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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Pity the Purist in the GOP Primaries (A Tear for Bobby Jindal)
Apr 27, 2015To win the presidential election will require selective dissents and little blasphemies.
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How Progressive Policies Can Lead to a Democratic Majority
Apr 24, 2015The new American electorate could offer a durable majority--if Democrats address economic needs with progressive policies, not centrist ones.
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How the Decline of Southern White Evangelicals Fuels the Passage of 'Religious Freedom' Laws
Apr 21, 2015They've been the driving force behind anti-LGBT legislation. But now their numbers are falling off.
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Calls From Home
Apr 16, 2015In a region dominated by coal companies and privatized prisons, activist Amelia Kirby charts a new path for her community.
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Janet Mock's Brilliant Cultural Insurgency
Apr 13, 2015As perhaps the most visible trans woman in the public eye, being herself—and having fun doing it—is the feminist TV journalist's wildly effective form of activism.
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Today's GOP: The Party of Jefferson Davis -- Not Lincoln
Apr 10, 2015If you think the Civil War is over, think again.
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Brewing Human Rights Crisis in Baltimore as City Threatens Mass Water Shutoffs
Apr 08, 2015Residents warn move is part of global trend towards the 'commodification of our basic needs.'
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Raising Wages From the Bottom Up
Apr 06, 2015Three ways city and state governments can make the difference.
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Raising Wages From the Bottom Up
Apr 06, 2015Three ways city and state governments can make the difference.
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Miscarriage of Justice: Asian-American Women Targeted -- and All Women Threatened -- by Feticide Laws Like Indiana's
Apr 03, 2015Purvi Patel's pregnancy ended with a medical emergency—and a 20-year prison sentence.
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This Is No Time for Liberals to Give Up on Israel
Apr 03, 2015Because of Netanyahu's bellicosity—and Republican support for it—it's now possible in Washington to argue about Israel. With so much at stake, liberals must.
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The Crisis of Black Unemployment: Still Higher Than Pre-Recession Levels
Apr 02, 2015Despite increasing hires of black workers, the employment gap between African Americans and whites remains high.
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How a Campus Radical Became the First Woman to Run White House Photography Operation
Mar 30, 2015Sharon Farmer says she "never kissed enough butt" to land a job on staff at a national newspaper. Then the White House hired her for the job of a lifetime.
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Those Rootin' Tootin' Shootin' GOP Presidential Candidates
Mar 30, 2015Most of the Republicans running for president are gun-owners. It isn't going to help them.
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Legions of Women Workers in U.S. Still Lack Minimum Wage and Labor Protections
Mar 27, 2015The legacy of slavery and prescribed gender roles continues to rob millions of their fair share.
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