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Race & Ethnicity
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Governor of Texas Nods to White Supremacist Violence
Greg Abbott’s pardon is an attack on multiracial democracy.
Posted inLaw and Justice
‘Brown’ at 70
The rhetorically modest but functionally powerful ruling that ended segregation shouldn’t be misused to forestall other efforts at racial equality.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Republican Court Rulings Keep Helping Republicans Win Elections
A redistricting case from Louisiana that could get resolved today illustrates the way conservative judges handle voting rights cases with their thumbs on the scale.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trendy Nonsense About Gen Z
It comes in two flavors, economic and psychological.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Who Created the Israel-Palestine Conflict?
It wasn’t really Jews or Palestinians. It was the U.S. Congress, which closed American borders 100 years ago this month.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
A Tacoma Community Sees Environmental Racism in Warehouse Project
Construction is under way in a city neighborhood already harmed by decades of air and water pollution.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Flint’s Never-Ending Water Crisis and ‘Punishment Nightmare’
Corporate executives meet in Paris, Washington delays restitution, and the city dithers over pipe replacements.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Investing in Distress
Tax lien investing allows hedge funds and private equity firms to exploit mostly poor, elderly Black and Latino homeowners, leveraging the machinery of local tax enforcement.
Posted inWorking in America
The UAW’s Chattanooga Victory: Score One for the North in Our Endless Civil War
We still have two labor systems, and need mass unionization to end our immense inequality, which has its roots in the South.