Race and Ethnicity

Dem Bill Would Ban "Saturday Night Specials"

Democratic Congressman Luis Gutierrez has introduced a ban on cheap guns called "Saturday Night Specials."

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| Mon Mar. 4, 2013 3:22 PM PST
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WATCH: Investigating Major League Baseball's Second-Class System in the Dominican Republic

MoJo's Ian Gordon talks about the story behind his feature on Dominican baseball and the death of teen prospect Yewri Guillén.

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| Mon Mar. 4, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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Inside Major League Baseball's Dominican Sweatshop System

Teen shortstop Yewri Guillén died the day the Nationals were supposed to ship him to America. Has MLB learned from the tragedy?

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| Mon Mar. 4, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Supreme Court Poised to Declare Racism Over

Conservative justices on the high court look set to scrap a key part of the Voting Rights Act.

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| Wed Feb. 27, 2013 11:29 AM PST

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Why Does the Capitol Still Whitewash White Supremacists?

Alexander Stephens delivered America's most famous defense of white supremacy. Good thing your tax dollars are preserving his statue.

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| Wed Feb. 27, 2013 10:22 AM PST
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"It Seems Like Yesterday That Trayvon Was Here"

At a Manhattan vigil, Trayvon Martin's parents memorialize their son.

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| Tue Feb. 26, 2013 7:54 PM PST

The Trayvon Martin Killing, One Year Later

The case no longer commands big headlines, but troubling questions remain.

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| Tue Feb. 26, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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Land Grab Cheats North Dakota Tribes Out of $1 Billion, Suits Allege

A flurry of lawsuits allege the federal government failed to prevent energy companies from swindling the tribes.

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Charts: The Staggering Cost of Death Row for California Taxpayers

An eye-popping breakdown of the ultimate punishment in the Golden State.

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| Tue Feb. 19, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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Revealed: Morning-After Pill Not Making Women Slutty

These four charts show who uses emergency contraception, and how.

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| Fri Feb. 15, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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How Crazy Is Too Crazy to Be Executed?

The voices told Andre Thomas to gouge out his eyes. But even that hasn't convinced the state of Texas to reconsider his death sentence.

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| Tue Feb. 12, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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13 Men Condemned to Die Despite Severe Mental Illness

If juveniles and intellectually disabled people are ineligible for execution, why not paranoid schizophrenics?

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| Tue Feb. 12, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Invisible Women: The Real History of Domestic Workers in America

Forget Fran Drescher: Real-life nannies, housecleaners, and cooks have long struggled against sexism, racism, and exclusionary laws.

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| Thu Feb. 7, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Michigan Tea Partier: Charter Schools Are for Kids From "Ethnically Challenged Families"

If conservatives want Michigan to fully embrace charter schools, they might want to work on their messaging.

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| Mon Feb. 4, 2013 10:02 AM PST
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"Our Sassy Black Friend" Jamaica Kincaid

The acclaimed author on race, motherhood, and why the New Testament is like "People" magazine.

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| Fri Feb. 1, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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Top Conservatives Run PAC That Funded White Nationalists

Two conservatives who sit on the boards of mainstream right-wing groups control a PAC that gave thousands of dollars to a racist organization.

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| Tue Jan. 29, 2013 4:00 AM PST

So Glad the "Girls" Are Back

Five twentysomethings discuss Season 2 of Lena Dunham's hit series, "erotic capital," and awkward parties.

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| Fri Jan. 11, 2013 2:42 PM PST

In Defense of Django

Quentin Tarantino is taking some heat for his slavery revenge fantasy "Django Unchained"—only some of it deserved.

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| Mon Jan. 7, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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"Movie & An Argument" Podcast: Judd Apatow's "This Is 40" & Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained"

In which ThinkProgress critic Alyssa Rosenberg and I chat about the new Apatow comedy and the new Tarantino revenge-fest.

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| Fri Dec. 21, 2012 8:38 PM PST

The Republican Who Could Kill Affirmative Action and the Voting Rights Act

Edward Blum, a failed GOP congressional candidate, may end up dramatically reshaping US law.

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| Wed Dec. 5, 2012 10:36 AM PST