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Posted inPolitics
Donald Trump Is Really Racist
The president not only traffics in racist rhetoric, but also racist policies, and we should not shy away from pointing out the harms.
Posted inMagazine
Elie Wiesel’s “Wounded Faith”
The late Nobel laureate’s lessons for an age of masked ICE raids, antisemitism, and dehumanization.
Posted inNewsletter
100 Years Since America’s Biggest Immigration Clampdown, Have We Learned Anything?
Plus, why the Senate should not bow to Trump on recess appointments, and the hard lesson to learn on immigration — all in the November 14, 2024 newsletter.
Posted inNovember/December 2024
The Regressive Era
A new biography of Woodrow Wilson puts the 28th president’s racism and sexism at the center of its narrative—and his world-historic domestic and international achievements on the periphery.
Posted inPolitics
Environmental Racism is Real. Ask Chicago.
Like many cities, it’s coping with brownfields, pollution, and minority neighborhoods with ill-health conditions. Here’s how legal action and physical relocation can provide some relief.
Posted inJanuary/February/March 2022
Has the Antiracist Movement Become a Counterproductive Religion?
John McWhorter takes aim at the fundamentalists on the far left—who are scaring away allies Democrats desperately need.
Posted inPolitics
Critical Race Query
When it comes to critical race theory, strong opinions abound. Proponents declare that it’s “the only way we hold the devil at bay,” while the conservative Heritage Foundation insists that its embrace would “destroy our military.” Recently, the amorphous concept has stirred growing debate not just in the world of education policy but also in the national conversation […]
Posted inEducation
Why Americans Don’t Know Enough About Black History
It’s not that America’s racist past is being ignored in the classroom. It’s that we’re not teaching history well enough for many students to remember it.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, Main, November/December 2021
Learning While Black
The persistent racism of state higher education funding.
