Whitewashing Trump Country
How the media erases people of color from rural communities
Race
Mirai Nagasu and Chloe Kim Are Not Your Immigrant Fantasy
How the Asian American athletes making history at the Olympics are being co-opted by pro-immigration voices
Rod Dreher’s Race Problem
In wading into the “shithole” debate, Dreher betrays the dark side of his reverence for Western civilization.
Trump, Fox News, and the Mainstreaming of White Nationalism
A racist TV interview helps explain why the president is struggling to cut an immigration deal that averts a government shutdown.
Silicon Valley’s Forgotten Minority
Why Asians remain absent from the tech industry’s highest echelons
The Rise of the Privilege Epiphany
Donald Trump made them realize their dumb luck in life. Now what?
The EPA Doesn’t Want to Hear From Coal Victims
The agency's only public hearing on repealing the Clean Power Plan was held far from the minority communities affected by air pollution.
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Uneasy Hope
The writer's critics call him a cynic. But as a new anthology shows, his thinking has matured in subtle ways over the years.
Long Divisions
The history of racism and exclusion in the United States is the history of whiteness.
The Democrats Are Taking Black Women for Granted
A new poll shows the party's base is losing patience. Women at the Congressional Black Caucus' annual conference explain why.
Redoing the Electoral Math
I argued that demographics favored the Democrats. I was wrong.
Conservatives: Hurricane Heroism Disproves Racism
Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, and other right-wing pundits say heartwarming stories prove there's no such thing as systemic injustice in America.
America Has a Long Tradition of Racist Mob Violence
Charlottesville was just one in a long line of incidents of large-scale, organized white terrorism.
How YouTube Became the Worldwide Leader in White Supremacy
When Google promises to "curb" extremism on its lucrative video platform, it means nothing more than keeping advertisers happy.
The Left’s Blind Spot: Anti-Semitism
The neo-Nazi violence in Charlottesville highlighted the threat against Jews in Trump's America. Why do progressives struggle to recognize that?
Trump’s Fan-Service to His Base Is Tearing America Apart
The president doesn't pretend to represent all citizens—just his most hardcore supporters.
Charlottesville’s Faces of Hate
The white supremacists of the Trump era have no need to don the hood.
Donald Trump, Neo-Nazi Recruiter-in-Chief
The president does not merely "play footsie" with the white supremacists who terrorized Charlottesville. He's the lead proponent of their worldview.
The Left’s Supporting Role in American Hate Theater
White supremacists from the KKK to the alt-right hold rallies solely to troll liberals—and they're succeeding. It's time for a new resistance strategy.
