A.O. Scott | The New York Times>\ [perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=”16″]To describe “Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins’s second feature, as a movie about growing up poor, black and gay would be accurate enough.[/perfectpullquote]It would also not be wrong to call it a movie about drug abuse, mass incarceration and school violence. But those classifications […]
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A Region That Sees Racism as a Threat to Its Economy
Minnesota’s Twin Cities, one of the most prosperous areas in the nation, is reckoning with its inequities.
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A Digital Archive Documents Two Decades of Torture by Chicago Police
Amid continued accusations of police misconduct, the force must contend with a digital rehashing of a sordid chapter in its history.
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I’ve been reporting on race for 40 years. Can we ever fix what’s broken?
“I can’t keep calm. I have a black son!”
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A Revealing Look at How Blacks Use Technology
A new report sheds light on the African American community’s enthusiasm for technology, especially mobile.
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[VIDEO] We’ve Reached the End of White Christian America
The United States is no longer a majority white, Christian country, and that is already beginning to have profound social and political implications.
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‘I Felt My Blackness Being Chipped Away Bit by Bit’
My colleague Ta-Nehisi spoke last night with French journalist Iris Deroeux about his time living in Paris and more broadly about race in France compared to the U.S.:
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Report: African Americans Have Been ‘Locked Out’ of Home Ownership
The homeownership rate for African Americans is now lower than the national homeownership rate was during the 1930s, as the United States was in the throes of the Great Depression.
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Injustice Went Viral Way Before Facebook Live (NSFW)
When a Police Officer shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop in July, his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds did something remarkable: She picked up her phone and broadcast it on Facebook Live. Three million people watched Castile die in real time.
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How a small town on Martha’s Vineyard became a getaway for African-American elite
As we count down to Monday’s special broadcast from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, we’re bringing you the stories behind the exhibitions.
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