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February 25, 2016
MagazineJoshua Cohen
Bernie’s Complaint
The reluctant roots of his radicalism.
February 24, 2016
Mikaela Lefrak
Clinton is making white privilege a key issue in her racial justice platform.
February 17, 2016
Mikaela Lefrak
Hillary Clinton had a beautiful moment in Harlem when the crowd cheered her through a coughing fit.
February 16, 2016
PodcastIntersection
Intersection Episode 15: Hillary Clinton Gets Intersectional
Spotlighting the Flint crisis is only one way the Democratic frontrunner has shown signs of "getting it" on issues of identity.
February 9, 2016
Bijan Stephen
Maryland’s felons now have the right to vote, before they complete probation or are paroled.
February 6, 2016
Jamil Smith
The new Beyoncé video is nearly five minutes of unapologetic blackness.
February 2, 2016
PodcastIntersection
Intersection Episode 14: Fighting for Black Lives, in Flint and Beyond
February 1, 2016
Jamil Smith
The Curious Blackness of Iowa Week
Why was Hillary Clinton in a black church in Philadelphia? Why did Bernie Sanders share the stage with Cornel West?
January 31, 2016
Meaghan Murphy
Police chiefs are starting to acknowledge that fatal shootings are a systemic issue.
January 29, 2016
Don James McLaughlin
The Anti-Slavery Roots of Today’s “-Phobia” Obsession
Before "homophobia" and "Islamophobia," there was “colorphobia” and “Negrophobia.”
January 29, 2016
Esther Breger
The “Hollywood Blackout” at the 1996 Academy Awards
When "People" magazine took aim at diversity among the nominees, celebrities were unwilling to join the protest.
January 19, 2016
Elaine Teng
The Academy president is heartbroken about #OscarsSoWhite.
January 18, 2016
Jamil Smith
Martin Luther King, Jr. Doesn’t Belong to You
Many have laid claim to the civil rights legend, obscuring the radicalism of his message.
January 15, 2016
Jamil Smith
Structural Racism Needs to Be Debated, Too
The Iowa Brown & Black Forum provided a good model for how to steer Sunday's Democratic debate.
January 14, 2016
Elaine Teng
The unbearable whiteness of the Oscars.... again.
January 13, 2016
Jeet Heer
Charlie Hebdo continues to satirize racism with racist images.
January 12, 2016
PodcastIntersection
Intersection Episode 13: Body Image from All Angles
The first episode of 2016 looks at the identity issues behind one of the most popular New Year's resolutions.
January 8, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Maine Governor Paul LePage claims his comments about drug dealers named “D-Money” impregnating white girls were not racial.
December 29, 2015
Jamil Smith
The Tamir Rice Rule
Cleveland’s prosecutor made a mockery of the process for adjudicating police-involved killings. Here's how to fix it.
December 28, 2015
Jamil Smith
No one will go to jail for shooting and killing Tamir Rice.

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