Racism

Black students are more likely than other racial groups to be suspended from US public schools, even as preschoolers.

The racism and self-interest surrounding the passage of the Tydings-McDuffie Act 80 years ago help us to understand one of the most visible legacies of the complicated US-Philippines relationship …

Lundy Braun's “Breathing Race into the Machine” traces the peculiar history of how 19th century research on lung capacity laid the foundation for a “scientific” framing of racial difference …

Novelist Kiese Laymon is brutally honest about his experiences growing up black in the South.

As colleges across the country, from Harvard to University of Mississippi, continue to witness racism on campus, Amy Goodman looks at a new film that tackles the issue through …

What a strange moment we're in. Prison ‘reform’ is in vogue.

Today, lynch mobs have been replaced by Zimmermans and Dunns, who feel empowered by Stand Your Ground, believing that juries of their peers will exonerate them of their use …

It's time for Americans, and lawmakers in Washington, to wake up, and start talking about the real causes of poverty in America, which include massive inequality produced by our …

How have the politics and statistics Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) used in his 1999 song “Mathematics” changed in the 15 years since the song's release?

For 114 years, The William Morris Agency has perpetuated overtly racist policies. Now Leonard Rowe has filed commercial liens against the agency.