Race
The Mismeasure of Minds
Twenty-five years after The Bell Curve, debates about racial inequality continue to appeal to biology—on both sides.
Speaking the Truth
Cornel West and Deborah Chasman discuss the disproportionately white publishing world, the responsibilities and burdens of public life, and the predicament of black intellectuals today.
How Race Made the Opioid Crisis
The fundamental division between “dope” and medicine has always turned on racial and economic difference.
From the Editors: Racist Logic
By examining the opioid crisis alongside the War on Drugs Murch brings an otherwise familiar story into new territory.
Racist Logic
The spring issue tackles how racist thinking can be found in surprising—and often overlooked—places. From the origins of the opioid epidemic to the global surrogacy industry, contributors not only explore the institutional structures that profit from black suffering, but also point the way to racial justice. PREORDER TODAY.
Succeeding While Black
Michelle Obama’s memoir reduces racial inequality to a matter of psychological impairment.
When Jamaica Led the Postcolonial Fight Against Exploitation
How the New International Economic Order of the 1970s is inspiring a new generation of struggle against global inequality.
Confronting the Relics of the Old South
Two attractions in Alabama—the new national lynching memorial and the First Confederate White House—show a nation struggling to contend with its legacy of racial violence.
What Happened to Kanye West?
Kanye represents what happens when the liberties of artistic genius are confused for political insight.
The Missing Malcolm X
Unpublished material from his autobiography has come to light, deepening our understanding of his life and thought.
What White Supremacists Know
The violent theft of land and capital is at the core of the U.S. experiment: the U.S. military got its start in the wars against Native Americans.
The Origins of Birthright Citizenship
The Fourteenth Amendment captures the idea that no people born in the United States should be forced to live in the shadows.
Racism and the Wisconsin Idea
Scott Walker and Paul Ryan broke from Wisconsin’s long progressive history. But as liberals search for what went wrong, they must not ignore the state’s legacy of systemic racism and inequity.
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