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August 11, 2015
PodcastIntersection
Intersection Episode 2: Give Us the Ballot
June 29, 2015
David H. Gans
A Term to Remember
The Supreme Court gave us a historic year for liberty and equality
June 26, 2015
Brian Beutler
Why Conservatives Should Praise God for the Supreme Court's Gay Marriage Decision
April 7, 2015
Jamil Smith
The Man Who Loves Ferguson (Just as It Is)
An interview with City Council candidate and former mayor Brian Fletcher.
April 6, 2015
Jamil Smith
Does the Black Church Need to Lead the Ferguson Movement?
April 5, 2015
Sam Eifling
Why Wal-Mart's CEO Didn't Stand By While Arkansas Attacked Gay Rights
March 10, 2015
Jamil Smith
What Was Being Sold in Selma
Honoring civil rights legends and hawking political agendas
March 4, 2015
Jamil Smith
You, Too, Can Prevent Police Brutality
The DOJ's Ferguson probe shows why we need to get proactive
February 27, 2015
Cristian Farias
Eric Holder Wants to Lower the Bar for Civil Rights Prosecutions. That's Trickier Than It Sounds.
February 25, 2015
Cristian Farias
Why Is It So Hard to Prove a Civil Rights Crime?
The Zimmerman case reveals the limits of the law—and foreshadows the Ferguson outcome
February 23, 2015
Cristian Farias
John Legend Made the Most Important Point at the Oscars
February 10, 2015
Cristian Farias
Another Battle Begins in Ferguson—This Time, in Federal Court
January 29, 2015
Jeet Heer
The New Republic's Legacy on Race
A historical reflection
January 19, 2015
Matthew Pratt Guterl
What Today's Civil Rights Protesters Could Learn From Josephine Baker's Iconoclasm
November 1, 2014
Brando Simeo Starkey
College Sports Aren't Like Slavery. They're Like Jim Crow.
September 14, 2014
Rebecca Traister, Judith Shulevitz
Feminism Has Conquered the Culture. Now Comes the Hard Part
A debate on this unprecedented opportunity
March 6, 2014
Sam Kleiner
Conservatives Score a Big Win in their Long War Against the Civil Rights Division
February 5, 2014
Ted Nordhaus, Michael Shellenberger
Environmentalists Made a Big Mistake by Focusing All Their Attention on Keystone
January 23, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
What Obama's New Task Force Should Do to Fight College Rape
October 14, 2013
Linda Kinstler, Kevin Mahnken
Why Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s New Miniseries About Civil Rights Matters More Than Ever

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