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Hidden Figures Hero Katherine Johnson Dies at 101

By Jeffrey Kluger

White News Anchor Apologizes For Saying Black Co-Host Looks Like Gorilla

By Tara Law

The First Africans in Virginia Landed in 1619. It Was a Turning Point for Slavery in American History—But Not the Beginning

By Olivia B. Waxman

Trump's Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Was Never About Legality — It Was About Our Brown Skin

By Julissa Arce
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Ensuring the Chicago Race Riot Is Not Forgotten, With Inspiration from Germany's Holocaust Memorials

A teenager's death sparked a riot that reshaped the city's history

By Madeline Fitzgerald

Italian Airline Apologizes For Promotional Video With Actor Playing Barack Obama in Blackface

An Italian airline has "deeply apologized" after one of its promotional videos featured an actor wearing blackface in an apparent attempt to portray former U.S. president Barack Obama. Alitalia, Italy's flag carrier airline, quickly faced...

By Suyin Haynes

'No Food, No Drink, No Watermelon' Boston Schoolteacher Claims Her Students Were Racially Profiled at Museum

A staff member allegedly told the students 'no food, no drink, and no watermelon.'"

By Madeline Fitzgerald

How Reconstruction Still Shapes American Racism

Even descendants of black heroes of Reconstruction have lost the memory of their ancestors’ heroic achievements

By Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Embattled Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith Apologizes for 'Public Hanging' Comment, But Says Her Words Were 'Twisted'

The Mississippi runoff is the last midterm battle of 2018

By Billy Perrigo

Don’t Let the Loud Bigots Distract You. America’s Real Problem With Race Cuts Far Deeper

This hateful moment offers an opportunity for Americans to finally change our racist ways

By Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Roseanne Barr Meets the New World

When Roseanne returned to prime-time television in March, it was only natural that the title character would be a Trump voter. The Republican won the presidency on the hopes of the small towns and working-class...

By Karl Vick

A New Era of Protest Is Energizing Historically Black Colleges and Universities. But There Are Challenges

A new era of protest is energizing historically black colleges and universities

By Maya Rhodan

Mazie Hirono Is the Only Immigrant in the Senate. She’s Ready to Take on Trump

On a rain-soaked morning in late April, Mazie Hirono was walking from the U.S. Supreme Court back to her Senate office. She had just watched the nine Justices hear arguments on President Trump's ban on...

By Philip Elliott

Neo-Nazis Burned a Swastika After Their Rally in Georgia

In Draketown, Georgia, neo-Nazis burned a swastika after a National Socialist Movement rally

By Sarah Gray

Rev. Barber: How We Can Address Racial Inequalities in Handling Drug Addiction

Drug overdoses kill more than 64,000 people per year, and are now the leading cause of death for Americans under 50. To document the nation’s devastating opioid crisis, TIME sent photographer James Nachtwey and deputy...

By William J. Barber II

Linda Sarsour: Trump’s Anti-Muslim Rhetoric Helps Unite America Against Him

It was almost a week after the 2017 Women’s March — possibly the largest single-day protest in U.S. history — that President Trump signed an executive order temporarily banning immigrants and refugees from seven Muslim-majority...

By Linda Sarsour

Professor Teaching ‘White Racism’ Class Gets Hundreds of ‘Vile’ Calls and Emails

"I think we need to name white racism"

By Katie Reilly

America Is Stuck in the Purgatory of Tolerance

When I was growing up, America was a place where the privilege conferred on white, Protestant, straight, nondisabled men was not even questioned. This privilege remains strong today, but it now must compete with a...

By Dan Rather

MLK’s Example Holds the Answers to Both Racism and Political Violence

It's time to look to King's commitment to nonviolent protests

By Eugene F. Rivers, III and Carl A. Anderson

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