Race Archive
Archives for October 2018


Amber Guyger was off-duty when she shot Botham Jean. His family says Dallas police deserve some of the blame.


Police are still investigating a motive, but some evidence suggests the suspect may have been motivated by race.


A black Harvard Law grad is running for office. All the GOP wants to discuss is his time as a rapper.


Abrams is defending her involvement in a 1992 protest against the then-Georgia state flag’s use of Confederate imagery.


Kelly has apologized for defending blackface. Her comments still show why it remains prevalent.


The comments came as the Georgia secretary of state and GOP gubernatorial candidate spoke about voters turning out for Stacey Abrams.


How voter suppression became a political weapon in American politics.


Author Sarah Churchwell on the entangled history of America’s most loaded phrases.


Viral video of the girl’s arrest is a reminder that police violence affects black women and girls too.


A Super PAC is defending the ad, which claimed that “white Democrats will be lynching black folk again.”


Harvard is on trial for allegedly discriminating against Asian-American applicants.


The Congress member said a white nationalist and conspiracy theorist would “Make Canada Safe Again.”


Voting rights advocates are accusing local officials of voter intimidation after the incident.


A Brooklyn woman falsely accused a black child of groping her, calling attention to the ways black children are viewed with suspicion.


Hint: It has to do with race.