue to rise and resist.

Jun 27, 2023 / Feature / Rhea Boyd

A view of the Canadian flag in front of the moon as smoke from forest fires reached the center of Ottawa again on June 25, 2023.

Brace Yourself: Canada’s Wildfires Are Only Intensifying Brace Yourself: Canada’s Wildfires Are Only Intensifying

The smoky skies blanketing Ottawa this past weekend demonstrate that the flames are not about to subside anytime soon.

Jun 26, 2023 / Erica Ifill

Say Gay, to a Floridope

Say Gay, to a Floridope Say Gay, to a Floridope

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis: an animated monstrosity.

Jun 23, 2023 / OppArt / Jesse Duquette and Dara Herman Zierlein

US Attorney General Merrick B. Garland addresses the findings of a Justice Department investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department during a press conference in Minneapolis, Minn., on June 16, 2023.

The Federal Government Is “Affirming Everything That Black People Have Been Saying” The Federal Government Is “Affirming Everything That Black People Have Been Saying”

The Department of Justice report slamming the Minneapolis Police Department is also a cause for hope.

Jun 22, 2023 / Ibrahim Hirsi

Supporters of affirmative action rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on October 31, 2022.

Affirmative Action Is in the Supreme Court’s Crosshairs Affirmative Action Is in the Supreme Court’s Crosshairs

And the man who got it there is not, as he likes to claim, an iconoclastic one-person organization.

Jun 22, 2023 / Column / Kali Holloway

Narendra Modi and Joe Biden meeting

Modi’s Visit to the US Whitewashes India’s Far-Right Violence Modi’s Visit to the US Whitewashes India’s Far-Right Violence

Young Indian-Americans—and Americans at large—cannot ignore President Biden’s tacit endorsement of repression, authoritarianism, and religious intolerance.

Jun 21, 2023 / StudentNation / Shraddha Joshi

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