There was only one thug in that convenience store parking lot, and it wasn’t Jordan Davis.
Race & Ethnicity
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Racial Fears, Gun Fantasies, and Another Dead Teenager
In the case of Jordan Davis, the intersection of race and firearms turned deadly.
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Michael Sam, “Distraction”
Claims by anonymous officials that Sam will bring negative PR to the NFL are functionally and morally indistinguishable from simple bigotry.
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A Mighty Shout in North Carolina
The Moral Monday movement entered its second year with a bang on Saturday. But can it channel that upbeat energy to reverse a conservative tide?
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The Mythical Monolith
Latinos have the power to revolutionize American politics. But first they have to vote.
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Why Obama Should Take a Cue from Gerald Ford on Crack Pardons
A ’70s-style clemency board could free thousands still serving unjust crack sentences—and restore faith in presidential pardons
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Now It’s Time to Talk About Chicago’s Tale of Two Cities
Rahm Emanuel’s economic politics put him at the far right wing of the Democratic Party and out of step with the current breed of populist big-city leadership.
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Stevie Sings for Martin Luther King
How Stevie Wonder and Coretta Scott King worked in perfect harmony to beat Jesse Helms and create a national holiday.
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The Urban Poor Shall Inherit Poverty
Sociologist Patrick Sharkey proves a mother’s insecure upbringing harms her child as surely as a neighbor’s broken window.
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What Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson Can Teach Us about Empathy
Being a thinking person requires you to ask whether your youthful perspective on things reflected reality.
