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Race Archive

Archives for March 2018

Politics
National Review’s weak attack on affirmative actionNational Review’s weak attack on affirmative action
Politics

The magazine is defending a professor who suggested black law students are inferior.

By Jane Coaston
Politics
The massive new study on race and economic mobility in America, explainedThe massive new study on race and economic mobility in America, explained
Politics

Even black men born to wealthy families are less economically successful than white men.

By Dylan Matthews
The alt-right is going on trial in Charlottesville
Politics

The organizers of the “Unite the Right” rally are accused of “a direct conspiracy to commit violence.”

By Jane Coaston