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Racism

  1. racism
    White Woman Calls Cops on Man for ‘Babysitting While Black’“All because I got two kids in the backseat who do not look like me.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  2. crime
    Chicago Police Officer Who Shot, Killed Laquan McDonald Found Guilty of MurderIn October 2014, Jason Van Dyke shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times.
    By Amanda Arnold
  3. racism
    Amid Racist Threats, Vermont’s Black Female State Representative Steps Down“The sacrifices were becoming too great,” Kiah Morris said.
    By Sarah Nechamkin
  4. crime
    Dallas Police Accused of Trying to Smear Botham Jean, Man Killed at Home by CopPolice scoured Jean’s apartment for drug paraphernalia after he was shot and killed by his neighbor.
    By Amanda Arnold
  5. in memoriam
    Mollie Tibbetts’s Father Writes Op-Ed: ‘Show Some Decency’“On behalf of my family and Mollie’s memory, I’m imploring you to stop.”
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  6. flying while muslim
    Muslim Woman Forced to Show TSA Her Bloody Pad During Body SearchZainab Merchant says two TSA officials requested that she pull down her pants and underwear after a pat down.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  7. mollie tibbetts
    Trump Is Shamelessly Using Mollie Tibbetts’s Murder to Incite HateWhere many see a tragedy, Trump sees an opportunity.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  8. representation
    Kelly Marie Tran Writes Moving Essay on Racism, Toxic Fans: ‘I Am Not Giving Up’She reintroduced herself with her real name, Loan.
    By Hunter Harris
  9. racism
    Sarah Sanders ‘Can’t Guarantee’ There’s No Recording of Trump Saying the N-wordIn a statement that’s sure to do nothing to quell the rumors about Trump’s racist conduct.
    By Amanda Arnold
  10. presidential tweets
    Trump Calls Omarosa ‘That Dog’ in Early Morning TweetThis comes amid allegations that Trump used the N-word and other racial slurs prior to and during his presidency.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  13. white nationalism
    Anti-Hate Protesters Far Outnumbered Unite the Right Rally AttendeesBy the time Jason Kessler spoke at the Unite the Right rally, only 20 participants remained.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  14. racism
    A Smith College Employee Called the Cops on a Black Student Eating Her LunchThe staff member thought she “seemed out of place.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  15. power
    How to Spend Your PrivilegeThe reaction to Nia Wilson’s death is a lesson in being an ally.
    By Brittany Packnett
  16. crime
    Man Arrested in Brutal BART Stabbing of Nia Wilson, an 18-Year-Old Black WomanThe suspect, 27-year-old John Cowell, was arrested while riding a BART train.
    By Lisa Ryan
  17. charlottesville
    Kirstjen Nielsen Still Thinks There Were Two Sides to Charlottesville Attacks“I think what’s important about that conversation is, it’s not that one side is right and one side is wrong.”
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  18. regrets
    Roseanne Barr Apologizes Through Tears on Podcast“I’m a lot of things. I’m a loudmouth and all that stuff, but I’m not stupid, for God’s sake.”
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  19. media
    Roseanne Barr Claims She ‘Begged’ ABC to Keep Her Show on the Air“I told them I was willing to do anything.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  20. big pharma
    Ambien Maker Responds to Roseanne’s Apology: ‘Racism Is Not a Known Side Effect’Sanofi is not here for Roseanne’s tweets.
    By Hunter Harris
  21. media
    ABC Cancels Roseanne After Racist Tweet About Valerie JarrettShe said the former Obama administration adviser was a combination of the Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  22. power
    If You’re Not Angry About Chikesia Clemons, You’re Not Paying AttentionWhat happened to the 25-year old could have happened to me.
    By Brittany Packnett
  25. crime
    Egyptian Student Dies After Being Attacked in EnglandShe was brutally beaten by a group of women in an incident many believe was racially motivated.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  26. yikes
    Couture Designer Apologies Again for Racial SlurShe acknowledged that her first apology was “rushed” and “self-centered.”
    By Sarah Spellings
  27. huh
    Eric Trump Says That His Father Only Sees GreenIn which the middle Trump son defends the president against claims that he’s racist.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  28. politics
    Trump Reportedly Kept Asking an Asian-American Analyst Where She Was ‘From’He’s also said to have referred to her as the “pretty Korean lady.”
    By Gabriella Paiella
  29. keeping up with the royals
    Royal Apologizes After Wearing Offensive Brooch to Lunch With Meghan MarklePrincess Michael of Kent’s spokesperson told TMZ she is “very sorry and distressed.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  30. keeping up with the royals
    This Royal Wore an Offensive Brooch to Christmas Lunch With Meghan MarklePrincess Michael of Kent, who has been accused of racism in the past, has been called out for her bad jewelry.
