Race
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An expert on Black voting explains what’s really happening with Black support for Donald Trump.
An expert on Black voting explains what’s really happening with Black support for Donald Trump.
The acclaimed writer takes on another intractable problem.
The US has often singled out Haitian immigrants. GOP attacks are the latest example.
Preliminary data shows a negative impact on Black enrollment at some universities.
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Apparently, when you are a Republican political candidate you can say literally anything.
People of color are more likely to be vegan. But the animal rights movement still has a white face.
We are living through an inflection point in America’s relationship with guns. There may be no going back.
The scholar who coined “intersectionality” explains why those fundraisers from white Harris supporters really do matter.
Give Trump a platform and he’ll remind people how unlikable he is.
Identity is complicated, and she shouldn’t have to choose just one.
A conversation with author Nathalie Etoke on Black existentialism and the case for tragic optimism.
Thanks to an opinion by Sam Alito, rigged maps now enjoy the Supreme Court’s unambiguous support.
Multiple federal courts are fighting over Louisiana’s illegal racial gerrymander.
It is no longer safe to organize a protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas.
What the debate over “white rural rage” misses.
Simmering tensions between traditionalist Republican judges and MAGA judges are starting to boil over.
The film’s Japan premiere renews critiques about what the movie omitted.
Jenn Tran, a physician assistant student from Miami, has been named the new Bachelorette.
Six former police officers tortured two Black men. They’re getting sentenced this week.
In a dissenting opinion, Alito takes a potshot at Bush’s signature racial justice program.
They’re emblematic of how the awards have failed Black artists.
The guy behind the Harvard lawsuit attacking affirmative action turns his ire on the service academies.
The Fifth Circuit decided to obey the law, for a change.
The justices may have stepped away from their unrelenting hostility toward voting rights plaintiffs.
A SCOTUS case about disabled travelers is likely to end in a whimper. That’s probably the best possible outcome.
Michael Oher says the story of his adoption by a white family was never true and that they exploited him.
The new show’s hair and wardrobe team explain the significance of these seemingly small choices.
Ta’Kiya Young’s fatal shooting — and bodycam footage — renews scrutiny of police violence.
The Asian American candidate is peddling a dangerous message.
The shooting adds to a litany of anti-Black attacks in recent years.
The outcome of the Tory Lanez shooting trial won’t erase Megan Thee Stallion’s pain.
The Court ordered Alabama to draw a second congressional district where Black voters can elect their chosen candidate.
Legacy admits, athletic recruits, and the children of donors, faculty members, and VIPs still have a leg up under the Supreme Court’s new ruling.
The way to beat a partisan Supreme Court is to hold a grudge against it for a really long time.
France finds itself at the center of the global reckoning over police violence.
Everything you need to know about the two cases that will likely have sweeping implications for race-conscious admissions at US colleges and beyond.
The debate has long tapped into American resentments and anxieties. The Supreme Court’s decision may quiet one controversy, but new battles rage.
What America will lose, now that affirmative action is effectively gone.
A rogue federal court has spent years harassing a prominent civil rights advocate.
The uprisings sparked a national conversation about race and policing in America.
There’s no cure for the effects of pervasive discrimination, but there are steps you can take to help heal.
The holiday’s 159-year history holds a lot of meaning in the fight for Black liberation today.
Daniel Penny has now been indicted in connection with the tragic killing, which came in a climate of fearmongering and New York City’s long failure to support people experiencing homelessness.