With Trump, the GOP is letting its racism all hang out
Throughout the convention, speaker after speaker sneeringly demeaned attempts to address racism as efforts to conform to arbitrary "political correctness."
Former Marine kills 3 Baton Rouge officers, wounds 3 others
A former Marine from Kansas City was identified as the shooter. He was killed at the scene.
Decades later, Mississippi is still burning
In 1964, the brutal slayings of three civil rights workers rocked the country. Their deaths cast a spotlight on horrifice violence and injustice.
Baptists, citing another tradition in the South, denounce Confederate flag
Two recent, very different, actions illustrate that although those in power have tried to repress it, the tradition of fighting racism in the South runs as deep as the racism itself.
Minnesota private prison debate raises issues of race, justice
Issues of race, poverty, and justice bubbled to the surface in an emotional hearing in late March.
Florida beach town says “no” to hate
People in the small Florida town of New Smyrna Beach gathered Sunday, Mar. 13 for "Neighbors Together."
Author Junot Díaz talks immigration, white supremacy, and science fiction
Themes of his literature include the celebration of the Latin American/Caribbean diaspora, and the broken promises of immigration in America.
May it displease the court: race and Justice Sotomayor
The Supreme Court announced it would again hear an affirmative action case in which a white woman claims she was denied admission to the University of Texas because of her race.
Parsing race, politics, and pot in Florida
A Florida legislator has reintroduced a bill Feb. 24 to legalize recreational marijuana use in the state.
U.S. schools more segregated than in 1954
The new segregation, by class and income, harms students just as the old state-legalized segregation in the Solid South did.
