Integrity and Defiance in Equal Measure
Percival Everett’s James, set in the nineteenth century, is a novel of the present moment—when legal measures that were once regarded as essential components of racial justice are being dismantled.
Spring 2025
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The Freedom to Dominate
When we view federal authority as a bulwark for civil rights against local tyranny, we miss what the U.S. government has done to sustain white freedom both domestically and abroad.
The South Has Got Something To Say
In recent books, Adolph L. Reed Jr. and Imani Perry offer divergent explanations of Southern inequality.
Culture War in the Classroom
It is time for educators to go on the offensive against the conservative campaign to ban “critical race theory” from schools.
Redlining, Race, and the Color of Money
Redlining maps document the deep history of institutional racism in the United States. They also reveal how the federal government managed risk for capital—a role that has perpetuated inequality long after the end of explicit discrimination in the housing market.
The Political Economy of Racial Inequality
The material causes of racial inequality can be overcome only with massive economic distribution.
Know Your Enemy: On the Road to Reaganland, with Rick Perlstein and Leon Neyfakh
A discussion about “Fiasco: The Battle for Boston,” the weird and wild 1970s, and Ronald Reagan’s path to victory.
Know Your Enemy: Not Even Past, with Jamelle Bouie
Matt and Sam are joined by New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie for a wide-ranging discussion of how conservatives (and liberals and leftists) use American history to make political claims in the present.
The Nativist Tradition
Two recent books put the reemergence of anti-immigrant sentiment in the Trump era into historical relief.
A Reply to Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò and Liam Kofi Bright
We have many battles, not one, not even one at a time; they are not necessarily connected, and it is important for reasons of tactics and strategy to recognize the differences among them.
A Note on Racial Capitalism
Capitalism and racism overlap sometimes, as they do today in the United States. But the overlap is circumstantial, not necessary.
Will MLB Confront Its Racist History?
The controversy over buildings, statues, and awards honoring racists has finally reached the baseball establishment.
Apocalypse Again
For many people, the world has ended again and again.
An Uprising Reader
In solidarity with the uprising sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, we’ve gathered selections from our archives that speak to the political concerns of the moment.
Why Anti-Semitism Is on the Rise in the United States
During the past decade, social media has amplified the voices of white supremacists and anti-Semites, but it is Trump who has lent them legitimacy and emboldened them to come out of the shadows.
