Race and Ethnicity

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  • 111201-A-8267F-567 U.S. Army military policemen take a knee during a patrol along a road outside Camp Taji, Iraq, on Dec. 2, 2011.  The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.  The military policemen rolled out before sunrise to patrol roads to ensure the safety of the brigade's convoys traveling through the area from Baghdad.  DoD photo by Sgt. Kissta Feldner, U.S. Army.  (Released)
    111201-A-8267F-567 U.S. Army military policemen take a knee during a patrol along a road outside Camp Taji, Iraq, on Dec. 2, 2011. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team. The military policemen rolled out before sunrise to patrol roads to ensure the safety of the brigade's convoys traveling through the area from Baghdad. DoD photo by Sgt. Kissta Feldner, U.S. Army. (Released)

    ‘Taking a knee’: An Army tradition

    In the Army, taking a knee is a way of gaining perspective. The rest of us could use some of that.

  • PFORZHEIM, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 06: Co-lead candidate of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party Alice Weidel speaks during an AfD election campaign event on September 6, 2017 in Pforzheim, Germany. Germany will hold federal elections on September 24 and the AfD currently has approximately 10% support in polls.  (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)
    PFORZHEIM, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 06: Co-lead candidate of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party Alice Weidel speaks during an AfD election campaign event on September 6, 2017 in Pforzheim, Germany. Germany will hold federal elections on September 24 and the AfD currently has approximately 10% support in polls. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)

    Meet the Lesbian Goldman Sachs Economist Who Just Led Germany’s Far Right to Victory

    How Alice Weidel manages to be a globalist and nativist at the same time.

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    The Real Threat to America Comes From Americans

    Just as the Arab world struggles to come to grips with jihadism, the United States has failed to grapple with its own demons.

  • NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 15: US President Donald Trump speaks following a meeting on infrastructure at Trump Tower, August 15, 2017 in New York City. He fielded questions from reporters about his comments on the events in Charlottesville, Virginia and white supremacists. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
    NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 15: US President Donald Trump speaks following a meeting on infrastructure at Trump Tower, August 15, 2017 in New York City. He fielded questions from reporters about his comments on the events in Charlottesville, Virginia and white supremacists. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

    What Will You Choose?

    How long will America’s highest officials continue to support Trump's monstrous behavior?

  • US President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at Raleigh County Memorial Airport in Beaver, West Virginia, July 24, 2017, as Trump travels to speak at the National Boy Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB        (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
    US President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at Raleigh County Memorial Airport in Beaver, West Virginia, July 24, 2017, as Trump travels to speak at the National Boy Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

    Our Missing President

    Two crises in the past week demanded leadership of the singular sort that only the president can supply. Trump failed on both counts.

  • CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - JULY 08: The Ku Klux Klan protests on July 8, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The KKK is protesting the planned removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee, and calling for the protection of Southern Confederate monuments. (Photo by Chet Strange/Getty Images)
    CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - JULY 08: The Ku Klux Klan protests on July 8, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The KKK is protesting the planned removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee, and calling for the protection of Southern Confederate monuments. (Photo by Chet Strange/Getty Images)

    The Problem With Making Hate Speech Illegal

    The answer to the violence in Charlottesville isn't to outlaw white supremacy.

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    One Woman’s Fight to Claim Her ‘Blackness’ in Brazil

    The experience of a young lawyer raises difficult questions about race, belonging, and the bureaucracy of affirmative action in a country lauded for its egalitarian history.

  • Abdul Karim from Nigeria pursues a B.Sc in Information Technology from NIMS, Jaipur.
    Abdul Karim from Nigeria pursues a B.Sc in Information Technology from NIMS, Jaipur.

    Out of India

    A wave of brutal violence against visiting college students is forcing the country to examine its racism problem.

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    DeOliveira

    Os vários tons de Maíra Mutti Araújo

    Num país famoso por um ideal de mistura racial, a luta de uma candidata para usar cotas raciais levanta questões complexas sobre cor e identidade no Brasil.

  • BRASILIA, BRAZIL - JUNE 27: Members of group Educafro protest in silence in front of the Presidential Palace on favor of the racial quota policies on June 27, 2012 in Brasilia, Brazil. (Photo by Peter Francia/News Free/LatinContent/Getty Images)
    BRASILIA, BRAZIL - JUNE 27: Members of group Educafro protest in silence in front of the Presidential Palace on favor of the racial quota policies on June 27, 2012 in Brasilia, Brazil. (Photo by Peter Francia/News Free/LatinContent/Getty Images)

    Brazil’s New Problem With Blackness

    As the proudly mixed-race country grapples with its legacy of slavery, affirmative-action race tribunals are measuring skull shape and nose width to determine who counts as disadvantaged.

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    The GOP Is America’s Party of White Nationalism

    The Republican party's racists were once pushed to the fringes. In the Trump era, they're in charge.

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  • WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 12:  U.S. President Barack Obama (C) delivers the State of the Union speech before members of Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol January 12, 2016 in Washington, DC. In his last State of the Union, President Obama reflected on the past seven years in office and spoke on topics including climate change, gun control, immigration and income inequality.  (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 12: U.S. President Barack Obama (C) delivers the State of the Union speech before members of Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol January 12, 2016 in Washington, DC. In his last State of the Union, President Obama reflected on the past seven years in office and spoke on topics including climate change, gun control, immigration and income inequality. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
  • Trump advisor Steve Bannon is seen in the Oval Office before US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May meet at the White House January 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski        (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
    Trump advisor Steve Bannon is seen in the Oval Office before US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May meet at the White House January 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

    President Bannon’s Hugely Destructive First Week in Office

    The puppet master is leading the Trump administration down a road of carnage.

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    The Last White Africans

    With 200,000 members, AfriForum is the leading civic organization advocating for the rights of Afrikaners in South Africa. Do the people responsible for apartheid’s crimes have a claim to their country’s future?

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