And even the most anodyne acknowledgements of his passing bring out the troglodytes.
Race & Ethnicity
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Is de Blasio Copping Out Already?
The Mayor-elect’s police commish pick could augur less than progressive things for New York City’s future.
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Reversing Broward County’s School-to-Prison Pipeline
The story behind the so-far successful crusade to end disproportionate student arrests and suspensions in one Florida school district.Â
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America in Words and in the Crosshairs
This week’s anniversaries of the Gettysburg Address and JFK’s death are reminders of the true audacity of our democracy.
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Civil-Rights Law Dodges a Bullet in Mount Holly
Good news! A crucial civil-rights case will no longer involve the Roberts Court.Â
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The Radicalism of Dallas, 1963
Extremism was in the city’s air when John F. Kennedy was killed, fed by rhetoic not unlike that of today’s Tea Party. The authors of Dallas 1963 on the city’s social turmoil.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
12 Years a Female Slave—Not Coming to a Theatre Near You
We can’t fully understand American slavery and its legacy without mining the diversity of enslaved experience in scholarship as well as film.
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The Supreme Court v. Civil RIghts
The Supreme Court plays an outsize role in limiting Congress’s ability to protect disadvantaged groups.
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When Kids Stand Their Ground
Violence-prevention groups are trying to teach young people that there are ways to resolve conflict without guns. Permissive gun legislation makes their jobs difficult.
