Ethnicity & Race

Voters stand in line in a lobby
Education
In the African American South, a holistic approach to fighting poverty
Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
Conflict
The racial tensions in Tulsa have deep roots
A man watches the bust of South Africa's Apartheid Architect, Hendrik Verwoerd, being removed from the entrance of Pretoria's main hospital named after him.
Culture
How should South Africa remember the ‘Architect of Apartheid’?
Sen. Strom Thurmond
Global Politics
The filibuster that tried and failed to stop the advancement of equality, 59 years ago today
Police scuffle
Conflict
It’s on all of us to stop the mini ‘civil wars’ being waged on our streets
A demonstrator in Baton Rouge
Conflict
The long hot summer of ’16 is just getting started, but where is it headed?
Alexander Clark hugs a friend
Conflict
These are the faces of the protesters demanding change after another black man is shot and killed by police
Community members attend a vigil in memory of Alton Sterling, who was shot dead by police, at the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. July 6, 2016.
Justice
Faith leaders in Baton Rouge call for peace, patience and a serious investigation
An unconventional hockey announcer at this year's Stanley Cup
Sports
He may be hockey’s best broadcaster. He does it in Punjabi.
Hermione Granger, played by Noma Dumezweni in the new play Harry Potter And The Cursed Child.
Arts
Casting of a black actress in new Harry Potter play causes controversy among ‘idiots’
Jenny and Jenna of CoCo Avenue
Music
Breaking stereotypes with their own take on K-Pop
National Museum of the History of Immigration
Justice
A Paris museum puts the immigration back in French history
Jarvis Tyner has been a member of the Communist Party USA for over a half century. Now he's retiring from the Party staff.
Global Politics
Here’s how American Bandstand led a guy from Philly to the Communist Party
The Hanging Bridge
Books
A new book recalls a notorious lynching site in the American South
Latino politics
Global Politics
Progressive politics don’t feel so inclusive when you’re Latino
Row of protesters behind barrier with signs that says, "Tragic Accident doesn't equal Manslaughter."
Justice
Asian American activists get busy after a former NYPD officer gets probation
Anti-slavery crusader Harriet Tubman is seen in a picture from the Library of Congress taken photographer H.B. Lindsley between 1860 and 1870.
Culture
Harriet Tubman and her connection to a small church in Ontario
Leyla McCalla
Music
On her new album, Leyla McCalla connects history, identity and song
immigration rally
Global Politics
This election has given greater resonance to an eternal truth: There is no one ‘Latino vote’
Residents at Naruna Estates say they're being forced out of their homes in an echo of an apartheid-era policy. The government says not at all -- they're just not paying their rent.
Development
Some South Africans facing eviction say it feels like an apartheid-era policy
Betty Soskin, 94, the nation's oldest park ranger, at the Rosie the Riveter Museum in Richmond, California
Justice
How the Rosie the Riveter era changed America: an African-American woman’s story
Harvard Law building
Education
Separating the wheat: Truth, shame and (slave) history at Harvard Law
Chris Rock
Media
However you feel about Chris Rock’s Asian joke, it takes guts to talk openly about race
A cartoon of businessmen who are denying entry to a new immigrant, who is exiting a ship
Conflict
An anti-immigrant political movement that sparked an election day riot — 150 years ago
Actress Zita Hanrot holds her trophy after receiving the Best Female Newcomer Award for her role in the film "Fatima" at the 41st Cesar Awards ceremony in Paris, France.
Culture
France has its own version of #OscarsSoWhite
Despite being experienced and well-educated, women of color still get way less funding on average than their white male counterparts.
Business
Female entrepreneurs of color have a hard time getting the money men to open their wallets
Clockwise from top left, any of these four could be the US' first female, Latino, Jewish or Latino president.
Global Politics
In this era of identity, are we actually voting less along identity lines?
Protesters show solidarity with Black Lives Matter by holding a sign on the street
Justice
Despite history, Japanese Americans and African Americans are working together to claim their rights
Genocide in South-West Africa, committed by German soldiers, decimated the Herero and Namaqua tribes. These survivors escaped into the Omaheke desert.
