Racism and Discrimination

How Republicans Can Reach African-Americans How Republicans Can Reach African-Americans

For starters, they can lay off of the racism.

Jan 2, 2012 / Jamelle Bouie

All-American Shame: A Wake-Up Call From This Week in TV All-American Shame: A Wake-Up Call From This Week in TV

What we need to combat anti-Muslim bias is exactly what All-American Muslim is doing—exposing non-Muslims to the utterly normal lives of our Muslim neighbors.

Dec 13, 2011 / Ilyse Hogue

“Mommy, Where Are All the Black Kids?” “Mommy, Where Are All the Black Kids?”

HIGH SCHOOL FINALIST: A Black face in my high school would become as foreign as a repressed memory that everyone just seemed to forget existed.  

Dec 2, 2011 / Ashley Arkhurst

False Comforts: On Randall Kennedy

False Comforts: On Randall Kennedy False Comforts: On Randall Kennedy

Randall Kennedy is fascinated by a paradox: the color line's persistence and its seeming implosion.

Nov 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jim Sleeper

College Students, Blackface and How to Talk About Race

College Students, Blackface and How to Talk About Race College Students, Blackface and How to Talk About Race

A few thoughts on how younger people view racism these days. 

Nov 18, 2011 / Jamelle Bouie

Herman Cain: What Hi-Tech Lynching?

Herman Cain: What Hi-Tech Lynching? Herman Cain: What Hi-Tech Lynching?

More than two weeks after the GOP candidate was accused of sexual harassment, Republican men still support him.

Nov 16, 2011 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

Race and Occupy Wall Street

Race and Occupy Wall Street Race and Occupy Wall Street

“Is OWS diverse enough?” is not the right question. The real challenge is ensuring the movement has a racial justice agenda.

Oct 26, 2011 / Feature / Rinku Sen

Another Racial Misstep for Perry? Another Racial Misstep for Perry?

Rick Perry’s campaign, beset by a report that his hunting ranch had a racist name, makes a questionable scheduling decision.

Oct 11, 2011 / Ben Adler

Video: Dave Zirin Talks Hank Williams Jr., ESPN’s Troubled Politics Video: Dave Zirin Talks Hank Williams Jr., ESPN’s Troubled Politics

Nation sports columnist Dave Zirin takes on the controversy surrounding Williams's comments in a spirited debate on ESPN yesterday.

Oct 7, 2011 / Press Room

Black Women Still in Defense of Ourselves Black Women Still in Defense of Ourselves

Sexual harassment had been a common experience of black women’s work life since they arrived in America, and it was black women plaintiffs who first comprehended that sexual ...

Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw

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