The Destruction of Detroit's Black Bottom
How the zeal for government project housing killed a prosperous black community in Detroit.
Racism
Educators, Please Stop Teaching the Characteristics of 'White Supremacy Culture'
Everybody's least favorite chart made another appearance, this time in a Washington University in St. Louis training session.
How To Talk About Racism
Linguist John McWhorter on the ways social justice activists have betrayed black Americans.
Gun Control Is Just as Racist as Drug Control
Both public safety strategies are rooted in bigotry and disproportionately harm African Americans.
Don't Ban Critical Race Theory. Legalize School Choice.
"It's the taxpayers that are funding this."
Good Riddance to Ralph Northam and Terry McAuliffe
Virginia is moving on without the Democratic duo.
If Harvard Cared About Equality, It Would Abolish Legacy Admissions, Not ACT and SAT Requirements
The university is making standardized tests optional for admissions through 2026.
The ACLU's Push To 'Cancel' Student Debt Shows How Far It Has Strayed From Defending Civil Liberties
The organization's embrace of a wide-ranging progressive agenda undermines its reason for existing.
Jussie Smollett Tries To Convince the Court 'There Was No Hoax'
Accused of orchestrating a hate crime hoax, the former actor took the stand at his trial on Monday.
New York Creating Race-Based School 'Affinity Groups' To Combat Racism
A Manhattan public middle school is asking students to segregate themselves next week as part of a "two day celebration" against segregation.
John McWhorter: 'Woke Racism' Has Betrayed Black America
Forget Robin DiAngelo, Ibram X. Kendi, and The 1619 Project. Start with ending the drug war, says the Columbia University linguist.
John McWhorter: How To Defeat 'Woke Racism'
The New York Times columnist and Columbia University linguist on the "new religion" he says has "betrayed Black America."
Prosecution Rests in Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial
Plus: The View eats its own, NPR ignores a victory for Asian-Americans, and more...
Journalist Butchery of School Board Protests Upending Politics in Virginia and Elsewhere
"It's really important to remember why we are talking about school boards at all: because it's about white supremacy," says Jeffrey Toobin. That's how Youngkin wins.
The Seizure and Eventual Return of Bruce's Beach Shows That Property Rights Are Human Rights
The land was taken in 1924 in order to kick a black family out of Manhattan Beach, California.
Ethan Nadelmann: How To End the Drug War (and What Comes Next)
The Drug Policy Alliance founder and Psychoactive podcast host on how to build a post-prohibitionist America.
Why Martin Luther King Couldn't Get a Carry Permit
Several groups urging the Supreme Court to overturn New York’s virtual ban on bearing arms emphasize the policy’s racist roots and racially disproportionate impact.
Americans Want Racial Diversity More Than Ever Before
People are increasingly tolerant of racial differences.
Texas Court Recommends a New Trial for a Man on Death Row, Saying the Trial Judge's Anti-Jewish Bias Violated Due Process
A district court judge found "overwhelming evidence" of Vickers Cunningham's bigotry.
A Different Approach to Anti-Racism
"If you want to fight the impulse that we human beings have to feel better than others," says Chloé Valdary, "it's a bad idea to make people so insecure."
NYC Scrapping Gifted and Talented Program Is a Triumph of Redefining Language
Branding disparate racial outcomes as "segregation" is an effective way in Democratic polities to tear down programs some progressives don't like.
Michigan Students Accuse Celebrated Music Professor of Racism for Screening Othello
Bright Sheng survived the Cultural Revolution. Or so he thought.
How Afghanistan Became the First 'Feminist' War
Rafia Zakaria's controversial Against White Feminism challenges the status of icons like Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan, and Eve Ensler.
California Returns Beach Property Wrongly Taken From Black Family via Eminent Domain
The government confiscated Bruce's Beach at racists' behest.
