race riots

Why Coldplay’s Cringeworthy New Video Insults Much of India

It’s understandable that the true diversity of India cannot be captured in a four minute pop music video. But it’s also a country straining at the seams to hold itself together and to keep divisive violence in check.

By Kavitha Rajagopalan

Mark Twain and the Baltimore Riots

“Thugs" is a term derived from Hindi that the British popularized in the early 19th century when they thought to get rid of the Indian gangs known as thugs that were responsible for widespread murders and robberies.

By Nicolaus Mills

Rice on Ferguson: People — particularly lawmakers — need to ‘wake up’

The most senior member of the New Jersey legislature's black caucus -- and the fourth-most senior member of the body as a whole -- sees some good in the protests that have followed in the wake of last week’s grand jury decision to not indict a Ferguson, MO police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed teen this summer, even if many people don’t.

By Chase Brush

New Lhota Ad Features Evil-Looking de Blasio, Biker Gangs

By Colin Campbell

race riots

Why Coldplay’s Cringeworthy New Video Insults Much of India

Mark Twain and the Baltimore Riots

Rice on Ferguson: People — particularly lawmakers — need to ‘wake up’

New Lhota Ad Features Evil-Looking de Blasio, Biker Gangs

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