OpinionWhy the police have no business asking Drake for helpOpinion: The rapper’s perceived inaction after the killing of his friend speaks to systemic and institutional issues
OpinionWhat does the graphic nature of Black death in film say about us?Opinion: Black people being beaten bloody and mutilated shouldn’t be a necessary tool for enlightenment
CanadaGet real. Jagmeet Singh has been dealing with racist hecklers for months.Wherever Singh goes, the odious fog of Canadian race politics—billowing out of the yawning pits of passive-aggressive antipathy—is sure to follow
WorldMunroe Bergdorf’s firing shows the futility of workplace diversity campaignsCompanies will cash in on the trend of corporate diversity awareness until it means doing anything to remedy the underlying issue of white supremacy
OpinionEducation is not enough to counter monuments to history’s scoundrelsOpinion: How can the antidote for tributes to problematic figures be education, when it has already proven it’s not up to the task?
OpinionThe false equivalency of the criticism of the ’alt-left’Opinion: Donald Trump believes that in Charlottesville, there was ’blame on both sides.’ Except the sides aren’t on the same moral plane.
OpinionIt wasn’t a lone, unusual flare-up. Charlottesville really is America.Opinion: Comments from Gov. Terry McAuliffe reveal his failure in the tragedy in Charlottesville—and America’s aversion to historical context
Television’Game of Thrones’—and the fantasy genre—has a diversity problemAndray Domise: Why fantasy TV shows and movies like ’Game of Thrones’ should ignore the genre’s core Medieval tropes around race
SocietyFit in, or be excluded: The root of immigrants’ impulse to assimilateConcerns about ostracism can lead some immigrants—particularly first-generation ones—to deny racial and cultural issues
OpinionHow some people are missing the point on cultural appropriationIt seems increasingly clear cultural appropriation’s champions aren’t interested in nuance or even free speech—they’re interested in hegemony