Everyone committed to democracy, intellectual freedom, and the rule of law should be alarmed at what is happening—and prepared to act.
Kimberlé Crenshaw gave us the terms “intersectionality” and “critical race theory.” Her new memoir shows that she isn’t done fighting over what they mean.
It would be a mistake to think of the current wave of attacks on “critical race theory” as a culture war. This is a political battle.
The right has compiled a glossary of words like “abolition” and “equity” that it deems suspect in classroom contexts.
What a difference a day makes! Chicago and Wisconsin voters turn the tables
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Dilbert's race problem, how COVID affected the labor market, and more cultural crackups
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John H. Bracey Jr.—an architect of Black studies—who helped to create one of the nation’s first doctoral programs in African American studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, died over the weekend. Bracey was 81.
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