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May 7, 2015
Matthew Pratt Guterl
What Is David Brooks's Purpose?
The Times columnist says moral debate is dying. He must not be paying attention to #BlackLivesMatter.
May 3, 2015
Suzy Khimm
"We're Going to Protect Our Community Ourselves"
Baltimore's gangs came together to protect their community. But is that all they want?
May 1, 2015
Jamil Smith
Baltimore's Prosecutor Gets It
The charges in the Freddie Gray case show that scaring cops is the best way to fight police abuse
May 1, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Liberal Policies Didn’t Fail Baltimore. Here’s What Did.
May 1, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
The White Man's Bargain
April 30, 2015
Stacia L. Brown
Looking While Black
When eye contact with police is considered a crime
April 29, 2015
Suzy Khimm
"They Can’t Lock Everybody Up"
Counting down to curfew with Freddie Gray's neighbors in Baltimore
April 29, 2015
Stacia L. Brown
Having Black Cops and Black Mayors Doesn't End Police Brutality
A Baltimore writer on racial tension and the limits of diversity
April 6, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Your Sense of Humor Doesn't Have to Match Your Politics
April 6, 2015
Brian Beutler
Make the Confederacy’s Defeat a National Holiday
150 years ago this week, Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union. Let's celebrate it—every year.
March 26, 2015
Leslie M. Harris
The Long, Ugly History of Racism at American Universities
March 25, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
David Brooks Was Right: Anti-Semitism Is a Different Evil
But it's not worse than other bigotries
March 14, 2015
Jamil Smith
Language Police
The NYPD can’t delete brutality from its history.
March 11, 2015
Cristian Farias
The Two Oklahoma Students Expelled for Their Racist Chant Have a Strong Free-Speech Defense
March 10, 2015
Jamil Smith
What Was Being Sold in Selma
Honoring civil rights legends and hawking political agendas
February 20, 2015
Jeet Heer
Making It in (Right-Wing) America
Dinesh D’Souza and the shame of immigrant self-hatred
January 29, 2015
Jeet Heer
The New Republic's Legacy on Race
A historical reflection
January 27, 2015
Zaneta Thayer
Racism Hurts Your Health—and Your Children's, Too
December 23, 2014
Stephen Wolf
Why Is the U.S. Electorate So White? Because Our Voting System Is Broken. Here's How to Fix It.
December 10, 2014
Jonathan Zimmerman
LeBron and Kobe's "I Can't Breathe" Shirts Aren't Brave Enough. They Should Start a Boycott Instead.

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