Showing results for: white supremacy (page 86)
Dear White America: Your working class is literally dying—and this is your idea of an answer?
Chauncey DeVega
Research shows an alarming rise in mortality amongst white Americans. The cause is obvious, and yet it's ignored
The Spike Lee “Chi-raq” trap: For black directors, even a film trailer is an impossibly high-stakes release
Shannon M. Houston
Criticism of Lee's latest film is heating up before the movie even opens — that's the burden of representation
Sympathy is for white people: The “60 Minutes” segment that highlights America’s startling double standard on addiction
Chauncey DeVega
The CBS newsmagazine highlighted the nation's growing heroin crisis. What was conspicuously missing? Context
Quit it with the secret KKK rumors! Modern-day racism doesn’t come in a hood
Amanda Marcotte
The Internet is on fire with totally implausible claims of secret KKK membership. But modern racism isn't hidden
When Texas fell to the wingnuts: The secret history of the Southern strategy, modern conservatism and the Lone Star State
Edward H. Miller
On Nov. 22, 1963, John Kennedy knew he was heading to Texas "nut country." Here's how it got so crazy
She was guilty of being a black girl: The mundane terror of police violence in American schools
Brittney Cooper
The video of a South Carolina police officer assaulting a young students tells you everything you need to know
White America will ignore this video: The hideous & predictable violence of our schools, our legal system, our society
Chauncey DeVega
The police officer who assaulted a black student on camera will be treated like an outlier — but he isn't
Tony Blair is sorry for Iraq; Jeb will barely admit George W. Bush was president on 9/11
Ben Norton
British PM Blair said he was sorry for Iraq War, yet Jeb & other American politicians won't even admit it was bad
Ben Carson’s sick historic fantasies: The nonsense GOP front-runner sells his racist, reactionary, low-information base
Chauncey DeVega
Obamacare is slavery? Jews should have armed themselves? Ben Carson bold assault on the truth continues
We’re getting the right all wrong: The surprising origins of modern conservative movement
Elias Isquith
The conservative movement began in 1930s California, UC Davis professor and historian Kathryn Olmsted tells Salon
The gun crisis we aren’t talking about: Black women are under attack — and America doesn’t care
Brittney Cooper
Once every 19 hours, a black woman is killed by a man—but the typical dialogue on guns makes these crimes invisible
Sorry, Fox News: Captain America has long been a liberal, anti-nationalist character
Amanda Marcotte
Conservatives are throwing a fit because Captain America opposes nationalism. Which is what he's always done.
Since when is Ronda Rousey a role model?
Matt Saccaro
The UFC champ is everyone's favorite new badass, now that her history of transphobia and violence are being ignored
Bill O’Reilly’s absurd “Black KKK” lie: Explaining the history that dismantles his slanderous Black Lives Matter crusade
Chauncey DeVega
The Fox News host is now comparing black protesters with the KKK. Here's why he couldn't be more offensively wrong
The horrifying lesson of Tamir Rice: White America will use “objectivity” to justify the murder of black children
Brittney Cooper
A child with a toy gun was shot dead on a moment's notice. There is no justice as long as this tragedy is excused
America’s long, dark history of “objectively reasonable” murder
Chauncey DeVega
Tamir Rice was killed by police officers in the blink of an eye. They won't be punished. This is by design
The right’s nauseating Columbus Day hate: Fox News, Trump, Limbaugh embolden white supremacist Twitter
Amanda Marcotte
It's a short putt from "cuckservative" to the racist bile being spewed all over Twitter today
Henry Kissinger, dangerous fraud: Why he’s as responsible for Iraq and the Middle East as Vietnam
Corey Robin
He was a mad man, not a realist. He paved the way for disaster after disaster. We still think about him all wrong
The big “black racism” lie: The toxic right-wing trope that shrouds the truth about white supremacy
Chauncey DeVega
Anthea Butler's criticism of Ben Carson has the right braying about the "real" racists. Here's what they're up to
10 (often painful) truths about being black in America
LeRon Barton
Race permeates every facet of my life. No matter where I go, no matter what I do, I can never forget my skin color
Noam Chomsky: America is a plutocracy masquerading as a democracy
Sincere T. Kirabo
The linguist and political scientist weighs in on the forthcoming elections and our politicians' radical move right
“Yes, I drank the goat’s blood”: Libertarian senate candidate also promises a second Civil War if elected
Scott Eric Kaufman
Why yes, he's from Florida — why do you ask?
Bill O’Reilly’s phony new war: The war on cops is as make-believe as the war on Christmas
Musa al-Gharbi
Fox News and the GOP are gearing up for a "law and order" campaign. But that doesn't mean Democrats get it, either
“You think the f*cking Tea Party determines public policy?”: Dick Gregory on racism, the 1 percent and why black Americans are angry at the wrong people
Arthur Chu
"White American racists were more vicious than Hitler," activist and comedian Dick Gregory tells Salon
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