United States
The Jim Crow South? No Long Island today The Editorial Board New York Times November 21, 2019
An investigation reveals widespread housing discrimination against blacks and other minorities in New York’s suburbs, more than 50 years after the Fair Housing Act.
Minutes before El Paso killing, hate-filled manifesto appears online Tim Arango, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Katie Benner New York Times August 3, 2019
How a brutal race riot shaped modern Chicago Adam Green New York Times August 3, 2019 (Opinion)
Trump fans the flames of a racial fire Peter Baker New York Times July 14, 2019
The real meaning of send her back Editorial Board New York Times July 18, 2019
“The president is looking to divide Americans along color lines, to conjure a zero-sum vision of America in which whites must contend against nonwhites for jobs, wealth, safety and citizenship. He thinks this approach will win him another four years in the White House. At this point, does it much matter if he is acting purely out of political cynicism, with no element of personal prejudice? The rage he is nurturing and the pain he is causing are all too real. The damage he is doing will take years to undo. “
One in five Americans say it’s okay for businesses to refuse to serve Jews Aiden Pink The Forward June 26, 2019
Black people’s land was stolen Andrew W. Kahrl New York Times June 20, 2019
“Any discussion of reparations must include how this happened, who did it, and the laws, policies and practices that allowed it.”
Here’s what Ta-Nehisi Coates told Congress about reparations New York Times June 19, 2019
“The writer argued that African-Americans were exploited by nearly every American institution, before and after slavery ended.”
Policing black Americans is a long-standing, and ugly, American tradition Vanessa Holden and Edward E. Baptist Washington Post March 6, 2019
The latest front against civil rights. The law of “disparate impact” isn’t broken. There’s no need for Donald Trump to rewrite it. Editorial Board New York Times January 4, 2019
Other countries
We are witnessing a rediscovery of India’s Republic Rohit De and Surabhi Ranganathan New York Times December 27, 2019
Indians protesting against a discriminatory citizenship law are using the Constitution as a rallying cry.
Indian parliament passes divisive citizenship bill, moving It closer to law Jeffrey Gettleman and Sushasini Raj New York Times December 11, 2019 Updated December 16, 2019
‘It was a massacre’: 10 are killed in caste-driven land dispute in India Jeffrey Gettleman, Hari Kumar and Kai Schultz New York Times July 18, 2019
Casting their votes by voting their caste. In India, old class divisions still rule local politics. Ruchir Sharma New York Times February 2, 2019