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December 8, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill
How Democrats Must Fight the Confirmation of Jeff Sessions
The Trump administration-in-waiting will try to paint Sessions as a civil rights advocate. Nothing could be further from the truth.
November 10, 2016
Graham Vyse
Donald Trump Will Have His Eye on You
Edward Snowden warned us about the abuses of our national security state. Now look who's in charge of it.
November 3, 2016
Michelle Dean
Loving Is History at its Best
The movie shows how one couple overturned a racist law—without the usual grand speeches.
October 17, 2016
Jonathan W. Gray
John Lewis’s Long March
Why the Civil Rights leader is telling his life story in a graphic novel.
September 28, 2016
Sarah Jones
Americans are split on the transgender-bathroom issue.
January 18, 2016
Jamil Smith
Martin Luther King, Jr. Doesn’t Belong to You
Many have laid claim to the civil rights legend, obscuring the radicalism of his message.
December 17, 2015
Suzy Khimm
Robert E. Lee will no longer be presiding over traffic in New Orleans.
August 11, 2015
PodcastIntersection
Intersection Episode 2: Give Us the Ballot
June 29, 2015
David H. Gans
A Term to Remember
The Supreme Court gave us a historic year for liberty and equality
June 26, 2015
Brian Beutler
Why Conservatives Should Praise God for the Supreme Court's Gay Marriage Decision
April 7, 2015
Jamil Smith
The Man Who Loves Ferguson (Just as It Is)
An interview with City Council candidate and former mayor Brian Fletcher.
April 6, 2015
Jamil Smith
Does the Black Church Need to Lead the Ferguson Movement?
April 5, 2015
Sam Eifling
Why Wal-Mart's CEO Didn't Stand By While Arkansas Attacked Gay Rights
March 10, 2015
Jamil Smith
What Was Being Sold in Selma
Honoring civil rights legends and hawking political agendas
March 4, 2015
Jamil Smith
You, Too, Can Prevent Police Brutality
The DOJ's Ferguson probe shows why we need to get proactive
February 27, 2015
Cristian Farias
Eric Holder Wants to Lower the Bar for Civil Rights Prosecutions. That's Trickier Than It Sounds.
February 25, 2015
Cristian Farias
Why Is It So Hard to Prove a Civil Rights Crime?
The Zimmerman case reveals the limits of the law—and foreshadows the Ferguson outcome
February 23, 2015
Cristian Farias
John Legend Made the Most Important Point at the Oscars
February 10, 2015
Cristian Farias
Another Battle Begins in Ferguson—This Time, in Federal Court
January 29, 2015
Jeet Heer
The New Republic's Legacy on Race
A historical reflection

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