List of Race and Ethnicity articles
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People protest against anti-Asian violence. We Don’t Have the Words to Fight Anti-Asian Racism
Tangled questions of Asian identity need answers that aren’t defined by U.S. terminology alone.
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A woman wearing a face mask holds a sign during a rally to raise awareness of anti-Asian violence near Chinatown in Los Angeles, California, on Feb. 20. Young People in China Are Losing Faith in the West
And that spells trouble for liberal democracy and Beijing’s relations with Washington.
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George Floyd mural unveiled in Brooklyn. As America Seeks Racial Justice, It Can Learn From Abroad
Other countries offer good lessons for acknowledging and redressing past wrongs.
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Protesters hold the image of a victim of racist attacks. Anti-Asian Attacks Are Blighting the United States
Policymakers and analysts have a duty to speak out for a vulnerable community.
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Migrants in a dinghy navigate in the English Channel toward the south coast of England after crossing from France, on Sept. 1, 2020. Britain Doesn’t Have a Refugee Crisis, So It Created One
Boris Johnson and Priti Patel have unnecessarily warehoused and endangered thousands of asylum-seekers in an effort to pander to the right-wing press.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds his first press briefing at the State Department in Washington, on Jan 27. How to Do Diversity Reforms Right
Decades of attempts to remodel the State Department haven’t worked—here’s why and how to do better this time.
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Members of AIDS activist group ACT UP hold up signs of George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, and Jesse Helms along with a banner stating “Silence Equals Death” as they protest at the headquarters of the Food and Drug Administration in Rockville, Maryland, on Oct. 11, 1988. U.S. Leaders Forgot the Lessons of the AIDS Crisis by Not Doing the Reading
Literature’s power to illuminate otherness makes it critical to leadership.
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A man hangs a Burundian flag on the lead bus transporting repatriated refugees arriving at the Gisuru border crossing on Oct. 3, 2019 in Ruyigi, Burundi. Kicking Refugees Out Makes Everyone Less Safe
Tanzania is pushing Burundian refugees out—and endangering the region’s stability.
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Ethiopian soldiers stand with children behind them How to Stop Ethnic Nationalism From Tearing Ethiopia Apart
The 1994 Ethiopian Constitution celebrated self-determination, but it laid the groundwork for today’s violence. Devolution could offer a way out.
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Supporters of President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally in Washington on Jan. 6. The United States’ Demographic Revolution Doesn’t Need to Be Destabilizing
But to avoid collapse like the Soviet Union, inclusivity must begin now.
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Roses rest on the ground between Stolpersteine, brass stumbling blocks for victims of the Holocaust, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogroms in Berlin on Nov. 9, 2013. Germany’s Lessons on Confronting a Racist Past
The philosopher Susan Neiman explains what the United States can learn from postwar Germany.
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A volunteer prays alone in a prayer hall with signs on the carpet enforcing social distancing at Madina Masjid in Sheffield on July 24, 2020. Defining Islamophobia Is the First Step Toward Addressing It
In the United Kingdom, Islamophobia is on the rise, but existing anti-racist measures are not equipped to deal with it.
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The Wave sculpture by Wren Miller commissioned to launch Brita’s sustainability campaign is on display in London on June 15, 2016. How to Keep Activist CEOs Honest
New sustainable finance regulations in Europe will raise the bar for green investment.
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Thousands of people gather at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to call for police and criminal justice reforms. Put Racial Justice at Center of the Biden-Harris Transition Plan
The new administration doesn’t have to reinvent the wheel—it can learn from South Africa’s experience with transitional justice.
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A noose is seen on makeshift gallows as supporters of US President Donald Trump gather before the attack on the US Capitol in Washington DC on Jan. 6, 2021. Political Scientists Turned a Blind Eye to America’s Democratic Failures
A state built on Black repression and local violence was smugly coded as a mature democracy.
