No Rise in Hate-Crime Rate Since 2004
"Hate crimes" suspected to be motivated by racial bias have dropped, but those perceived to be motivated by gender bias nearly doubled.
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Seattle Mayor Proposes Soda Tax To Fight White Privilege
A similar tax was roundly rejected in Santa Fe this week.
MOABs, Russkies, Prog Rock, Jesus, Jackie Robinson, and the F-word: Matt Welch Hosts on Sirius XM 9-12 AM ET
Lots o' loose talk, w/ Dave Weigel, Michael Brendan Dougherty and more, on channel 121. Call in at 1-877-974-7487.
Guerrilla Lobs Bombs at Romanticized History of '70s Violence
Political terrorism intersects with pettier motivations.
Decades of Exoneration Stats Show Blacks More Likely to Be Wrongfully Convicted
Everything from official misconduct to bad eyewitness identifications to false confessions played roles.
Libertarians Should Go See Moonlight
The year's best movie shows the consequences of drug war authoritarianism without lecturing the audience.
Lionel Shriver Doesn't Care If You Hate Her Sombrero
The author of We Need to Talk About Kevin and The Mandibles pulls no punches when it comes to race, sex, or economics.
The Prospects of Liberty in a Rapidly Diversifying America. (New Reason Podcast)
Nick Gillespie, Shikha Dalmia, Avik Roy, and Charles C.W. Cooke talk about immmigration, limited government, and cosmopolitanism.
Why It's a Mistake to Describe the Alt-Right as 'Neo-Nazis'
Backwards-looking attitudes about race, religion, and sex have been a hallmark of the Republican coalition for decades, and are hardly grounds for Hitler Youth comparisons.
Scenes From Inside and Outside the Alt-Right's First Major Post-Election Gathering
As progressive protesters and "antifa" activists marched outside, white nationalists & "Trumpservatives" plotted within.
6 Fast Facts About the FBI's New Hate-Crime Report
Hate crimes against persons decreased in 2015 over the previous year. Anti-black, Jewish, and gay-male sentiment was most common.
Against Shaming 'White Women' and 'Female Misogynists' for 2016 Election Results
Who, exactly, are these impassioned social-media screeds supposed to sway?
Maine Gov. Paul LePage's 'Binder of Drug Dealers' Shows He Was Lying About the Race of Arrestees
Hoisted by his own scrapbook petard.
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.
