Crank ideas have always flourished in times of great instability and inequality.

In a rebuttal to Mitch McConnell—and possibly Joe Biden—Ta-Nehisi Coates helped House Democrats start a conversation on slavery, racism, and reparations.

Turns out the last refuge of a scoundrel isn't patriotism—it's racism.

A Republican "autopsy" of 2018 losses in Wisconsin shows a party struggling to reconcile racist policies with midwestern politics.

The far right fears nothing more than public humiliation.

As capitalism starts to crumble, hate finds a familiar foothold.

The Pentagon is set to expand its role in immigration enforcement—and that violates an important civil rights law with an obscure Latin name.

How shock jock comedy gave way to Donald Trump’s Republican Party

What the Christchurch mass shooter's manifesto reveals about the way jokes and memes are used on the racist right

America seems to be in the midst of a full-blown panic attack. Is there anything we can do about it?

The Virginia governor's response to the revelations about his racist yearbook pages is as disqualifying as the scandal itself.

The case of Johnny Lee Gates shows the unconscionable legal hurdles facing the wrongly convicted.

What neuroscience tells us about the persistence of hatred

The FDA's new proposal stirs up an old, complicated debate.

Focusing on Muslim antipathy towards Jews lets the rest of the country off the hook.

The alt-right and other ethno-nationalist groups are falling apart, but their ideas are still in power.

An administration plan to punish legal residents who use public benefits is part of an ugly history of racializing welfare recipients in America.