Racism and Discrimination

Melissa Harris-Perry Gives Haley Barbour a History Lesson Melissa Harris-Perry Gives Haley Barbour a History Lesson

Misremembering the Citizens Councils has dangerous implications for the present.

Dec 22, 2010 / Press Room

Melissa Harris-Perry Gives Haley Barbour a History Lesson Melissa Harris-Perry Gives Haley Barbour a History Lesson

Misremembering the Citizens Councils has dangerous implications for the present.

Dec 22, 2010 / MSNBC

Haley Barbour is No Martin Luther King or Even Jimmy Carter Haley Barbour is No Martin Luther King or Even Jimmy Carter

Short observations on the Jim Crow-era White Citizens Councils.

Dec 21, 2010 / Eric Alterman

And Now: Anti-Semitism

And Now: Anti-Semitism And Now: Anti-Semitism

Glenn Beck is only the latest of the deranged people, movements and governments that, inevitably, find their way to anti-Semitism.

Dec 2, 2010 / Feature / Jonathan Schell

Save the Children?

Save the Children? Save the Children?

Adoption has become a form of trafficking in and of itself.

Dec 2, 2010 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Are Canadian Colleges Too Asian? Nope. Are Canadian Colleges Too Asian? Nope.

 Why the controversial Maclean's On Campus article, "Too Asian," is lazy and inaccurate.

Nov 19, 2010 / StudentNation / Braden Goyette

For Colored Girls, Is Tyler Perry’s Film Enuf? For Colored Girls, Is Tyler Perry’s Film Enuf?

To hear Tyler Perry tell it, black women are forever in flux amidst hate. But the original For Colored Girls grappled with much more than the weight of trauma, injustice and abuse.

Nov 12, 2010 / Courtney Young

Slide Show: Were The Newburgh Four Victims of FBI Entrapment?

Slide Show: Were The Newburgh Four Victims of FBI Entrapment? Slide Show: Were The Newburgh Four Victims of FBI Entrapment?

On October 18, 2010, a federal jury convicted David Williams IV, James Cromitie, Onta Williams and Laguerre Payen on charges of conspiring to fire missiles at military planes and o…

Nov 12, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Bush’s Nadir Bush’s Nadir

Kanye West wasn't just calling George W. Bush a racist. He was, essentially, calling Bush a traitor.

Nov 10, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Nation Conversations: Amitava Kumar and Hari Kunzru on Islamophobia Nation Conversations: Amitava Kumar and Hari Kunzru on Islamophobia

At the conclusion of a campaign season marred by Islamaphobic flash-points, how will politicians' increasing scapegoating of Muslim communities play out on the national and inter...

Nov 8, 2010 / The Nation

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