Long before the shooting of Michael Brown, official racial-isolation policies primed Ferguson for this summer’s events.
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Posted inBooks
Race or Class? The Future of Affirmative Action on the College Campus
Focusing college-student recruitment on poor neighborhoods can overlook middle-class African Americans entitled to affirmative action.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
The Revolt of the Cities
During the past 20 years, immigrants and young people have transformed the demographics of urban America. Now, they’re transforming its politics and mapping the future of liberalism.
Posted inEconomic Policy
When Shareholder Capitalism Came to Town
The rise in inequality can be blamed on the shift from managerial to shareholder capitalism.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
What’s Killing Poor White Women?
For most Americans, life expectancy continues to rise—but not for uneducated white women. They have lost five years, and no one knows why.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Last Day of a Young Black Man
Fruitvale Station’s intimate portrait of Oscar Grant promises better days ahead for black film.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trayvon Martin, Blackness, and America’s Fear of Crime
Further thoughts on pathology and “black on black” crime.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Fundamentals of Immigration Reform
To begin fixing America’s broken system, we must be guided by both our highest values and our economic needs.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
My So-Called Ex-Gay Life
A deep look at the fringe movement that just lost its only shred of scientific support.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Solidarity Squandered
The September 11 attacks brought us together until we let them turn us against each other–and damn near everyone else.