In Ryan Lee Wong’s novel, a young activist gets caught up in his own idealism.

Most members of the Congressional Black Caucus agree that the ban is a great move. So why is Al Sharpton taking the side of R.J. Reynolds?

Hate crimes of all kinds, and against all kinds of people, are still far too prevalent in American society. And they are massively underreported.

Kshama Sawant brought an uncommon passion to a successful stint on the City Council. It may now be her undoing.

As Kyle Rittenhouse walks free, Black people sit in prison for resisting the deadly conditions of their lives.

Both trials involve armed white men who deputized themselves to kill, but the disparate response to the two cases is deeply revealing.

By shedding the detritus of race-based nationalism, today’s insurgents have harnessed the power of white innocence.

From The New York Times to Instagram, a recent genre of self-help writing wants you to think the last 16 months were really just an opportunity to become your best self.

The Biden administration is investigating the Minneapolis Police Department, but history shows that the government’s power to rein in cop culture is limited.

Across the country, right-wing Catholic clerics are weaponizing their rites to own the libs.

The last decade’s cycle of uprisings and protests has demonstrated more than a confrontation with white supremacy; it has been the most explosive articulation of a crisis in Black politics.

Our inability to truly conspire is why so many people are struggling today.

How Republicans across the country came to endorse a terrorist tactic against protesters

If George Floyd was somehow culpable in his own death, the defense seemed to argue, then so were the bystanders.

What is lost when we fail to name Everard’s alleged killer as a cop?

The Biden administration is reviving the legal and moral case for slavery reparations.

Equality of opportunity is important, too, but it’s not enough to fix the vast economic disparities in America today.

As law enforcement agencies search their ranks for extremists, deeper questions have emerged about the racist, conspiratorial thinking embedded in those institutions.

A turn toward nationalism following the MAGA storm on D.C. erases the Black radical tradition of rebellion—and endangers its future.

From “Everybody Hates Bill” to “Go Home Jacob,” it’s been a rough year for the faces of local power.