Two imitators of the King of Pop in Buenos Aires offer a study in contrasts, reflective of Argentina’s deep economic divide. One man financed 13 surgeries, while the other draws on his sideburns.
Tag: Race and Ethnicity
At 75, the Father of Environmental Justice Meets the Moment
The White House has pledged $60 billion to a cause Robert Bullard has championed since the late seventies. He wants guarantees that the money will end up in the right hands.
Blame, Hate and License Plates in a Divided Kosovo Town
Tensions between ethnic Albanians and ethnic Serbs have flared in recent months, stoked by a bureaucratic dispute over vehicle tags, testimony to the region’s toxic identity politics.
U.N. Race Panel Sounds the Alarm on Abortion Access in the U.S.
The influential committee called on the Biden administration to safeguard access for minorities and to address a host of issues on race relations.
Everyday Violence
We look at where most of America’s gun violence happens.
Ryanair Drops South African Passport Test After Protests
The Irish budget airline had imposed a test in Afrikaans, a language with a racist legacy and that many South Africans don’t speak, to weed out fake documents.
The Racist Researcher Cited in the Buffalo Gunman’s Manifesto
The work of Michael Woodley, a Briton who was cited by the teenager who killed 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo, included pseudoscientific theories that have been used to justify racism.
Covid and Race
The death rate for white Americans has recently exceeded the rates for Black, Latino and Asian Americans.
The Right’s Violence Problem
The Buffalo killings are part of a pattern: Most extremist violence in the U.S. comes from the political right.
Mass Shooting in Buffalo
A massacre at a Buffalo supermarket was the deadliest in the U.S. this year.