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Racism
June 5, 2020
Casey Taylor
Nihilism and White Bliss in America’s Most Livable City
On Pittsburgh, the canonization of Mario Lemieux, and stories white progressives like to tell
June 2, 2020
Adam Weinstein
This Is Fascism
Trump is sending an unambiguous message to a country in turmoil—and his armed supporters, from cops to vigilantes, hear it loud and clear.
May 31, 2020
Ryu Spaeth
America’s Social Contract Is Broken
The protests across the country are about more than police violence.
May 30, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
The Deep Amnesia of Our National Conscience
There can be no healing in America without an honest reckoning with racial injustice—but we have long known that.
May 29, 2020
Matt Ford
Trump’s One Constant Is a Fetish for Bloodshed
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, and the president has bunkered down.
May 21, 2020
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
The Unmattering of Black Lives
In the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, we see that the violence of the past is the violence of the present.
May 13, 2020
Nick Martin
The Pandemic That Changed Everything Changed Nothing
In a global health crisis, political déjà vu becomes deadlier.
May 5, 2020
Nick Martin
The All-Consuming White Pandemic Protester
As white armed protesters flood state capitols to be marveled at by the media and left alone by police, workers of color are fighting for their survival.
May 4, 2020
Magazine
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
When Blackness Is a Preexisting Condition
How modern disaster relief has hurt African American communities
April 29, 2020
Adam Weinstein
The Bipartisan Appeal of “Yellow Peril” Politics
The coronavirus pandemic is exactly the excuse Washington has been looking for to start a conflict with China.
April 28, 2020
Nick Martin
Erasing the Dead
Underreporting in communities of color has left us with a distorted view of the pandemic’s true reach—and the lessons we’ll need for next time.
April 28, 2020
Magazine
Adolph Reed Jr.
From Black Power to Black Establishment
The curious legacy of a radical slogan
February 18, 2020
Magazine
Adolph Reed Jr.
Bookerism and the Black Elite
Managing race relations from above
January 22, 2020
Maximillian Alvarez
Mothers Against Vampire Real Estate
In response to a reformist chorus directing them to wait, Moms 4 Housing opted to address a housing crisis with immediate action—and won.
January 20, 2020
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Thomas Geoghegan
Educated Fools
Why Democratic leaders still misunderstand the politics of social class
January 16, 2020
Fabiola Cineas
The Equal Rights Amendment May Have Found Its Moment
A diverse coalition of lawmakers and activists has brought new life to its founding vision.
January 13, 2020
Samer Kalaf
The NFL Owners’ Unyielding Commitment to White Coaches
The Rooney Rule is supposed to ensure that candidates of color get a fair shot in the hiring process, but it's devolved into a sham.
January 6, 2020
Tina Vasquez
Republicans Want to Make White Grievance Genteel Again
In the face of Trump's crude racism, some conservatives are practically begging for a return to the good old days of dog whistles.
January 2, 2020
Magazine
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Naming the Threat
The scourge of police violence targeting Black women
November 26, 2019
Magazine
Adolph Reed Jr.
The New Deal Wasn’t Intrinsically Racist
How today’s focus on “racial disparity” can distort our understanding of structural inequality
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