Maine Gov. Paul LePage's 'Binder of Drug Dealers' Shows He Was Lying About the Race of Arrestees
Hoisted by his own scrapbook petard.
Race
The Ryan Lochte Mess and Criminal Justice Reform Advocates Who Support Harsher Treatment
Getting to a color-blind criminal justice system by making it harsher on whites
The GOP Is Writing Off 30 Percent of the American Electorate
Richard Nixon pulled about one-third of black voters in 1960. Donald Trump is courting 0 percent. And that may not even be Republican's biggest problem.
When Wrongthink Becomes Workplace Harrassment
The EEOC wants to decide whether the Gadsden flag might be racist.
Color-Conscious Drug Warriors Breed Mistrust
Two recent studies confirm anecdotal evidence of racial disparities in police treatment of drivers and pedestrians.
How Race Relations Got Worse
How did we end up in a place where a Fox News host is defending slavery?
The Drug War and the Crime of Driving (or Walking) While Black
Two recent studies show how color-conscious cops breed anger, resentment, and mistrust.
Social Justice on Display: Protest Art at the Democratic Convention
Gun violence, police abuse, and feminism loom large in pop-up art exhibit at DNC
Cops, Blacks, and Crime
Beware of people who claim to have simple answers to America's race and crime problems. And beware of the media, which make it seem like life is getting worse.
If You Like the War on Drugs, You'll Love the War on Guns!
The police got militarized to fight drugs. If you thought the drug war was racist, how do you think the gun war will look?
We Need a Different, Better Conversation on Race and Public Policy
Blacks and whites are talking past each other instead of connecting. Sadly, there's no reason to think anything will change soon.
Cops Can Stop Harassing People, if Voters and Politicians Stop Pushing Laws That Make Them
The power's with the people.
Impotent Gun-Grabbery, Redacted Islam, Deflated Trump, and O.J. All Day: The New Fifth Column
Three-headed podcast argues amongst itself over race, terrorism, and...infrastructure?
Massachusetts Will Make Schools Suspend Fewer Students
Using collected data, the state identified schools heavily prone to expelling and suspending students.
Millennials Bringing More Racial Diversity to Libertarianism
Just over half of self-identified libertarians in the 18- to 29-year-old age range are white.
Zero Tolerance Does Little To Improve Student Behavior, Says New Study
These laws also disproportionately impact minority students.
Snoop Dogg Didn't Watch the New Roots Miniseries. What About You?
The rapper makes a passionate, NSFW case against the classic. He's really on to something.
Remake of Roots Doesn't Sugarcoat the Evils of Slavery
A modern audience won't be shielded from the violence.
2014 Police Killings Changed the Way Americans View Race
The decisions not to charge the cops responsible caused a spike in concern about race.
The 'Conservatarian' Collapse, Obama's 'Narrative' Dishonesty, and the Real Estate Anguish of Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Fifth Column welcomes Charles C.W. Cooke to talk #NeverTrump, idiotic writings, and more.
Defending Atticus Finch
Atticus will endure, as a good, flawed-and yes, often heroic-man who does not always have the right answers but always tries to live by his conscience.
Courthouse Won't Give In to Retired Cops Who Say Kid's 'Black Lives Matter' Art Is Hate Speech
"This is the cultural response of a middle school student, here in Central Islip, to present-day America," says chief judge.
#BernieBrosSoWhite? Real Gap in Sanders Support Not from Gender but Race, Ethnicity
Forget the supposed gender divide in Bernie Sanders support. The real divide over Sanders lies between white and non-white Democrats.
'Problematic' and 'Wasted Embarrassing White Girl' Twerking on Waka Flocka Flame Is a Comedian, You Guys
"We staged that just to see how many people would just go 'look at her being a ho! That's hella racist,'" said the rapper.
Politically Incorrect: Coen Brothers Don't Care If Their Movie Isn't Diverse Enough
'It's important to tell the story you're telling in the right way.'
Black and Brown Politics and the State of the Union, With Kmele Foster
Listen to SiriusXM Insight (channel 121) at noon, and call 877-974-7487 to talk about race and politics in Obama's America
Today at SCOTUS: Affirmative Action on Trial
The Supreme Court hears arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
Dear Liberals, Stop Defending Racist Progressive Woodrow Wilson
Surprisingly, the 28th president still has his defenders on the left.
Ben Carson's Blackness, Legal Weed Fail, and Criminal Justice Reform Backlash: Matt Welch and Kmele Foster on Sirius XM at Noon ET
Call 877-974-7487 to heckle the former Independents co-hosts!
Supreme Court Tackles Racial Bias in Jury Selection
SCOTUS hears arguments in Foster v. Chatman.
Is a 'Black Silent Majority' Responsible for Some of America's Harshest Drug Laws?
A new book argues that black America helped pave the way for the War on Drugs.
Can a Nice Muslim Girl from Maryland Really Identify as Jewish?
Amna Farooqi, Muslim head of Israel-advocacy group J Street, says she is "culturally Jewish."
The Muddied Racial Histories of Our American Presidents
The lengthy history of applying the one-drop rule to our chief executive
