Racism
Extra! It’s always the racism
The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais this week. It's not a voting rights story. It was always a racism story. From the Court to the Pentagon to ICE to immigration, one movement is telling us exactly who they are.
Trump's DOJ Thinks the Klan Had a Point
Trump's DOJ has indicted the SPLC for infiltrating the Klan. In 1981, the Klan's own publication made the same objection. The FBI spent decades using identical tactics against civil rights groups. Trump's Justice Department has decided the Klan had a point.
Ladies and gentlemen, the next racist Republican generation
Leaked messages expose racist rhetoric in Young Republican leadership chat. Sky is still blue.
What the hell is a "Heritage American"?
The "heritage American" label and the right's ongoing whitewashing ofAmerican history to erase nonwhite contributions.
How America's racism became a national security threat
Foreign bots spewed much of the racist rhetoric that followed Charlie Kirk’s killing. But it gained traction only because plenty of homegrown racism exists to exploit.
Charlie Kirk, myth making, and violence
Political violence, memory, and the danger of historical revisionism.
Rejecting Lincoln's America
We live in Lincoln’s America as much as anyone else’s. Which makes it supremely ironic that Lincoln’s partisan political descendants, the modern Republican Party, wants to destroy it.
Trump's federal takeover of DC echoes decades of racially charged rhetoric
Trump’s rhetoric on DC echoes a history of racist narratives about urban crime.
Racism endures
Despite what we've been told, discrimination dangerously across social groups. And this PEW report summarizes what Americans think of it.