Tag: segregation

Much of what non-Americans find peculiar and contradictory about the U.S. stems from the uneasy cohabitation of these two cultures, whose democratic and authoritarian strands alternately repel each other and blend together.

Ironically, as Ethiopian-Americans celebrate this U.S. anniversary, the Ethiopian government just legalized ethnic segregation in Hawassa, one of the most iconic and multiethnic cities.

The black reverend murdered 50 years ago left us with an effective therapy against injustice.

Movements and reforms that include racial divides do not bring about social justice.

There is an urgent need for dialogue because black people, as James Baldwin writes in his essay 'Journey to Atlanta,' have completely lost confidence in the American political system.

Michael-John Voss understands why many of the poor no longer believe in the law: 'We are talking about violations with no victims, but people are detained. It is a debtor’s prison.'

New York: Fifty years later, just as America's racial divide resurfaces, Lyndon B. Johnson's prediction appears to be coming true.

The wounds of segregation have left scars, but the slow march toward equality would be faster if the war on drugs ended and gun control was enacted. A U.S. police officer's work should not seem like a bad western.