'Equity,' 'Multiculturalism,' and 'Racial Prejudice' Among Concepts That Could Be Banned in Schools by Wisconsin Bill
A bill touted as banning "critical race theory" in schools would actually ban a huge array of speech around culture, race, and sex, its sponsor says.
Viral Video of White Woman Allegedly Telling Black Couple To 'Stay in Your Hood' Was Recorded by a Known Fabulist
Emma Sarley's employer might come to regret instantly firing her.
When the 'Native Son' Became 'The Man Who Lived Underground'
One of Richard Wright's best books went unpublished in his lifetime, due to "unbearable" scenes of police brutality. Now at last it is in print.
Terrible Supreme Court Decisions that Should be Added to the "Anticanon" of Constitutional Law - Part I
Constitution Day is a good time to consider the issue of whether we have been overly accepting of some horrendous Supreme Court precedents. The Chinese Exclusion Case of 1889 is a great example.
Opposing Racism Doesn't Require Promoting Victimhood
The ideas put forward by Robin DiAngelo and Ibram X. Kendi are fundamentally "anti-black."
TikTok 'Hatescape' Hype Ignores Important Details
A new analysis reportedly showing a huge proportion of TikTok content is racist tells us nothing about the overall prevalence of extremist and bigoted content on the app.
Chloe Valdary: How Kendrick Lamar and The Lion King Can Help Close the Racial Divide
Forget Robin DiAngelo and White Fragility. Theory of Enchantment uses popular culture to make workplaces more inclusive and welcoming.
Diversity Seminars Don't Have To Be Maoist Struggle Sessions
Chloe Valdary's Theory of Enchantment program uses Kendrick Lamar, Cheryl Strayed, and The Lion King to ease workplace racial tensions.
America's Cross-Partisan Dalliance With Eugenics
A new book pulls the curtain back—but only partway.
Robin DiAngelo Is Very Disappointed in the White People Making Her Rich
Nice Racism—and the "anti-racism" consulting business—rakes in the bucks while losing hearts and minds.
Congress Votes To Kick Confederate Statues Out of the Capitol
Plus: Fast approval of Alzheimer's drug draws scrutiny, the value of disagreement, and more...
Critical Race Theory Can't Be Banned. It Can Be Exposed, Mocked, and Avoided.
The semantics battle obscures reasonable objections to antiracist diversity seminars.
The Critical Race Theory Debate Wouldn't Matter if We Had More School Choice
Guide your children’s education and let your opponents teach their own kids.
Republicans Urged To 'Lean Into' Critical Race Theory Culture War
Plus: UFOs, young people and socialism, and more...
NYC Mayoral Frontrunner Eric Adams Talks Conspiratorial Nonsense About 'Voter Suppression'
The ex-cop's closing pitch is filled with crazy accusations about "disenfranchis[ing] Black voters."
Using Facebook Actually Reduces Ethnic Tension, New Study Finds
People fret about online echo chambers, but offline echo chambers can be just as strong—or stronger.
Teen Arrested Under Connecticut's Unconstitutional Hate Speech Law for Racist Social Media Post
Calling a classmate a racist slur on Snapchat is offensive. It’s also protected speech.
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of 'School Hesitancy'
Shocker: When you keep schools closed, lie about them being death mills, then call opening advocates white supremacists, parents may not be in a hurry to send their kids back to part-time Zoom-in-a-room.
John McWhorter: 'The Idea That America Is All About Despising Black People? That's Fantasy.'
The Columbia linguist discusses his new book Nine Nasty Words and dismisses the ideological excesses of the 'anti-racism' movement.
John McWhorter on Cursing, Anti-Racism, and Why 'We Need to Stop Being So Afraid'
Columbia University linguist John McWhorter on "anti-racism" as a new, misguided civic religion and his new book on curses, Nine Nasty Words.
Voters Have Defeated a Texas School District's Plan To Punish Students for Microaggressions
The opposition to Southlake's plan was understandable.
