Martin O'Malley on Charleston: Quick to Call for New Gun Laws, Unprepared to Talk About Racism
Catching the candidate off guard
Racism
No, Dylann Roof Didn't Arm Himself Through a 'Legal Loophole'
The absence of yet another law that somebody could have ignored just means that you have one legal violation instead of two.
The 2016 Candidates on the Charleston AME Church Shooting
This is relevant to my issues because...
Friday A/V Club: Awkward Moments with Gov. George Wallace
From Birmingham 1963 to Charleston 2015
Lindsey Graham: 'Being Able to Track People, Put Them Into Systems' One Way to Prevent Mass Shootings
But, says Graham, people have freedoms
Neil Peart: Rand Paul 'hates women and brown people'
Rush's famously Ayn Rand-inspired drummer/lyricist will only vote Democrat, because health care and compassion
The Waco Shootout and the Stupid Distractions That Help Thwart Police Reform
If the cops treated Twin Peaks like a war zone would it have been a more socially just outcome?
No, Duke Didn't Discipline Prof for Racist Comments. But Its Reaction Was Still Wrong.
'Noxious, offensive, no place in civil discourse'
The Dark Side of Police Reform
Gay rights, black neighborhoods, and how reformers paved the way for Eric Garner
That Time Orson Welles Called for Outlawing Racist Speech
Some arguments have been around for a while.
David Simon on How Civil Rights Were Destroyed in Baltimore And Why He Might Vote For One of the Men Responsible Anyway
Behold how intractable tribalism can make a problem
Gangs and 'Outside Agitators': Baltimore Authorities Pick Their Conspiracy Theories
City leaders put a new spin on some very old tales.
New NYPD Training Urges Officers to Avoid Racial Profiling and Comments Like 'He's Irish, but I've Never Seen Him Drunk'
Training materials also suggest that imitating the speech patterns of other races or ethnicities may "appear disingenuous and possibly racist."
Here's What Happens When Diversity and Non-Racism Collide on Campus
Left-wing attitudes hurt the cause of individual justice.
From Being Judged by the Content of Your Character to Seeing a Cop Shoot an Unarmed White Teenager in the Back: A New Vision of a Post-Racial Society
Setting the table for more police violence as a solution to racist police violence
Murdered Charlie Hebdo Editor Slams Critics, Racists and Fascists in Posthumous Book
Letters to the Swindlers of Islamophobia who play into the Hands of Racists is one of the better titles
UPDATED: On Jackie Robinson Day, Let's Remember When He Was Fired From the New York Post for Being Too Republican
Some heroes are just too complicated for canned history
Friday A/V Club: D.W. Griffith and the Censors
A tale of movies, racism, censorship, and zombies
Frat Brothers Make Execrable Racist Statements, America Forgets First Amendment
A school is exactly the kind of place where evil views should do battle with moral and logical views.
Breaking: U. of Oklahoma Expels 2 Students Over Racist SAE Chant
Brazen, impulsive, unconstitutional
Second SAE Video: Even the 79-Year-Old House Mother Was a Racist
First Amendment experts react to the University of Oklahoma news.
Shockingly Racist Video Gets U. of Oklahoma Fraternity Kicked off Campus
The conduct of these students is truly despicable, and it will rightly haunt them for a very long time.
How the DOJ Contributed to the Awful Ferguson Police Culture It Condemns
You know who else has a judicial system that is hard to fight and extracts money from citizens?
Social Media Censorship Gaining New Ground in U.K., France
British lawmakers call for banning offensive speakers from social media entirely while France continues hate speech prosecutions
How Michelle Obama's Fashion Diplomacy Punctured India's Color Prejudice
The First Lady's love for fashion exposed Indians to a different conception of beauty
Shikha Dalmia on the Soft Power of Michelle Obama's Designer Wardrobe
How it was a force for good against India's color prejudice
How Liberals Put Black America Behind Bars
A surprising new history about race and prison
