Recent critiques of “presentism” fail to see that we can’t divorce the past from the present—and that supposedly objective scholarship has long promoted racist narratives and suppressed Black history.

Black Americans largely want the same things that white people do. So why are their demands treated as extreme?

If we want to stop the anger, we need to stop the scorn.

Hate crimes of all kinds, and against all kinds of people, are still far too prevalent in American society. And they are massively underreported.

Washington’s Georgetown Day School does indeed teach inclusion—kind of like Houston’s elite St. John’s School.

Sure, it’s ideology to some extent. But she’s impeccably qualified for a Supreme Court seat. Gee, what else could it be?

The select committee needs to get to the bottom of what happened last January, yes. But it can also perform a broader, and hugely important, function.

Sheryll Cashin’s “White Space, Black Hood” shows how economic discrimination combines with racial injustice in America’s housing policy.

How about we worry a little less about post-verdict demonstrations and a little more about the fascistic hate that is on the rise in the United States?

TNR editor Michael Tomasky talks with Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher about Virginia, race, and whether Democrats can change the dynamic heading into 2022.

The conservative hysteria over critical race theory is ultimately a refusal to acknowledge that the country’s classrooms have always taught a white-centric view of U.S. history.

Why so many white Americans claim to be “allies” in the fight for racial justice

Juneteenth is an opportunity to recover the possibilities of history

A year ago, Christopher Rufo was an obscure documentarian. Now, he’s being invited on Tucker Carlson’s show to gin up fears of Marxism in America.

Even when tenure decisions aren’t influenced by politics, they often exacerbate deep inequalities. And professors who do get tenure are untouchable.

Vanita Gupta and Kristen Clarke are eminently qualified for senior positions in the Justice Department. So why are Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton painting these two nonwhite women as radicals?

Recent works inspired by his fiction struggle to reckon with his racist fantasies.

The essays in “Bland Fanatics” trace today’s crises to a long history of violent colonial oppression.

Moving beyond the Moses Complex

How could someone so telegenic, so witty, and skilled in politics have missed out on higher office?