Race
Vox’s home for coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement and the fight for racial justice in America.
By passing the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act this week, the Senate acknowledged its role in decades of racial terrorism.
Paul McCowns’s story of “banking while black” is the latest instance of 911 being called on people of color for no reason.
New reports detail how Russian internet trolls manipulated outrage over racial injustice in America.
Prominent black Republicans want their party to embrace communities of color, but the party seems unlikely to do so.
Charges have been dropped against Jazmine Headley, but questions about the NYPD’s use of force remain.
A jury sentenced James Fields Jr. to life in prison plus 419 years for 10 charges, including the murder of Heather Heyer.
The indictment comes nearly three months after the former police officer shot and killed Jean in his own apartment.
Nikole Hannah-Jones on the persistence of segregation in American life.
The shooting of Emantic Bradford shows how gun rights don’t protect black Americans from police violence.
The comments came as Pompeo criticized Porter magazine’s lack of diversity during a panel discussion.
“The idea that we’re always getting better keeps us from seeing those times when we’re getting worse.”
The University of Texas at San Antonio concluded that the incident was not motivated by racism.
In Becoming, Obama discusses how she was questioned about her identity as a child — and how her husband faced similar questions in his presidential campaign.
For the first time in US history, more than 20 black women will serve in Congress.
The gun control advocate and “Mother of the Movement” unseats Republican Karen Handel in Georgia’s Sixth District.
How the governor’s race between Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp has fueled ongoing problems with voter access in Georgia.
The white cowboy versus the “savage native”: 8 months after its “racial reckoning,” the magazine takes two steps backward.
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.
Max Boot could have had an awakening decades ago — if he’d listened to black conservatives.
How West went from “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” to wearing a MAGA hat.
Trump wants “stop and frisk” policies brought to Chicago. And his attorney general is trying to stop major police reforms nationwide.
The Chicago police officer was convicted of second-degree murder on Friday.
The verdict marks the first time in nearly 50 years that a Chicago officer has been convicted of murder for an on-duty shooting.
Ye’s run into trouble talking about slavery — again.
Spokesperson Andrew Wyatt also claimed Cosby was subjected to “the most racist and sexist trial in the history of the United States.”
White House senior economic adviser Larry Kudlow invited a major alt-right figure to his birthday party.