Race
Vox’s home for coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement and the fight for racial justice in America.
The outcome of the Tory Lanez shooting trial won’t erase Megan Thee Stallion’s pain.
The Court ordered Alabama to draw a second congressional district where Black voters can elect their chosen candidate.
Legacy admits, athletic recruits, and the children of donors, faculty members, and VIPs still have a leg up under the Supreme Court’s new ruling.
The way to beat a partisan Supreme Court is to hold a grudge against it for a really long time.
France finds itself at the center of the global reckoning over police violence.
Everything you need to know about the two cases that will likely have sweeping implications for race-conscious admissions at US colleges and beyond.
The debate has long tapped into American resentments and anxieties. The Supreme Court’s decision may quiet one controversy, but new battles rage.
What America will lose, now that affirmative action is effectively gone.
A rogue federal court has spent years harassing a prominent civil rights advocate.
The uprisings sparked a national conversation about race and policing in America.
There’s no cure for the effects of pervasive discrimination, but there are steps you can take to help heal.
The holiday’s 159-year history holds a lot of meaning in the fight for Black liberation today.
Daniel Penny has now been indicted in connection with the tragic killing, which came in a climate of fearmongering and New York City’s long failure to support people experiencing homelessness.
Is it chemicals? Diet? Stress?
How school reinforces inequalities between Black children and their peers.
Cars can be a source of freedom. They also drive discrimination.
Vox analyzed dozens of studies and found that racism adds up in insidious ways.
From chronic stress to cancer, racial discrimination weathers Black Americans’ lives over time.
The Republican presidential candidate is betting that a hopeful message will break through in 2024.
The NAACP is the latest to issue a travel advisory for Florida because of Ron DeSantis’s policies.
DeSantis wants to beef up his “tough on China” cred. The result is a racist law.
South Carolina’s lawyers propose a rule that could make it virtually impossible to challenge racial gerrymanders.
What we know about the shooting of a Black Kansas City teen — and the charges the shooter faces.
The case for leaving some top college applications to chance.
Parade deconstructs the multi-layered tragedy of the lynching of Leo Frank.
The co-author of The Black Guy Dies First on the Oscars, Black horror, and the future of Hollywood’s attempts at inclusivity.
How traffic stops became so dangerous for Black drivers.
In her new book Black Archives, Renata Cherlise makes the case for celebrating everyday Black joy.
Five Memphis police officers are facing murder charges over Nichols’s death.
The American financial system has long fallen short for Black communities. Crypto is just another iteration.
The University of Pennsylvania’s Amy Wax problem, explained.
With Tops supermarket set to reopen soon, progressive activist India Walton says, “Buffalo is back to business as usual.”
The College Board is facing backlash from conservatives who want it to do less — and from left-leaning critics who say it isn’t doing enough.
Trump’s long history of enabling white supremacy, explained.
The venerated film critic on the unheralded Black influence on everything from soundtracks to Don’t Worry Darling.
Not that anything is likely to stop them from doing it anyway.
James Gray dramatizes a key moment in his 1980s childhood without solving its problems.
There’s a glaring flaw in the Supreme Court lawsuits attacking affirmative action.
The Republican justices who overruled Roe v. Wade are only getting started.