    By Lisa Ryan
  31. media
    Watch This News Anchor Respond on Air to a Viewer Who Sent Her a Racist EmailSharon Reed let the viewer’s words “speak for themselves.”
    By Gabriella Paiella
  32. science of us
    Too Many Doctors Still Believe Dangerous Racial StereotypesThe online outrage over a medical textbook barely begins to address a widespread problem.
    By Alice Robb
  33. neo-nazis
    State of Emergency Declared in Florida Ahead of Richard Spencer’s SpeechGovernor Rick Scott issued an order days before Spencer’s speech at University of Florida.
    By Lisa Ryan
  34. charlottesville
    What Heather Heyer KnewShe initially decided that it would be too dangerous to stand up to right-wing extremists. She changed her mind. Why?
    By Gail Sheehy
  37. interview
    Just Try and Silence Symone SandersThe 27-year-old pundit refuses to be stepped on.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  38. charlottesville
    Read Heather Heyer’s Cousin’s Powerful Op-Ed on White Privilege“Why has the death of a white woman at the hands of a white supremacist group finally gotten the attention of white folk?”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  39. awful things
    North Carolina KKK Leader Threatens to ‘Burn’ Black Univision ReporterChristopher Barker made derogatory and threatening comments to journalist Ilia Calderón.
    By Lisa Ryan
  40. durham
    Durham Activists Turn Themselves in Out of Solidarity for Toppling StatueDozens of people attempted to turn themselves in after four were arrested for toppling a Confederate statue.
    By Lisa Ryan
  41. charlottesville
    How It Feels to Be a New Student of Color Going to College In Charlottesville“Getting a degree is the most important thing, but this is not the space I want to live in.”
    By Katie Van Syckle
  42. what's a toxin anyway
    Women of Color Are Exposed to More Chemicals in Beauty Products, Researchers SayResearchers warn that women of color are potentially using harmful products to meet racist beauty standards.
    By Lisa Ryan
  43. politics
    Trump’s Lawyer Isn’t Racist, and He’s Got Pictures With Black People to Prove ItMichael Cohen tweeted he has “no tolerance for racism” and included a half-dozen pictures of himself with black people for dramatic effect.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  44. White Nationalists Reportedly Upset About Their Genetic-Ancestry-Test ResultsA new study looked at DNA test results posted to Stormfront, and analyzed the responses to them.
    By Lisa Ryan
  45. charlottesville
    White Supremacist Groups Are Being Sued by Victims of the Charlottesville AttackThe Daily Stormer, Vanguard America, and AltRight.com are among the defendants.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  46. charlottesville
    Charlottesville Victim Says He Saved Fiancée by Pushing Her Out of Path of Car“Hate still lives and the person that allowed this, this rally to occur, you should be held accountable for her life.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  49. charlottesville
    The Truth About Women and White SupremacyWomen have always been essential to the movement. To overlook that is to underestimate its reach.
    By Laura Smith
  50. charlottesville
    Woman Killed in Charlottesville Was ‘Murdered While Protesting Hate’Thirty-two-year-old Heather Heyer “had a very strong sense of right and wrong” and was dedicated to ending injustice, according to her mother.
    By Katie Van Syckle and Chas Danner
  51. 7 Totally-Not-Made-Up Things a Brown Person Has Heard at the OfficeAn excerpt from artist Maria Qamar’s debut book, Trust No Aunty.
    By Maria Qamar
  52. R. Kelly Targets Women No One Cares to DefendThey’re the most in need, the most abused, and the least likely to tell.
    By Brittany Packnett
  53. Alexandra Bell Makes Art for the Fake-News EraThe Brooklyn artist’s work skewers racial bias in the media.
    By Tahirah Hairston
  54. politics
    4 of the Most Important Findings From a New Report on Black Women in AmericaBlack women face inequality at every level.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  55. offensive things
    Texas Middle-School Teachers Give Girl ‘Most Likely to Become a Terrorist’ AwardOnly one day after the Manchester terrorist attack.
    By Lisa Ryan
  56. genetics
    Turns Out Nazis Have Some Pretty Wrong Views About GeneticsJust about everyone, everywhere, is a complicated mutt, and stories about “pure” bloodlines are almost always false.
    By Jesse Singal
  57. free speech
    Are People Who Defend Free Speech More Racist?A new study suggests that racist people are eager to embrace unprincipled free-speech defenses of racist speech.
    By Jesse Singal
  58. racism
    Bananas Hanging by Nooses Found on American University CampusThe racist incident occurred the same day that the first black woman to be elected Student Government Association president started.
    By Gabriella Paiella
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