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Racial Justice

  1. career
    Matawana Is Brooklyn’s First Black Woman–Owned DispensaryOwner Leeann Mata on navigating red tape as a woman in cannabis and mom of three.
    By Vivian Manning-Schaffel
  2. power
    L.A. City Councilmember Resigns Over Racist RemarksLeaked audio revealed Nury Martinez made disparaging comments about a Black child and Indigenous people.
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  3. black voters
    Why Joe Biden Is Bleeding Black SupportThe president’s failure to pass voting-rights legislation is only a small part of the story.
    By Eric Levitz
  4. critical race theory
    When Keeping It ‘Woke’ Gets Racist, Liberals Should Say SoSome of the things that conservatives have dubbed “critical race theory” aren’t worth defending.
    By Eric Levitz
  5. racial justice
    Smearing Popularism Does Not Help Black VotersPersuasively rebutting David Shor requires scrutinizing his arguments, not stigmatizing them.
    By Eric Levitz
  6. the system
    Why Joe Biden’s Racial Justice Agenda Is StalledHe faces resistance from moderate Democrats. But he’s also tied his own hands.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  7. reckoning with a reckoning
    Eavesdropping on $5,000 Anti-Racist Dinner PartiesTwo entrepreneurs have built a business dredging up white women’s shame.
    By Molly Fischer
  8. racial justice
    Avoiding White Backlash Is a Racial-Justice IssueDemocrats can’t make major legislative progress on racial equality without winning more Senate seats. To do that, they must win more white votes.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. police brutality
    Ohio Police Shot and Killed a 16-Year-Old Black GirlRight before the jury delivered a guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin case, Ma’Khia Bryant was fatally shot in Columbus.
    By Amanda Arnold
  10. police brutality
    Derek Chauvin Has Been Convicted of Murdering George FloydThe jury found the former officer guilty on all counts.
    By Angelina Chapin
  11. police brutality
    ‘When I Look at George Floyd, I Look at My Dad’Darnella Frazier, the teen who took the viral video of Floyd’s death, testified in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial on Tuesday.
    By Angelina Chapin
  12. police brutality
    What to Expect in the Derek Chauvin Murder TrialThe proceedings, which began Monday, will focus on George Floyd’s cause of death.
    By Angelina Chapin
  13. police brutality
    The George Floyd Murder Trial Is Off to a Rough StartJury selection has been delayed so prosecutors can seek an additional charge.
    By Angelina Chapin
  14. games
    The Athletes Have More to SayAthlete activism is the new normal — and organizations like LeBron James’s More Than a Vote are here to stay.
    By Will Leitch
  15. power
    Naomi Osaka Wanted Her U.S. Open Masks to Make You Think“What was the message that you got, was more the question.”
    By Claire Lampen
  16. racial justice
    Naomi Osaka’s Powerful Tribute to Victims of Police ViolenceThe tennis champion is wearing masks emblazoned with the names of police-brutality victims for each match of the U.S. Open.
    By Hannah Gold
  17. kenosha
    Trump Defends Suspected Kenosha Shooter Kyle RittenhouseTrump’s leap to defend Rittenhouse is either pathological or a deadly message he wants to sent to future would-be racial-justice protesters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. democratic national convention
    How Will the RNC Counter the Diversity of the DNC?The Democrats presented a diverse slice of the country at their convention. Will Republicans bet on racial appeals?
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. vision 2020
    Trump Election Chicanery Could Spur Massive ProtestsPlans are already underway to greet any Trump effort to contest or steal the 2020 election with millions of peaceful protesters in the streets.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. vision 2020
    DNC Packs Entire Case Against Trump Into Night OneDemocrats unloaded all their Trump attack lines on Monday, as if they couldn’t count on their virtual convention drawing as large an audience again.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. the suburbs
    Trump’s Racism Won’t Win the Suburbs. But It May Diversify Them.The president’s hideous defense of exclusionary zoning just might nudge liberal NIMBYs toward tolerating desegregation.
    By Eric Levitz
  22. george floyd protests
    Meet the Young Activists Leading New York’s Black Lives Matter ProtestsMany have yet to vote for president. Some just graduated from high school. But now thousands are following their lead to march for racial justice.
    By Emmy Freedman and Erin O'Brien
  23. filibuster reform
    Could Civil Rights Force Democrats to Kill the Filibuster?Voting rights and racial-justice legislation may provide the perfect reason for Democrats to unite in favor of filibuster reform.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. protests
    How to Support the Struggle Against Police BrutalityOrganizations to donate to, and other actions to take to help demand justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other victims of police violence.
    By Claire Lampen
  25. what’s past is prologue
    What Will It Take to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday?The long struggle for Martin Luther King Jr. Day offers lessons that could ease the path to making Juneteenth a federal holiday.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. pride
    Ways You Can Support the Black LGBTQ+ CommunityFor Pride Month and beyond.
    By Andrew Nguyen
  27. crime
    Everything We Know About the Police Shooting of David McAteeLouisville police and National Guardsmen fired on a crowd on Monday, killing the 53-year-old.
    By Claire Lampen
  28. protests
    A Weekend of Widespread Police AggressionViral footage shows officers shooting rubber bullets and pepper-spraying protesters.
    By Claire Lampen
  29. howard schultz
    Howard Schultz’s Austerity Rhetoric Is a Bad Omen for Black AmericaHoward Schultz’s time at Starbucks was marked by his support for racial equality. But black Americans would suffer from the austerity he preaches.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  30. martin luther king
    Is a Prophet Like MLK Possible Today?Hearts have hardened, and the opponents of racial justice don’t hear the words of prophets.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. racial justice
    Jay Z and Weinstein Company to Team Up on Trayvon Martin ProjectsThe rapper-mogul and film giant bought the rights to two books about Martin’s life and legacy.
    By Kaitlin Fontana