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April 24, 2015
Jeet Heer
Acting Without Thinking
The most effective protest movements have been enriched by debating ideas and strategy
April 19, 2015
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Michael Eric Dyson
The Ghost of Cornel West
What happened to America's most exciting black scholar?
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April 17, 2015
Jeet Heer
Science Fiction's White Boys' Club Strikes Back
April 9, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
“Jewish Privilege” Doesn't Exist—But Jews Can Benefit From Whiteness
April 8, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Killing of Walter Scott Sheds Light on the Problem of Police Lying
April 7, 2015
Brian Beutler
Southerners Shouldn't Take Attacks on the Confederacy Personally
And they should embrace the idea of celebrating the country's reunion
April 7, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Does the Holocaust Discount Jewish White Privilege?
April 3, 2015
Jamil Smith
Ferguson Faces Its Future
Tuesday's election is the first since Michael Brown's death
April 2, 2015
Noah Berlatsky
Why "Indie" Music Is So Unbearably White
March 18, 2015
Cristian Farias
"Hands Up, Don't Shoot" Was Not Built on a Lie
Ferguson's message is as powerful as ever.
March 17, 2015
Victoria Bond
'The Color Purple' Is a Cultural Touchstone for Black Female Self-Love
March 17, 2015
Chloe Angyal
Being White Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry
How the Oklahoma frat scandal exposes a racial double standard
March 13, 2015
Cristian Farias
Comment on Ferguson? Not My Job, Says Justice Stephen Breyer.
March 11, 2015
Jamil Smith
Waka Flocka Flame Didn't Make Anyone Say the N-Word
March 10, 2015
Jamil Smith
What Was Being Sold in Selma
Honoring civil rights legends and hawking political agendas
March 6, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Catholic Church Opposes the Death Penalty. Why Don't White Catholics?
March 3, 2015
Cristian Farias
Another Police Killing, Another Twitter Hashtag. But #HomelessLivesMatter Isn't Enough.
March 2, 2015
Jamil Smith
Working on the Race Beat
The future of racial coverage at The New York Times and elsewhere
February 27, 2015
Cristian Farias
Eric Holder Wants to Lower the Bar for Civil Rights Prosecutions. That's Trickier Than It Sounds.
February 26, 2015
Noah Berlatsky
Hollywood Needs a Black Superhero Fit for the Ferguson Era

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