Black Lives Matter

Reports on anti-Semitism are important not because they act as a warning system to Jewish communities, but in how they remind the public of the dangers of anti-Semitic thought.

On Botham Shem Jean and the American obsession with criminalizing dead black people.

An on-the-ground account of how the residents and authorities in our nation's capital dealt with a gathering of white nationalists in their city.

The NEA reports an increased interest in poetry—but when we focus too much on numbers, we diminish the experience that makes poetry so vital.

On the historic role of policing in reinforcing racial inequality and how it has led to black Americans' fear of police.

New research suggests those impassioned rallies and demonstrations may have had a positive impact.

Clark turned out to be unarmed, and his death sparked large protests organized by Black Lives Matter and other groups.

A local chapter of Black Lives Matter tells white allies to put up or shut up.

Andrea J. Ritchie's new book offers fresh perspective on how American law enforcement reserves particular abuse for black women.

Fifty-eight percent of Americans believe racism is a pervasive issue.

Timothy B. Tyson’s The Blood of Emmett Till reminds us how little has changed.

By minimizing how we talk about slavery, we ignore its profound impact on the development of the American economy.

Maryland State Delegate Jill P. Carter speaks to Pacific Standard about the promises and perils in Baltimore.

The former Oklahoma City police officer was sentenced to 263 years in prison for sexually abusing scores of black women by an all-white jury.

On the politics of euphemism.

How the pop icon has embraced Hollywood's long, rich tradition of nostalgia for black subjugation.

The death of a Texas deputy embodies a common (and false) conservative rebuke of the new civil rights movement.

"Historians will teach something that was extremely inflammatory at the time, but we're far away from it now. They don't get the kind of heat that I get."

A scholar of race and digital media details how the online prowess of #BlackLivesMatter was over 20 years in the making.

Nearly all of the demands have been studied, to some extent.

The mysterious "patriot" group returned to Ferguson, Missouri, on the anniversary of Michael Brown's death.

The African-American woman's mysterious death following a controversial arrest is an indictment of our modern bail system.

Professor Julia Azari weighs in on the rift in the Democratic Party.

Despite protests in New York and beyond, police reform is in a dismal state.