Race, Ethnicity & Religion

Well, There You Go. Imus the Bigot Is Back

Dave Zirin : Sports

Is Don Imus irredeemably stupid or just a run-of-the-mill racist?

Where Is the Debate on Race?

Gregory D. Squires : Presidential Election 2008

Race remains a fundamental divide in American society--so why is the issue missing from the presidential campaign?

White History 101

Gary Younge : African-Americans

Why can't white people and black people have access to a shared history that is accurate, honest, antiracist and inclusive?

Co-opting Consumers of Color

Makani Themba-Nixon : Corporate Media & Consolidation

Fewer minority-owned outlets means fewer minorities in the media. With such threats to public discourse, what will become of our voices, points of view and interests?

Emotional Truth

Patricia J. Williams : History

In a DNA-driven search for biological roots, it behooves us to be less romantic about connecting with our ancestors. If we biologize our history, we will be forever less than we could be.

The Geography of Fear

Thomas J. Sugrue : Urban Issues

Three new books explore how an absence of regulation and active policies of racial exclusion have shaped America's arid suburbs.

What's Race Got to Do With It?

Gary Younge : Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism

Socially conservative black churches may be ripe for exploitation by the Christian right on gay marriage. But that's only part of the story.

Just Us

David Oshinsky : Racism & Discrimination

Three books examine American history through the scope of racism and racial identity.

Crouching Tiger

Gene Seymour : Non-Fiction

And Justice for All

Michael Bérubé : Non-Fiction

Cincinnati's 'Beacon'

Rev. Damon Lynch III & Thomas A. Dutton : Civil Rights & Liberties

Diversity and Its Discontents

Daniel Lazare : Immigration to the US

Far From Heaven

Michael Lind : Non-Fiction

Bringing the Holy War Home

Ellen Willis : War & Peace

Pogroms Return to Russia

Matt Taibbi : Russia

On the eve of Vladimir Putin's visit to the US, there is a troubling new phenomenon in the Russian capital: mass skinhead attacks against Muslims.

Scapegoats

Sumana Raychaudhuri

Commentators call for casting an ever wider net to snare terrorists lurking among us, and a hysterical populace turns on people with brown skin as potential suspects.