How public colleges have already backed away from affirmative action
Monday’s Supreme Court oral arguments will probably focus on elite schools. But most low-income students of color come up against a different barrier.
Afro-Latino politicians could bridge the African American-Latino divide
In the U.S., Dominicans are the Hispanic group with the largest Black population. Many are pressured to identify as either Black or Latino, not both.
As Georgia’s new law shows, when Black people gain local power, states strip that power away.
Think of Michigan officials taking over Flint’s water supply
Trump’s ‘Chinese virus’ slur makes some people blame Chinese Americans. But others blame Trump.
Even conservatives responded to the phrase by more often criticizing the president
We listened to people in highly policed U.S. communities
Here’s what we learned.
Iraqis have been holding peaceful mass protests. The U.S. strike and its aftermath are undermining that.
Here’s what Iraqi protesters want.
How Saudi Arabia uses women’s rights reforms against women’s rights and reform
The crown prince’s approach to women’s rights still excludes feminists.
We gathered data on every confirmed, line-of-duty police killing of a civilian in 2014 and 2015. Here’s what we found.
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This book helps us understand women’s participation in the Egyptian uprising
Welcome to the first week of the 2018 African Politics
Beach Reads: Jeffrey Gettleman’s ‘Love, Africa’
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