racism
Chelsea Handler’s new Netflix white privilege documentary misses the mark
September 19, 2019What happens when a wildly successful rich white woman comedian realizes she’s had access to immeasurable opportunities throughout her life? She makes a documentary centering herself.
Read moreSouth Africa bans old racist flag as hate speech
August 22, 2019A landmark Aug. 21 ruling by South Africa’s Equality Court has criminalized gratuitous displays of the national flag of the apartheid era.
Read more1619 anniversary: Black freedom struggle made U.S. more democratic for all
August 21, 2019Blacks suffered under slavery for 250 years, and brutal racial apartheid for a century more. We have been legally free for just 50.
Read moreSmall bit of justice: NYPD fires cop for death of Eric Garner
August 19, 2019NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo fired, but justice is still denied for Garner's family.
Read more‘They Called Us Enemy’: Star Trek’s George Takei pens graphic novel memoir
August 8, 2019As a survivor of the Japanese-American internment camps of WWII, Takei reveals the correlation between the wrongs of the past and our current crisis of discrimination.
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