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RACE RELATIONS

Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, leads a march of people protesting a grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer involved in the chokehold death of her father in July on Dec. 11, 2014 on Staten Island.

Erica Garner ‘Never Stopped Fighting’ For Her Father, Activists Say

Activists who worked closely with Erica Garner honored her commitment to fighting for justice for her father.
By Madina Toure
Dear White People.

‘Dear White People’: This Is What You Should Think of Netflix’s New Show About Race

The multidimensional series offers perspective on the black experience.
By Lamar Dawson
LGBTQ and black advocates rallied in front of City Hall this morning.

Advocates Blast Lack of Attention on Anti-LGBTQ Violence

"This is not some metaphorical phenomenon that's happening. This is real people experiencing real corporeal violence."
By Madina Toure
Councilman Andrew King.

Bronx Pol Demands the Death Penalty for White Supremacist Who Murdered a Black Man in Manhattan

By Madina Toure
Harlem's famous jazz club the Apollo Theatre in the 1950s.

The Music Industry’s Long History of Dividing Blacks and Jews

By Justin Joffe
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV - OCTOBER 23: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at Cheyenne High School on October 23, 2016 in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Obama urged Nevadans to vote early one day after a record-breaking start to early voting in the swing state with almost 40,000 people going to the polls ahead of the November 8 general election.

‘We’re Not Where We Need to Be’: Obama Tackles Race Relations in Farewell Address

By Madina Toure
The cast of Finian's Rainbow

In Trump Era, 70-Year-Old Finian’s Rainbow Matters More Than Ever

By Nicolaus Mills
Yusef Salaam, one of five men wrongly convicted and imprisoned in the 1989 Central Park jogger case, speaks during a Facebook Live chat.

Central Park Five’s Yusef Salaam Wants Voters and Pols to ‘Just Dump Trump’

By Madina Toure
Nadia Lopez.

This Brooklyn Principal Has a Faculty for Inspiring Kids

By Helen Zelon
Protesters march through the streets in support of Maryland state attorney Marilyn Mosby's announcement that charges would be filed against Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie Gray on May 1, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland.

When Bud Zumwalt Integrated the Navy

By Steve Cohen
protests

Mutually Assured Distrust

By The Editors
American Heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali), training in his gym, 21st May 1965.

In 1964, Muhammad Ali Made Me a Better Man

By Gerald Eskenazi
Occasionally, worlds collide and everything comes roaring to the surface.

Racial Fault Lines in Silicon Valley

By Makinde Adeagbo

Crosswalk Guilt: Why White Drivers Are Extra Courteous to Black Pedestrians

By Donnell Alexander
Ta-Nehisi Coates.

What Ta-Nehisi Coates Can Learn From the Jewish Experience

By Andrew Eil

This Is What Cops Really Think About Bill de Blasio

By Paul Bacon
M Lamar, in full goth garb. (Photo by Amos Mac)

Southern Gothic and Goth-Kid Makeup: M Lamar on Racialized Art and Black Leather

By Emily Nathan
(Photo: Instagram/Tana Wojczuk)

Afternoon Bulletin: Min. Wage Hikes, Book Culture Sells Out of Charlie Hebdo and More

By Aisling Brennan

My White Daughter’s Cornrows—and the Sometimes Ugly Conversations They Sparked

By Brandi Larsen
Masters and Johnson sound like a great marital aid made out of baking soda. (Showtime)

Masters of Sex Recap 2×6: ‘Blackbird’

By Alli Katz
Joe Lhota campaigning on the Upper East Side

Lhota: It Wasn’t Race That Caused David Dinkins to Lose in ’93

By Gideon Resnick

Marcus Samuelsson Responds to Eddie Huang’s Column on Red Rooster

By Foster Kamer

Death of a Sneaker: Tracing the Demise of an Adidas’ Shoe, and The Controversy That Caused It

By Foster Kamer

Does Henry Blodget Hate Jews?

By Foster Kamer
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