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February 23, 2015
Cristian Farias
John Legend Made the Most Important Point at the Oscars
February 22, 2015
Aurin Squire
Why 'Selma' Didn't Win Best Picture
February 20, 2015
Jamil Smith
Obama Loves America, But Not the One Giuliani Does
February 19, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
The Rise of Feelings Journalism
A condescending article about Jessica Williams is part of an unfortunate media trend
February 18, 2015
Cristian Farias
Will Congress Accept Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Challenge?
February 12, 2015
Aurin Squire
The FBI Director Just Gave a Historic Speech on Race. It Was 30 Years Too Late.
February 12, 2015
Cristian Farias
Bill de Blasio Is Caving to New York Cops
What happened to the mayor's pledge to reform the NYPD?
February 11, 2015
Donovan X. Ramsey
Want to Stop Police Brutality? Start Disciplining Officers.
February 10, 2015
Kashann Kilson
Iggy Azalea Gets Away With Reverse Minstrelsy Because There's a Market for It
February 10, 2015
Cristian Farias
Another Battle Begins in Ferguson—This Time, in Federal Court
February 10, 2015
Stacia L. Brown
Meet the Black _________
The problem with racial equivalencies
February 6, 2015
Jazmine Hughes
How Many White People Does It Take to Ruin a Good Joke?
The gentrification of racial humor
February 5, 2015
Nathan J. Robinson
No One Should Have to Walk 21 Miles to Work
A Detroit man's awful commute epitomizes America's broken policies.
January 30, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
A Texas Law Would Let Teachers Shoot Students Who "Threaten" School Property. Guess Which Students Would Suffer Most?
January 30, 2015
Jamil Smith
The Invisible Josh Gordon
The troubled NFL player's letter was a plea not for help, but to be seen
January 29, 2015
Jeet Heer
The New Republic's Legacy on Race
A historical reflection
January 28, 2015
Dan Slater
It's Easy to Murder a Black Man in America and Get Away With It
A journalist's ten-year investigation of inner-city violence
January 21, 2015
Janell Ross
People in Neighborhoods with High Incarceration Rates Are More Likely to Suffer from Depression and Anxiety
January 19, 2015
Matthew Pratt Guterl
What Today's Civil Rights Protesters Could Learn From Josephine Baker's Iconoclasm
January 9, 2015
Sam Eifling
A Supposed Anonymous Member Threatened a Cyberattack on America's "Most Racist" Town. Its Residents Don't Deserve It.

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