Jamelle Bouie
Politics
Running ScaredGeorgia’s Democrats have registered more than 85,000 minority voters (and counting). Republicans never saw it coming.
Politics
A Few Helpful Rules for Reviewing Books About SlaveryTips the Economist may want to remember next time.
Politics
Keeping the Police HonestAmerica’s police departments need greater accountability—and it must come from outside the forces.
Politics
Why Did Obama Say So Little About Ferguson?We hoped he would bring racial understanding. But with two years left, there’s nothing Obama can say about race that doesn’t lead to more rancor.
Politics
Protesting the ProsecutionDemonstrators say St. Louis prosecutor Robert McCulloch has a long-standing and personal bias in favor of the police.
Politics
Taking Photos in FergusonWhat it’s like to shoot the police when it seems like the police might shoot you.
Dispatches
How a Demonstration Turned Into a DisasterThe outrageous police actions in Ferguson, Missouri.
Slate Picks
Songs That Make Slate NostalgicA roundup of the music from high school that staffers still love.
Politics
Broken Windows Policing Kills PeopleSenseless deaths are a predictable result of cracking down on minor offenses.
Politics
Mississippi’s Willful NeglectIt and some other red states can’t be trusted to take care of the poor.
Politics
The Case for Marijuana ReparationsThe war on weed was foolish and costly. If we can admit that, then we should also be able to admit that it’s time to make amends to those who were most harmed by those laws.
Politics
The Crisis in Black HomeownershipHow the recession turned owners into renters and obliterated black American wealth.
Politics
The New RacismFirst you deny racism exists. Then you smear the reputation of any black man who appears to be a victim.
Politics
Don’t Know Much Revisionist HistoryConservatives are appalled by changes to the AP U.S. history exam. Which is funny, because the changes are hardly revolutionary.
Politics
Is Hillary Clinton Better at Talking About Racial Injustice Than Obama?It may take the next white president to talk to white Americans about race.
Politics
The Two Very Different Worlds of FergusonThe white community is worried about the city’s image. The black community wants justice.
Politics
One Quiet NightHave police in Ferguson finally learned how to do their jobs without pointing their guns at people?
Politics
Why the Fires in Ferguson Won’t End SoonThe tensions have been building for a long time, and even justice for Michael Brown won’t change that.
Politics
The Militarization of the PoliceIt’s dangerous and wrong to treat Ferguson, Missouri, as a war zone.
Science
White People Are Fine With Laws That Harm BlacksThe futility of fighting criminal justice racism with statistics.
Politics
The GOP’s Latino DilemmaThe Republican Party knows how to win over Latino voters. They just aren’t willing to do it.
Politics
National Review’s Dishonest HistoryJohn Fund thinks blacks have been fooled into supporting Democrats. That’s even more insulting than his misleading history of Jim Crow laws.
Politics
The Terrorist Logic in Support of IsraelThis New York University scholar believes Palestinian civilians are legitimate targets because Gazans voted for Hamas.
