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A Principal Confronted a Teenage Girl. Now He Could Face Time in Prison.
Behind the “maelstrom” at a high-achieving, racially diverse school in a liberal New Jersey suburb.
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Maryse Condé, ‘Grande Dame’ of Francophone Literature, Dies at 90
She explored the history and culture of Africa, the West Indies and Europe in work that...
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Hollywood’s New Fantasy: A Magical, Colorblind Past
Films and TV shows keep reimagining history as a multiracial dream world. Is that really a...
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Opinion | The Islamophobic Smear Campaign Dividing Democrats
Adeel Mangi was a judicial shoo-in for Biden. Will Democrats defend him?
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Walter Massey, a Physicist With a Higher Calling
He broke barriers as the first Black physicist in nearly every role. But his identity made...
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Racial Turnout Gap Has Widened With a Weakened Voting Rights Act, Study Finds
The Black share of the electorate had been on the rise for decades, but in some...
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Opinion | The World Has Caught Up to Frantz Fanon
The shock of the new, in political life, often sends us back to the past in...
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Opinion | The Most Overlooked Reason Black Americans Are Moving South
Pollution is contributing to Black Americans’ decision to move South, in a trend that is as...
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The Home of Carter G. Woodson, the Man Behind Black History Month
Dr. Woodson’s house, the birthplace of the annual month, was a hub of scholarship, bringing together...
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Mocking Haley, Trump Adds to His Long History of Racist Attacks
The former president is again focusing on race and background as he campaigns against Nikki Haley...
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After Affirmative Action Ban, They Rewrote College Essays With a Key Theme: Race
The Supreme Court’s ruling intended to remove the consideration of race during the admissions process. So...
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Opinion | What Nikki Haley — and I — Learned at a Segregation Academy
What segregation academies taught the governor of South Carolina — and me — about slavery.
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The Misguided War on the SAT
Colleges have fled standardized tests, on the theory that they hurt diversity. That’s not what the...
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Opinion | The Claudine Gay Debacle Was Never About Merit
Merit, itself, cannot be defined. That is why the concept is so useful for slippery slopes.
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Opinion | Things I Thought Made Sense Just Don’t Anymore
Most days I feel as if I woke up from a nap I didn’t mean to...