Race & Ethnicity
Editors' Picks
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Black America's Promised Land: Why I Am Still a Racial Optimist
Nov 10, 2014Hope and pessimism have defined two traditions of American thinking about race. Fully acknowledging recent setbacks, the author makes the case for the tradition of hope.
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The Making of Ferguson: How Decades of Hostile Policy Created a Powder Keg
Oct 13, 2014Long before the shooting of Michael Brown, official racial-isolation policies primed Ferguson for this summer’s events.
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Last Day of a Young Black Man
Jul 23, 2013Fruitvale Station's intimate portrait of Oscar Grant promises better days ahead for black film.
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Trayvon Martin, Blackness, and America's Fear of Crime
Jul 16, 2013Further thoughts on pathology and "black on black" crime.
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Race or Class? The Future of Affirmative Action on the College Campus
Jun 22, 2014Focusing college-student recruitment on poor neighborhoods can overlook middle-class African Americans entitled to affirmative action.
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How the American South Drives the Low-Wage Economy
Jul 06, 2015Just as in the 1850s (with the Dred Scott decision and the Fugitive Slave Act), the Southern labor system (with low pay and no unions) is wending its way north.
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Immigration and America's Urban Revival
Jul 07, 2015The evidence favors a hypothesis many Americans reject: Immigration has helped reduce crime and revitalize city economies.
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Urban Policing, Without Brutality
Jul 20, 2015Cincinnati has emerged as a role model of policing reform—but even the best-in-show has a long way to go.
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The Inclusive Strength of #BlackLivesMatter
Aug 02, 2015Why the fast-growing movement has been intertwined with labor, economic justice, immigration, and LGBT rights from the beginning.
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Racism on Camera
Jul 30, 2015The recent wave of police violence isn't anything new. It's just been caught on video.
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Bernie Learns His Lesson -- But Have the Rest of Us?
Jul 29, 2015The progressive movement has a race problem.
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Why Netroots Nation Was Exactly the Right Place for a #BlackLivesMatter Protest
Jul 22, 2015When you’re not being heard by your own side, it’s time to make noise.
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The Evolving Politics of Punk in the Nation's Capital
Jul 15, 2015Retrospective projects like the library's new Punk Archive uncover D.C.'s radical past, but the scene remains at the center of the struggle for inclusion and human rights.
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Why Don't Settlements Over Brutality Come Out of Police Budgets?
Jul 15, 2015New York City's recent $5.9 million settlement with the family of Eric Garner leaves the NYPD's budget unscathed.
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The Progressive Victory You Haven't Heard Of: NYC's Ban on Employment Credit Checks
Jul 09, 2015The new law prohibits the discriminatory screening process, which disproportionately affects the poor and communities of color.
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The Supreme Court's Challenge to Housing Segregation
Jul 05, 2015For decades, the Fair Housing Act's potential was squandered. A recent Court decision may finally change that.
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Say Her Name: Billie Holiday and the Erasure of Black Women's Experience
Jul 01, 2015It’s been 100 years since the birth of the American musical genius, yet for girls born today into communities like hers, little has changed.
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A Good Week for America
Jun 29, 2015On a number of fronts, real progressive change is on the horizon.
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Removing the Confederate Flag is Easy. Fixing Racism is Hard.
Jun 24, 2015Progressives risk being a bit too smug in the aftermath of the Charleston massacre.
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Even Republicans Are Coming Around on the Confederate Flag
Jun 21, 2015Soon, conservative politicians won't even be able to dodge the question.
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Real Diversity Is About Confronting Power
Jun 11, 2015Names, barriers, and the politics of race in American education.
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Minorities in Minneapolis: Underprivileged and Over-Policed
Jun 02, 2015Behind its progressive reputation, Minneapolis is a deeply divided city.
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Needed: Prophetic Voices
Jun 01, 2015Searching for leaders who, like King, can challenge people and nations to become their best selves.
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