Global Politics
For one Namibian activist, the fight against apartheid was personal
women in tech
Technology
Why there aren’t more minorities working in tech
Nakkiah Lui
Culture
An Aboriginal comedy show in Australia finds a mainstream audience
Studies show that communities of color are especially vulnerable to environmental injustice and environmental racism.
Environment
This professor says Flint’s water crisis amounts to environmental racism
Brazilian women march at the 2015 Marcha das Mulheres Negras
Culture
Why all Latinos should care about Black History Month
An illusration of woman's silhouette for Black History Month
Culture
Why Black History Month is for people of other races too
President Obama
Global Politics
How President Obama has changed and evolved his way of talking about race in America
Graffiti on the island of La Réunion from January of 2015.
Conflict
Charlie Hebdo’s aftermath looks a little different on the very French island of La Réunion
Arts
Should we remove racist and offensive words from historical records?
Tamir Rice protests
Conflict
No charges — no surprise to the local African American community — in Tamir Rice killing
Josue “Josh” Muniz, now 20, is suing the San Bernardino City Unified School District and a school police officer for excessive force and negligent training. The suit alleges that the officer  grabbed Muniz, then 17, by the throat, pepper sprayed him and b
Justice
In San Bernardino County, there’s an epidemic of questionable arrests by school police
A boy with the Portuguese word for "peace" written on his forehead participated in a peace march in Rio de Janeiro's Alemao favela on April 4.
Conflict
#BlackLivesMatter has gone global. And Brazil needs it — badly.
Garry McCarthy
Conflict
The Department of Justice will conduct a wide-ranging investigation of the Chicago PD
University of Cape Town student activists Nico Nomyayi (l), Morategi Kale (c) and Zanele Kabane (r). "Black students are tired all over the world," Nomyayi says.
Education
South African students say protests on US campuses validate their battles against racism at home
Mohamed Samatar talks to a Minneapolis police officer over a barrier.
Conflict
A Black Lives Matter activist is taking a break, but not giving up on justice in Minneapolis
latinos unidos
Global Politics
‘Don’t Vote For Racists,’ a refrain at the 2015 Latin Grammys
George and Marion Nakashima, photographed with their daughter Mira.
Global Politics
The scars of internment camp never completely healed for American furniture-maker Mira Nakashima
Tents at MU
Conflict
At the University of Missouri, I’ve seen and experienced the racism these students are fighting against
Students protest at Missouri
Conflict
Missouri students rejoice after forcing president to resign over racist incidents on campus
Gary Younge's new book is called A Day in the Death of America.
Books
One random day, 10 kids shot dead in America
Residents observe as policemen take up position near an area where two men were found dead on top of the Sao Carlos slums complex in Rio de Janeiro May 15, 2015.
Justice
Rio de Janeiro’s pacification program slips back to tactics from its bloody ‘War on Drugs’
People shopping in Los Angeles.
Belief
I’m white in Barcelona but in Los Angeles I’m Hispanic?
Student protesters outside government buildings in Pretoria.
Education
Student protests continue in South Africa, despite concessions from the government
Ad
Justice
A ‘No Haitians’ job ad shows discrimination is not dead
Rhyan Lowery -- aka "El Compa Negro"
Music
An African American from Compton is a rising star on the Mexican music scene
Israeli security personals stand next to blood on the floor, at the Beersheba central bus station where a Palestinian gunman went on a stabbing and shooting rampage, followed by a mob attacking a wrongly accused bystander, October 18, 2015.
Conflict
An Eritrean man moves to Israel to escape violence, gets killed by a mob
Daniel Craig
Culture
9 actors of color who could totally replace Daniel Craig as the next James Bond
Grace Lee Boggs
Global Politics
Remembering the life of trailblazer Grace Lee Boggs
Joanna Hausmann is a Venezuelan-American writer, videographer and comic.
Culture
How a Latina with red hair and a Jewish last name challenges ideas about race
Revisiting Race, Criminal Justice and Health
Culture
What has — and has not changed — in the US when it comes to policy about race?
hapaimage
Culture
How the Hawaiian word ‘hapa’ came to be used by people of mixed heritage
Idris Elba
Culture
Why Idris Elba is not ‘too street’ to be James Bond