Race

Is gun control racist?

A new ad from a black conservative group sees echoes of Jim Crow in proposals to expand background checks VIDEO

Alex Seitz-Wald Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 4:24 PM UTC 17
Politics Video, Gun Control, Guns, Race

“The New Mind of the South”: Not your daddy’s Dixie

A daughter of the South says the region is changing more than even those who live there realize

Laura Miller Sunday, Mar 17, 2013 10:30 PM UTC 60
Entertainment What to Read, Books, Nonfiction

The South still lies about the Civil War

In an ongoing revisionist history effort, Southern schools and churches still pretend the war wasn't about slavery

Tracy Thompson Saturday, Mar 16, 2013 12:30 PM UTC 597
Life Books, Civil War, South, Race

How to fight voter suppression

The anniversary of Bloody Sunday brings key lessons for today's voting rights movement

Gary May Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 7:49 PM UTC
Politics Selma, Voting Rights, Race

In prison debate, race overshadows poverty

The way to stop filling up prisons is to end the War on Drugs, curb inequality and change our perspective on class

Mugambi Jouet Friday, Mar 1, 2013 9:23 PM UTC
Politics Criminal Justice System

Supreme Court: Racism deniers?

If the Scalia wing strikes down the Voting Rights Act, it thinks we're beyond our history of racial bias

Paul Campos Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 6:41 PM UTC 37
Politics Supreme Court, Race

Study: Wealth gap between whites and blacks has ballooned

Research finds institutional practices and structures helped determine vast expansion in race wealth gap

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 5:12 PM UTC
Life Race, disparity, Wealth, wealth gap

“Negro” to be dropped from census surveys

The controversial term appeared as an ethnic identifier as recently as the 2010 census

Natasha Lennard Monday, Feb 25, 2013 9:17 PM UTC
Life Race, Census, negro

Liberal racial hypocrisy

Killing people of color just for being a suspected threat is a total outrage for liberals. Well, sometimes

Falguni A. Sheth Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 115
Politics Xenophobia, Race, Racism

Oscar loves a white savior

If a movie features white people rescuing people of color from their plight, odds are high an Oscar will follow SLIDE SHOW

David Sirota Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 7:10 PM UTC 164
Oscars oscars 2013, Race

New data: Whites twice as likely to own guns

A previously unreleased survey shows whites far more likely to own guns, and oppose reform, than blacks or Latinos

Alex Seitz-Wald Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 8:16 PM UTC 73
Politics Guns, Gun Control, Polling, Race

Targeted killings: OK if Obama does it?

Salon exclusive: Study finds "liberals" more likely to favor targeted killings once they know it’s Obama's policy

Joan Walsh Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 131
News Barack Obama, Targeted killings

Sports Illustrated uses people of color as props in swimsuit issue

The magazine is the latest to stir controversy by using people of color as background fodder

Katie Mcdonough Friday, Feb 15, 2013 11:54 PM UTC 44
Life Race, Culture

Understanding Christopher Dorner

The ex-cop was a product of a society gone mad on racism and war -- and a state that aggressively punishes dissent

Matthew Cunningham-Cook, Jacobin Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 11:26 PM UTC 84
Life Jacobin, christopher dorner, LAPD

Julia Scheeres was losing her religion

In "Jesus Land," a memoirst reckons with an Evangelical upbringing and the grief of her brother's death

Kyle Minor Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Religion, julia scheeres, Memoir

Shonda Rhimes: “Calling a show a ‘guilty pleasure’ — it’s like saying it’s a piece of crap”

The creator of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" explores the ethos of immorality -- and the insult she really hates

Willa Paskin Sunday, Feb 10, 2013 9:30 PM UTC
Entertainment shonda rhimes, TV, Television

Is essayist Eula Biss Joan Didion’s heiress apparent?

"Notes From No Man's Land" traverses the American culture and landscape to confront a long history of racism

Kyle Minor Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment The Listener, audible, Audiobooks

Bring back shushing librarians

Library users plead for quiet places to read, write and study — but is anybody listening?

Laura Miller Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 47
Entertainment Libraries and librarians

What is a black conservative doing in Hannah Horvath’s bed?

Black conservatives have long been used as props by the GOP — and now by Lena Dunham, on Sunday night's "Girls"

Irin Carmon Monday, Jan 21, 2013 1:17 PM UTC
Life Girls, Lena Dunham

“Girls” recap: You reap what you show

Everyone puts themselves out there, fishing for feedback — but no one likes what they hear

Lizzie Skurnick Monday, Jan 21, 2013 4:00 AM UTC 16
Entertainment Girls, Lena Dunham, Sex, sexuality

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