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Race
May 8, 2013
Elahe Izadi
Charles Ramsey Can Be Both a Hero and a Meme
It's OK to find humor in the 'viral' star of the Ohio kidnapping story
April 18, 2013
Race-Based Affirmative Action Makes Things Worse, Not Better
March 5, 2013
Chuck Thompson
Is Racism Worse in the South?
John Roberts's question frames the Voting Rights Act case. Too bad there's no answer.
March 4, 2013
Blaine Greteman
Will the End of Race-Based Affirmative Action Improve Diversity?
February 17, 2003
Peter Beinart
Albatross
February 4, 2002
Jason Zengerle
Sorority Row
Alabama's new schoolhouse door.
March 2, 1998
Jim Sleeper
Color Bind
Al Gore, racial moralist
December 2, 1996
Jim Sleeper
The Rainbow Coalition
November 5 and the good news about race
July 1, 1996
Sean Wilentz
The Last Integrationist
John Lewis's American odyssey.
October 23, 1995
Jim Sleeper
The Simpsons
O.J.'s acquittal and the experience of race
October 2, 1995
Ruth Shalit
Race In The Newsroom
March 6, 1995
Leon Wieseltier
All and Nothing at All
The unreal world of Cornel West
October 31, 1994
Charles Murray, Richard J. Herrnstein
Race, Genes and I.Q. — An Apologia
The case for conservative multiculturalism
October 31, 1994
The New Republic
In Response to "Race, Genes and I.Q."
September 19, 1994
Jim Sleeper
The Clash
Sharpton vs. Moynihan
May 9, 1994
Jim Sleeper
Apple Juice
How can Giuliani show he's color-blind on corruption?
January 10, 1994
Jim Sleeper
Psycho-Killer?
The origins of Colin Ferguson's hate
June 28, 1993
Jim Sleeper
Anti-Anti Racist
A case study in racial politics
June 1, 1992
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The Fire Last Time
What James Baldwin can and can't teach America.
May 25, 1992
Barry Scheck
Following Orders
Why did the jury vote to acquit the police officers who beat Rodney King?

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