Civil Rights

A Biden Judge Would Be the First-Ever Muslim on the Federal Bench. Some Muslims Are Furious.

Aymann Ismail

April 27, 2021 6:42 PM

There’s No Such Thing as Flawless Facial Recognition Technology

Nani Jansen Reventlow

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A Few Feet From Where George Floyd Died, the Verdict Hit Different

Aymann Ismail

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Derek Chauvin’s Trial Isn’t Over Yet

Mark Joseph Stern

April 20, 2021 6:46 PM

Even After Jan. 6, GOP Senators Still Think They Can Claim the Mantle of Law and Order

Dahlia Lithwick

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Pete Buttigieg’s First Big Project Is Taking Down a Racist Texas Highway

Henry Grabar

March 30, 2021 1:04 PM

Why Biden Fired Trump’s Appointee to a Key Civil Rights Job

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“He Was Really One of Us”: Henry Aaron’s Life in Black Milwaukee

James E. Causey

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Why Judas and the Black Messiah Could Only Have Been Made Right Now

Aymann Ismail

Feb 26, 2021 2:07 PM

Georgia Republicans Are Already Trying to Restack the Deck by Restricting Absentee Voting

Elliot Hannon

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How One Night in Miami Shortchanges the Greatest Singer of All Time

Jack Hamilton

Jan 12, 2021 3:42 PM

If Biden Wants to Heal America, He Must Create a Civil Rights Tribunal

Joshua Branch

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Amy Coney Barrett Could Bring Down Decades of Anti-Discrimination Law

Chiraag Bains

Oct 26, 2020 5:44 PM

The Right to Escape From Prison

F.T. Green

Oct 19, 2020 11:44 AM

Two Supreme Court Justices Just Put Marriage Equality on the Chopping Block

Mark Joseph Stern

Oct 05, 2020 3:47 PM

The Legacy of John Lewis

The Gist July 30, 2020 7:35 PM

Barack Obama’s Eulogy for John Lewis Was Perfect

Jeremy Stahl

July 30, 2020 3:49 PM

Police Would Treat John Lewis Today the Same Way They Treated Him in 1965

Ben Mathis-Lilley

July 19, 2020 4:35 PM

Do Not Call John Lewis a “Hero” if You Stood in His Way

Joel Anderson

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It’s Time for Liberals to Take Back Patriotism

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