Category: Race and Ethnicity in America
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Thomas N. DeWolf looks at how the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., provides a teachable moment about race in America.
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Lillian Rubin looks at last week’s hearings and finds Sotomayor’s performance lacking.
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Yesterday marked the fiftieth anniversary of the day the Boston Red Sox became an integrated team, when Pumpsie Green was sent in as a pinch runner. Howard Bryant, author of Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston, writes about the anniversary at ESPN, noting that not only did the team pass on…
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Thomas N. DeWolf thinks Chris Matthews needs a lesson in the history of slavery in the United States.
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Kate Clinton reflects on her days in the “Gay Resistance.”
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Nancy Polikoff discusses marriage law in Israel, and how a push for civil marriage may exclude many families.
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Carlos A. Ball, author of the forthcoming book From the Closet to the Courtroom: Five LGBT Rights Lawsuits That Have Changed Our Nation, looks at the good that may come from the decision in California.
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An excerpt from Beacon Press Director Helene Atwan’s remarks at the announcement of The King Legacy, a new partnership between Beacon Press and the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Beacon Press announces its new partnership with the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr.
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As same-sex marriage in Massachusetts approaches its five-year mark, Karen Kahn takes a look at marriage equality in New England and beyond.
